Don't have too much going on right now...
Actually that's probably not true, now that I think about it...
I have a 10-page paper due on Thursday for Adolescent Psychology, another 10-page paper due on next Monday in Working with Families, aaand a 5-10 pager due that same Monday for my Eastern Philosophy class....blaaaah.
I have about 1 page done on 1 paper. That is all.
Jer has been working CRAAAZY hours the last week and it's driving me crazy!! I'm doing everything by myself! I can't do it!
Even when he finally gets home, he plops his butt in front of the tv and plays video games. Honestly?! There's a huge pile of clean laundry in the room, loads of dishes to put in the dishwasher, baby is hungry (as always!), and I have been at class and school all day, still have homework and papers to do!!!!! HELPPPPPPP!!!!!!!
I had a little chat with him a few days ago, and he was really sweet about it and said sorry, and he was gunna change, yada yada. Right.
Still comes right home, says hi to me and baby, PLOP goes his butt. ON goes the Xbox 360.
Dang it.
What am I to do?!
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Sounds like my husband!
They really won't change unless they want to. It took me having a meltdown for Daniel to finally see how hard it is to be pregnant and clean a house with two kids running around. I was bawling uncontrollably (partly due to these lovely hormones) because I was at my breaking point.
So he's been helping here and there now. It takes time to work out a system, for us it is taking 4 years to figure things out. Chore Charts do NOT work for us.
Basically I ask that he reserves his XBOX time for when the girls are in bed and instead spend time with them and/or help clean up.
Remember in school how they always said, "Work before play!"? We have adopted that as our motto.
I also found out that the REASON Daniel wasn't helping was because he was getting depressed. Depression can be serious and people who are depressed don't care about doing anything.
Not saying Jeremy is depressed but sometimes there's an underlying reason why he turns into a zombie when he gets home but is fine with his friends or in public!
Oh and now I just ask for help when I immediately need it. "Will you change Bumble Bee's diaper while I sort this laundry?"
Or "Why don't you clean up the table and wipe it down while I take the girls upstairs to take a bath?"
And praise, praise, praise the boy when he does anything. Women do what they need to do, usually without any thanks. But to keep those men involved it takes saying THANK YOU for every little thing they do.
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