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@iamkingsamuel thank you. i wish i wouldn’t have posted. let this be a warning to anyone with a soft center!

@katrina2017 i want to thank you so much for this comment. i’m not going to lie, these responses have been pretty devastating. i felt really unsupported this morning and i shouldn’t have posted bc this really knocked me down. your post touched me and lifted me and i really needed it. thank you...

@paparazi257 i did want validation, that’s true. some of it’s hard to explain - like i didn’t even know he was leaving until he did - and other parts are valid. like, ofc i should have communicated better and not made a face. i’m just so tired of this routine, bc it happens every time. “no...

@paparazi257 no, i expected him to wfh for at least part of the day, even though it’s not ideal for him, so that the kids have 2 parents to go to and not just me. or, i expected him to ask me if i could do it and how he could support me. i did not like him walking out the door assuming i’d take...

@journierman i’m so sorry for your loss. her memory will be for a blessing. take your rightful place and lead.

@cins it’s a big deal when that repeats itself every day after school, during the summer when not in camp, every holiday we’re not off, every sick day, and every break. it’s not a one-off, so i can’t treat it like one. i don’t want them to sit on devices alone on their rooms all day!

@trucker1 i’m surprised i have to justify to another mom why it’s disruptive to have 3 kids in the house all day while i’m working! preparing breakfast and lunch aside, my 3 girls and i are close and they’re not just going to stay to themselves the whole day (and it would be weird if they did!)

so yes, it’s a perennial problem. it’s always assumed that parent a will handle the kids on days off and yea, hi, i’m parent a. i used to be a sahm and i think he grew accustomed to that convenience and thinks it stands today. i communicated on friday i had a very busy day and the kids had off...

@1gazza what was the bomb that was dropped? i’m a little confused.

@aronda75 thanks for the thoughtful reply.

@moustafa you seem really upset about this aspect of the scenario. the kids are fine - there’s three of them, we like each other, they’re just here and so my day isn’t normal and is frequently interrupted. they don’t need to be taught anything, they aren’t doing anything wrong. maybe this has...

@steve337 this is a good question. youngest is in third. older two a young teens but can’t drive.

@a_bit_of_reason thanks dude. i appreciate you.

@bluesky741 nah. he’s at work. you’re all right, i should have communicated better. i’m just worn down from it. i’m the one who picks up from school and then is home from 3:30 until parent b is home at 6. i’m the one home on sick days, and on holidays, and on days off, and on breaks and during...

@sofa24h yes, on friday, when parent a communicated that their day on monday when the kids would be off was very busy, and parent b expressed their day was not.

one parent wfh, one in office (self-employed) (parent b). kids have the day off. that morning, at 830, parent b walks to the door and says goodbye. parent a grimaces. parent b is annoyed by that reaction, asks for an explanation. parent a answers: you’re leaving me as free childcare without...