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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry. I have no advice because I’m in the same boat. I have accepted that my DH must have executive dysfunction.

I’m a stay at home mom, so it’s A LOT more manageable than your situation, but it still sucks. I’m literally never off the clock. I think I’m working harder than ever. It’s sad that I actually prefer when he’s at work because when he’s home I’m just constantly picking up after him. He leaves dirty clothes, dirty diapers, dirty dishes scattered all over the house. He doesn’t even follow our baby’s schedule when he’s with her after work and on the evenings, making my life even harder.

Somehow he doesn’t see when the dishwasher needs to be loaded or emptied, when the dogs need water, when the refrigerator needs to be cleaned out, when the counters need to be wiped down, when the trash needs to be taken out, when laundry needs to be done or just put away, when bottles need to be washed, when the diaper bag needs to be stocked, when literally anything needs to be done. On the rare occasion he has done a load of laundry he has left it in the washer for days (he’s done this multiple times). Oh, and this week. (And too many weeks to count) he failed to bring the trash to the street. Out of pure laziness. I also do every single night waking.

I’m trying so hard to be the perfect wife and mother for him. Dinner on the table when he gets home. He even has the nerve to ask me to make his lunch in the morning while I’m caring for myself, our two dogs, and our baby.

He tells me to tell him what to do, like, hello!? Open your eyes!? I tried telling him that this is more mental work for me. He just doesn’t get it and I don’t think he ever will. Other times when I do ask him, he tells me he’s too tired (I’m tired too!) or that he will get to it later (Surprise, later never comes). Lately I’ve been fantasizing about separating/divorcing. 
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Another SAHM here with 3 kids. Babe, I know it's tough, but it's kind of like that scene in the Godfather. "This is the life we have chosen." Working women who marry lazy men have to do EVERYTHING. We dodged that bullet. But we do have to do everything that is not earning money. When kids are young there are advantages. As they get older the intrinsic humiliation of our financial dependence and positions as the 24/7 family scullery maid/butler come to outweigh the advantages even to our kids. Go back to work or you will be trapped in this situation so long that you will become so professionally undesirable that you will have to start at the very bottom, as I am doing. Your DH will never do more for your family than he is doing now, no matter what kind of work you do. Keep your options open for your future. [/quote]

Another SAHM starting at the very bottom career-wise and I agree with this advice. 
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