Today, I have a permanent illness. Whenever I'm too unwell to manage the housework or children, my hubby does even less than usual. As soon as I'm well enough, I have a mountain of work to do, which makes me sick again. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, whenever I try to rest or I get sick and tell my husband, almost immediately he says he's unwell with the same thing and dumps all the chores on my head. When I have a fever, magically he gets the fever too, then blames me for getting him sick. I really need rest from my chores. FML
Today, my husband has a chronic illness and can't work. We have 2 special needs kids who need a lot of assistance. Rent continues to go up and went up this year $570 for a total of $1800. I've taken up a second job to make ends meet, but it's increasing my depression. FML
Today, I have a painful abscess with a bacterial infection near my bum that makes sitting or walking difficult, and a fever too due to it. The doctor gave me sick note and told me to rest, but my husband shouted at me for taking sick off when I "only" WFH. He also expects me to do house chores the whole day. FML
Today, I've been horribly sick with a stomach virus. Six hours ago, I asked my husband to go to the store and get me a few things that would help ease my misery. He's still in bed and I'm cleaning the house in between bouts of vomiting. FML
Today, I'm horribly sick with a stomach bug. My wife insists on yelling for my help every fifteen minutes, saying, "If you want kids, you better get used to this. They don't just go away when you're sick." When she's sick, however, she expects to be treated like a princess. FML
Today, both my mom and I are very ill, while her boyfriend is perfectly fine. Somehow, this means that I’m the one having to take care of my mom, myself, the household and 6 pets, while he does nothing, goes on trips and leaves dirt all over the house when he’s here. FML
Today, after I finally recovering from being ill, my husband complained about the house being messy, that I needed to clean up after myself. I filled 2 large tote bags with his stuff laying around the house, and one small stack of medical bills for me. It took me hours to clean. But I'm the messy one. FML
Today, my husband and I are sick. He keeps whining about how bad he feels. I'm just as sick, as well as 7 months pregnant. I've not only been taking care of his whiny ass: I've cooked, cleaned, and gone to the store several times because the tissues we had were too rough on his nose. FML
Today, I have the flu. I had to wash the dishes, cook dinner, take out the trash, and take care of the laundry, all while my wife sat around watching TV, because she was "too tired". I work 8 hours a day. She's a college student. She doesn't see what's so unfair about this. FML
Today, my husband yelled at me for not doing any household chores. I can barely move my hand without suffering excruciating pain, due to recent surgery to ease my arthritis, and my other hand is as bad as ever. I can barely work this phone, let alone wash dishes and iron clothes. FML
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Plop 17
It sounds like the main "permanent illness" you have is your husband. Fortunately, there's a cure for that.
TomeDr 25
Give him an ultimatum: he either steps up to the plate and helps with the chores or he hires a cleaning service. As long as it gets done.
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Plop 17
It sounds like the main "permanent illness" you have is your husband. Fortunately, there's a cure for that.
Sonotsuave 37
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TomeDr 25
Give him an ultimatum: he either steps up to the plate and helps with the chores or he hires a cleaning service. As long as it gets done.
RichardPencil 32
Make your kids do chores and tell your lazy ass husband to do more work or hire a maid. Not being able to delegate is a curable disease.
EBrogen 12
I bet the permanent illness keeps you from working also. Exactly how many hours is he working to keep you comfortable?
Sonotsuave 37
This is an ignorant comment. Whether he’s working more or she is, what does that have to do with division of labor? Both partners should help out equally. Or are you the type that expects his wife to fawn him feeding him grapes?
EBrogen 12
Oh yes, spending 40, 50, 60 hours or more at a job means nothing when dividing household chores up with someone that stays home all day or has a part time job. If she's too sick to clean the house you can guarantee she isn't doing any outside chores. So in your mind, working 40-60 hours a week, doing the outside chores by oneself still equates to him needing to do half of the inside chores (not including repairs). You're delusional and good luck finding a sap that agrees to that headache.