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[quote=Anonymous]I'm with you, OP - this doesn't sound fair or like a healthy relationship where each person cares about how the other feels.

In our house, if one is "working, both are working" is pretty much what we try to do unless someone cries uncle and says they need some additional downtime.  So if DH gets home two hours after me, I expect to be pretty productive during those two hours (cooking dinner, helping kids, with homework, etc.).  And if someone helps put the kids to bed, then the other is working on dinner dishes, etc.  If there is still work to be done after the kids go to bed, then the other should offer to help (clean the kitchen, fold the laundry, etc.).  If one person sits on their bum while the other person runs around like a chicken with its head cut off, then that just isn't right.

Everyone needs downtime - including you.  If your wife needs that morning junk TV time to decompress, then she should continue that as her routine, but no way should you be cleaning the kitchen while she is sitting around watching TV, etc.

Also sometimes we use that kitchen clean up time as time to chat and catch up.  Why aren't you spending time together in the evenings?

Just because she earns more money than you does NOT give her a 'pass' from helping around the house.  If she doesn't want to hire help, then she needs to do her part around the house.[/quote]

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