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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP- The only person you can change here is you. You have to start letting go of some things and let them fail so that he can step in.

Stop getting the kids ready in the morning. Leave the house. Be okay with the kids maybe not having everything they need or not getting a lunch. Maybe they’ll be late.

Be okay with assigning him dinner and then getting take out. If it becomes an issue with additional spending, then cut the cost from something he wants to do.

Be okay with walking out of the house on a Saturday morning and not coming back for hours. Let him sit in it. When kids are whining that they’re hungry, tell them to wake their dad. Put on headphones and walk away. [/quote]

I never understood this tactic.  The kids will be late to school -- but many husbands DO NOT CARE, and they won't change their ways to avoid being late.  My husband thinks school attendance is optional, and he's fine with them eating crap for every meal so he's not going to help with cooking.  He would eat PBJ/takeout every night if I weren't around. [b] Men typically have pathetically low standards.[/b]  I have gone away for a weekend, and my husband will let our daughters go the entire weekend without brushing their hair, so I have a huge knotted mass to deal with when I come back.  The ones who end up suffering are the children.[/quote]

Maybe the men you know. NONE of the men I know are like this. I guess it makes you feel better to think all men are like this? Or even most men? They aren't. Not by a long shot. [/quote]

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