I am so sick of carrying this family!!!!
So I am a SAHM. I have been since I was put on bed rest with our first, almost 7 years ago. I am now 36w2d and I am ready to throw a huge fit! I am so sick of carrying this family by myself, it's not fair!!!! My husband lost his job freakin' LAST YEAR and I know he hasn't gotten a job because he is too dag on picky and thinks he's better than some places. I am pissed off. He has been getting unemployment up until now. We can't even make all of our bills!!! We have decreased all of our bills to the "necessities" only. I am about to go into default with 3 of my student loans, and who knows where we are at with his 2. I told hubby I was more than willing (both before we found out I was pregnant, and even while I have been pregnant) to get a job to help keep us above drowning in debt. So unemployment runs out next week!!!! We have everything for the kids to start school, thank goodness, and we have everything for this baby. I have about all the size 1 diapers we will need for her so we are set there. He has been applying to jobs but he doesn't do squat around here. I am constantly the person to have to remind him "hey, I need this taken out" or "this needs to go to the dump." By do you think his lazy ass does it!??!?!!? NO! I am so mad! I usually don't talk about my husband like this, but when I cannot physically do things due to being pregnant, he needs to pick up the slack. HE doesn't work all day, he goes to bed about 3a and wakes up about 12-3p! THAT is not ok. My kids are always asking daddy to play with them but he is always "busy." I understand he is busy because he is trying to get some cash by helping people with their computer problems (he was a computer consultant, etc). That brings in money. But it means he needs to go to bed earlier, wake up earlier and help me out and see his kids! They are about to start school and a newborn is about to arrive. I know when the baby gets here he is going to be all sulky and saying "I just want your attention" and bs! I have told him time and time again how I feel, I suggest things that he can do that would help me, and give more attention to the kids, etc. He doesn't help. So this morning was trash day. 2 wks ago I forgot to put meat in the trash. Well because of the ridiculously stupid animals around here they keep knocking over our trash and pulling it out everywhere. WE have to clean it EVERY day since it happens EVERY night! WE have tried mouse traps in the trash and bricks on top of the trash cans. It's out of hand! Anyway, so the trash needed to go out, I had meat that I wouldn't put in the trash until the night before/ morning of because i didn't want animal dragging it out. So anyway, 4 large items needed to go to the trash TODAY. I reminded him 3Xs yesterday. He says he will take care of it. he wakes up at 4-5 something and I get up to go potty, I tell him "dont forget to take out the trash." he says he will. come 730a I ask him if he took out the trash and he says "yes." Trash comes at 8- 815a. I wake up and do you think he got his lazy ass up and took it... HELL NO!! OMG I AM SO FREAKIN MAD!!!!!!
I don't ask him to watch the kids for me to do things, or get time alone. I don't ask him to help with household chores- scrubbing the tub, cleaning the toilet, laundry, dishes, making meals. I just ask him to help me with things I caNNOT do. UGH!!!! I AM sick of being the one to "motivate" this family. I seriously want to scream and cry at the same time... but thanks for letting me vent. X( ~X(
I don't ask him to watch the kids for me to do things, or get time alone. I don't ask him to help with household chores- scrubbing the tub, cleaning the toilet, laundry, dishes, making meals. I just ask him to help me with things I caNNOT do. UGH!!!! I AM sick of being the one to "motivate" this family. I seriously want to scream and cry at the same time... but thanks for letting me vent. X( ~X(
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i ended up having a really long anxiety attack. he was asleep and the kids were throwing grapes in the living room. i had already told him 3 times by that time i REALLY needed him to get up. he looks at me and just lays there saying "ok." then goes back to sleep. if i raise hell or yell at him to get out of bed then it all comes back on me. i was done. i put the kids in their room and went in to say "i REALLY REALLY REAAAAAAALLY need you to get out of bed and help out!" He only got out of bed after i had to yell at our daughter for spitting at her brother. I just can't take it. I am one of those people who works through hard times. We have been through a lot together and as difficult as it was and it gets i think we should both be trying our hardest. I have talked w/him about how he is losing me because i can't trust him, rely on him or anything. i don't know what to do. He started yelling at me and telling me I Am worthless and i just call people names (NOT TRUE) and yell all the time. I got up and left, completely hysterical- i had to stop at a stop sign and calm down- my glasses were fogging up i was so upset. i drove around and stopped to clean out the van. i get home and he leaves. he pisses me off. i just can't deal with this much longer. I have told him but he seems to just run all over me, then when he wants to be nice, he expects me to let everything go and be all happy.
yes he has tried employment services and job hunters, temp agencies. it stinks here!! (as I am sure everywhere else)