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[quote=Anonymous]You sound burnt out. I would start there. Tell him you need time off to recharge. Let him take care of more kid stuff on the weekend while you go off and do your thing. Unplug from the constant round of answering to other people’s needs. Men are very good at this sort of thing. Notice how many times they answer “I don’t know” or “I’m not sure” or “I haven’t gotten to it yet.”

I have just explained the same re: burnout to my husband. There is a learning curve — the first day I got about six emails and texts similar to what you describe, down to “is X in the fridge?” I basically told him that’s not a break and I expect him to ask me about urgent/important things that ONLY I can answer. We are about a week in and I only had one message today, which was appropriate (as in not answerable by others) so there is hope.

No advice on the cleaning. I am letting H do everything else while I recover from burnout but there’s no way he would ever tidy, declutter, or organize.[/quote]

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