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March 2011 Moms
eturp
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"You win. This is really hard"
eturp
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The exact phrase DH said to me this morning after he agreed to be the one to get up with DS throughout last night.
We had gotten in a pretty big fight yesterday because I told him I was exhausted from getting up with DS every 2 hours for the past month and trying to juggle work and school while not getting a stretch of sleep for more than 2 hours and asked if he would help out more. His initial response was that he would be willing to help me out and take over a night when he is done with this 2 week class he is in right now (he sits in a classroom and listens to lectures from 8-5, sounds exhausting right?) but until then I was on my own. Needless to say that comment didn't sit well with me (especially since I have finals before his two week class is up and my classes were a prior comment than this last minute 2 week thing of his). We both said some less than nice things--I told him he was a parent only when it was convenient to him, etc. Well we resolved things last night and he felt bad about not helping me out and agreed to give me a night off and take over the nighttime duties. Apparently DS didn't make it all that easy on him (way to go buddy!) and I think he definitely has more respect for how much work I actually do 
We had gotten in a pretty big fight yesterday because I told him I was exhausted from getting up with DS every 2 hours for the past month and trying to juggle work and school while not getting a stretch of sleep for more than 2 hours and asked if he would help out more. His initial response was that he would be willing to help me out and take over a night when he is done with this 2 week class he is in right now (he sits in a classroom and listens to lectures from 8-5, sounds exhausting right?) but until then I was on my own. Needless to say that comment didn't sit well with me (especially since I have finals before his two week class is up and my classes were a prior comment than this last minute 2 week thing of his). We both said some less than nice things--I told him he was a parent only when it was convenient to him, etc. Well we resolved things last night and he felt bad about not helping me out and agreed to give me a night off and take over the nighttime duties. Apparently DS didn't make it all that easy on him (way to go buddy!) and I think he definitely has more respect for how much work I actually do This discussion has been closed.
Re: "You win. This is really hard"
Life of mrsjanks
wait a second, it seems like you both have a lot of work (and school) on your plates... GOOD FOR YOU for standing up and saying something.
Nice reward this morning
:Blog:
THIS
Good for you!
...i'm hoping i can get the same results and cooperation when i go back to work full time in t-minus 10 days.