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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here, I definitely need to change my expectations--which were raised pre-marriage by a very romantic partner who would go out of his way to make me feel appreciated. That all pretty much disappeared once we had kids. I would have loved to have taken the night off, actually, and just done something on my own,  but someone had to be home with kids. I think in retrospect what upset me most was not that he did not plan anything special--I did that by getting the kids cupcakes, which they love--it was that he told me at 5:45 he was leaving and would be home by 6 and instead is home at 7:30 while i'm dealing with an 18 month old and 3 year old because he "got caught up with things" at work--right after he said he was leaving. It's one night he could have at least been home on time, or bothered to answer his phone when i called wondering if I should feed the kids or not.  It would have pissed me off any normal night, but on my bday was just too much of a kick in the pants. I'm just exhausted all the effing time and for once wanted someone else--eg DH-- to take care of the goddamm dinner. HE promised a couple weeks ago that he would start taking over one or two nights a week, but so far nada. [/quote]

Setting aside the birthday complaint for the moment, on the other thing you just need to make plans and tell him you expect him to be here Tuesday by 6 p.m. so you can do X, Y, and Z, even if X is take a walk around the HS track, Y is a cuppa at Starbucks by yourself, or Z is a trip to the dentist.[/quote]

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