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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of it is choice I guess. I really want to go to the gym and Dh encourages me. But I cannot go when the house is a disaster, dishes everywhere and laundry that needs done. Dh doesn’t see why I can’t just stop doing it.

I feel like my “free time” comes at the expense of other things. Yes I can make time for friends, but [b]it might mean I can’t get dinner done[/b] or my work done at night. I can only shuffle all my chores a little. And if I hit the easy button too much, my whole life basically implodes under the weight of chores I didn’t complete. [/quote]

So...have your husband make dinner...[/quote]

Does your husband ever get to have you make dinner?

I can decide whether or not to make dinner.  I can’t force DH to do it.  [/quote]

He sure does. The other day he had a call with a client in Asia that was going long. It was his night to be making dinner but he texted and asked if I could do it instead. I said yes. See how that works?[/quote]

Obviously different peoples households run differently.  How do you suddenly have time to make dinner at the last minute?  What are you usually doing on his nights to make dinner?  Just sitting around?  Did you cancel your stuff?  
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Simmer down. I was finishing up work stuff at the time, which I then did after dinner. Not a big deal. You sound like you're wound pretty tight so no wonder you don't have any free time. [/quote]

+1. I’m the wife and breadwinner. Sometimes you just need to do the task and get on with it. Take out the negative emotional energy. [/quote]

It’s not “negative emotional energy.”  If she was at home finishing work and it isn’t a big deal to make dinner, then why did she ask him to make dinner at all? 
 She initially said that she asked him to make dinner because she was making time to see friends.  Then it changed to asking him to leave an important call and come home to make dinner for no reason.  That’s stupid.  Why would that ever be the plan?  
And what’s so awful about still seeing your friends and not getting dinner made?  Asking your kids to fix themselves something or getting takeout?

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