Husband forced to become mr mom because of my work… I can tell he’s resentful. I can’t fix it.. any advice?
In relationships, they say you either grow together or grow apart. Up until this point my husband and I have always grown together.. the love of my life.. we met when I was in my early 20s.. I tried to cook, and had lots of quality time together but after 10 years and a 4 year old and an 8 month baby, things have changed a lot! Hes an attorney.. I started out 10 years ago literally making like $10 an hour when we first met.. NOW I own a full blown thriving business and I make 4 times what he makes.. I pay for everything minus our essential bills which we divide evenly.. but vacations, cars, clothes for the kids, his clothes, food, kids toys, all of Christmas and birthday for everyone.. dinner 2-3 nights a week at fancy restaurants. I pay for it. I work hard to elevate our lives and the truth is my business has taken off and with all of that has come many many sacrifices on his part and mine. There are times we work from home together and he maybe has like a measly amount of work to do.. maybe 1 conference call vs my 6, yes SIX! I’m working until 7pm at night.. I start at 7am.. and I’m exhausted and the truth is I’ve been leaning on him to take care of the kids.. he mostly gets them ready in the am and takes them to and from school because I literally don’t have time.my day starts immediately when I wake up.. I’m literally being blown up and I can’t not respond..
I’ve offered for him to be a stay at home dad.. he doesn’t want to. But he’s a great dad and it seems like he’s mr mom until I see that he’s reached his limit. I can see in his eyes his disappointment, his passive aggressiveness towards me not being able to get off the phone to engage with the kids, not being the sweet girl he married but the stressed out crazy busy woman juggling a million things.. every night he’s asking me if I want to try and cook dinner despite me being clear I literally don’t have time and I’m no longer a cook for you wife.. I mean I never really was but he WANTED me to be news flash.. when I finish working at 6/7pm and I have literally no time in between the kids bedtime routine, do not expect me to seriously spend the only 30 minutes I have cooking everyone an extravagant dinner. This man does not eat frozen food.. he wants it fresh, from scratch..after work at 7pm and sometimes later , I need 30 minutes to relax or just seriously stop looking at a computer.. over and over and over I tell him I no longer intend to cook. He tells me he’s going to go hungry then.. and starts to make a spectacle out of it by sadly munching on cold chicken leftovers looking at me with sad eyes.. disappointment . He isn’t like a grown adult taking initiative trying to find a solution for dinner. He just sits there and makes it a thing. And it happens like at least a few times a week…. He gets frustrated that I can’t jump in with the kids.. he has had no choice but to become mr mom.. it’s either that or I need to scale my business down.. I’ve said this to him and he says im just overreacting but the passive aggressiveness that I see from him, I know he’s resentful. I don’t know what to do. Any advice? Similar stories?
I’m sad I’m no longer the girl he married, but I don’t have a choice if he wants to keep living this lifestyle I provide and provide a future for our children.
I’ve offered for him to be a stay at home dad.. he doesn’t want to. But he’s a great dad and it seems like he’s mr mom until I see that he’s reached his limit. I can see in his eyes his disappointment, his passive aggressiveness towards me not being able to get off the phone to engage with the kids, not being the sweet girl he married but the stressed out crazy busy woman juggling a million things.. every night he’s asking me if I want to try and cook dinner despite me being clear I literally don’t have time and I’m no longer a cook for you wife.. I mean I never really was but he WANTED me to be news flash.. when I finish working at 6/7pm and I have literally no time in between the kids bedtime routine, do not expect me to seriously spend the only 30 minutes I have cooking everyone an extravagant dinner. This man does not eat frozen food.. he wants it fresh, from scratch..after work at 7pm and sometimes later , I need 30 minutes to relax or just seriously stop looking at a computer.. over and over and over I tell him I no longer intend to cook. He tells me he’s going to go hungry then.. and starts to make a spectacle out of it by sadly munching on cold chicken leftovers looking at me with sad eyes.. disappointment . He isn’t like a grown adult taking initiative trying to find a solution for dinner. He just sits there and makes it a thing. And it happens like at least a few times a week…. He gets frustrated that I can’t jump in with the kids.. he has had no choice but to become mr mom.. it’s either that or I need to scale my business down.. I’ve said this to him and he says im just overreacting but the passive aggressiveness that I see from him, I know he’s resentful. I don’t know what to do. Any advice? Similar stories?
I’m sad I’m no longer the girl he married, but I don’t have a choice if he wants to keep living this lifestyle I provide and provide a future for our children.