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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So I usually cut my husband some slack, but after listening to him vomit in our side alley and front yard and make a ton of noise coming home drunk from not eating dinner and going out, I'm ticked. I'm a pretty laid back person but I could have my baby any day now and my husband is totally trashed. What if I went into labor? No way he could drive or get me through delivery. Not to mention I felt awful not waiting up for him and falling asleep only to realize he is blitzed. Now I feel like a parent waiting up for a teenager, our bedroom reeks of a bar and I can't get to sleep, mainly thinking of him stupidly walking home drunk rather than getting a car and bring a potential victim for crime or worse.[b] My husband rocks usually and has done so much for the baby and me, like reading us a bedtime story each night and cleaning and organizing the house and making meals to freeze,[/b] but right now I'm livid. Vent over. Le sigh.[/quote]

I guess I'm the outlier but I think your husband sounds fabulous and one last hurrah doesn't seem like something to be "livid" about given all else he has done.  Even where he was -- an event for a volunteer organization -- sounds reasonable.  All the other things sound like coming up with justifications for why you have a right to be "livid."  If he couldn't drive you to the hospital, you'd take a cab, etc., but you didn't go into labor, so all's well.  Have a talk about it, agree he won't do it again and move on and revel in all the other fantastic things he has done for you. [/quote]

Yikes, I found the bolded part vaguely freaky - your husband reads bedtime stories to your unborn child every night? I'd find that almost as revolting as puking on the street. Almost. How old are you kiddos anyway? Regular public intoxication is obviously a problem but if this was a one-off you need to get over your hysteria. If you're an adult you will cope if your husband is unavailable when you go into labor. Cabs, friends, Uber to the hospital as needed.

Fwiw my younger brother was born a few weeks early and arrived unexpectedly very early on New Year's Day. My father was apparently celebrating a bit too much at home and loves to tell the story of going to church that day to mark the occasion (good Catholic that he was) and passing out cigars while reeking of scotch. Great parent, happy marriage, no casualties. [/quote]

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