July 2013 Moms

dh the chronic procrastinator

I signed up to teach for a week during the summer program at work. 6 weeks ago I asked dh to find a sitter for the kids this friday for orientation. Every other day is taken care of but day care is closed fri. Well he never did after reminders twice a week. He always assumed certain people will help and now when he is asking them about it today they are all busy. I may actually have to call off my first day of work because of it.

Im just so frustrated because I always have to coordinate child care. I just needed his help once because my usual suspects are unavailable. This sucks.

Re: dh the chronic procrastinator

  • I'm sorry, you certainly don't need any extra stress at this point! Maybe try a site like Care.com? You usually get pretty quick responses because there are soo many sitters available!
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  • imageStina2012:
    Tell him to stay home and take care of the kids.

    MH can procrastinate with the best of them. This is what I would do. He took on the responsibility and didn't follow through, so he can deal w/ the consequences. 

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    imageStina2012:
    Tell him to stay home and take care of the kids.

    MH can procrastinate with the best of them. This is what I would do. He took on the responsibility and didn't follow through, so he can deal w/ the consequences. 


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  • imageStina2012:
    Tell him to stay home and take care of the kids.

    This. MH also always leaves child care up to me and it drives me crazy because I work twice as many hours per week as he does. They don't get it.
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  • imageStina2012:
    Tell him to stay home and take care of the kids.

    My exact response to him would be, "Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.  Looks like you're watching the kids."


     

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  • imageErinm278:

    imageStina2012:
    Tell him to stay home and take care of the kids.

    My exact response to him would be, "Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.  Looks like you're watching the kids."



    Perfect response. Good luck!
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  • imageErinm278:

    imageStina2012:
    Tell him to stay home and take care of the kids.

    My exact response to him would be, "Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.  Looks like you're watching the kids."



    Agree. My DH is a master procrastinator as well, and he is the one to deal with the consequences of his choices, although I often have to hear him grumble about it. That's a YP not a My P.
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  • I cant have him stay home unfortunately! He just started his new job in april and has 2.5 days of time off. I figure that's more important for the baby and if theres any left over for a V. I just dont understand how people can go through life without planning ahead!
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