Is it really too much to ask that DH be home for dinner w/ family 1 night? Gets home from work after 9pm 90% of the time. Feel awful he's overworked & stressed but how much are we expected to have to endure? I try to be understanding/supportive but he works many weekends too & it's really straining me.
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apparently, this is the way of the world nowadays. at least in my family as well as yours...
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No it's not too much to ask, and you're not being unreasonable. He has a family as well as a career and needs to make time for both. Otherwise you're basically a single mother, so what's the point?
[ Reply | Options ]you need to speak to him about it. how old are dcs? my dh started trying to get home earlier after i exploded about it and when my dcs were 3 & 5 and really understood daddy wasnt around.
[ Reply | Options ]4 & almost 7 - we've talked about it alot & I know it's not his wish to work like this but he feels it's important for his career. I understand this yet I feel like the priorities are really screwed up, you know? I always think about the 9/11 stuff & how people used to say no one showed up in heaven & regretted not having enough time at the office.
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is it forever? or until he gets promoted, finishes a deal,etc? If it's forever, he needs to make it home once a week for dinner.
[ Reply | Options ]A huge deal yet it's always a deal you know? Before one finishes another begins.
[ Reply | Options ]my dh's work goes in cycles, we see him a lot towards the end of the summer and in feb/march...the rest of the year not so much. I think I'm just so used to it, it doesn't even register anymore, but the kids miss him like crazy.
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