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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wife is lazy as anyone I know.  Married 12 years. We have one nine year old who is at school almost 40 hours a week.  He plays one sport which I take him to all practices and games.

She hates to cook, clean the house, do the laundry, doesn't want to return to work,  doesn't want to go back to school.  Doesn't have any hobbies besides being on YouTube or social media.  Literally has 10-14 hours of screen time  on her iPhone.  I check weekly and roll my eyes.

I run two businesses.  Cook at home.  Do my laundry.  Clean the house.  Take care of paying all bills, saving up for college, paying taxes, investing, etc.  All she does is shop and stare at her phone.  I take care of our kid's school conferences, talk to the teachers, schedule what our kid does at home, schedule play dates, etc.

I am basically a single father raising a nine year old and my wife.  Yes, as many deadbeat fathers there are...there are many deadbeat mothers.[/quote]

Where does your head of the household, masculine, authoritarian of a self step up and put a stop to this? You allow this and then complain. Sit down, give her options that work for the family and let her pick her route. Divide up the chores and tell her that she chooses three (or whatever number) to accomplish each day. Be a man![/quote]
Being a man works with a rational woman. If pp’s wife is an emotional wreck, and if he does what you suggested, she may call him an abuser - which off course doesn’t make it true but pp is trying to save his marriage for the sake of kid[/quote]

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