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[quote=Anonymous]OP - this sounds so eerily like my life I would think you were my husband absent except for a few details.

That said, a couple things: you sound like my DH, a true partner and a good dad. I think your wife is being unreasonable, but I also think that maybe she just lashed out rather than really meaning what she said. I think maybe she needed a minute to herself, and this is how it came out. I have done this too, and later regret and talk to DH about what I actually needed in the moment.

What has helped me is always talking and being very clear about expectations, esp on snow days, and also being very clear about what I need (like I must have xyz time today to do x, when can you help me get that). What has helped me too is being super clear to DH that when I snap it is just because I’m frustrated, not because I actually think he’s a bad dad, bad partner, whatever. And I work really hard to tell him how much I appreciate everything he does.

No, I don’t think you are being unreasonable but yes I think you guys need to figure out how to make this work. And no, we don’t have a nanny and both of us work after the kids go to bed and yes our life is still pretty great. Good luck!
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