Working mom rant
I’m so fucking fed up
38f
4 kids 15, 7,9 and 3
I work full time in an office job. Very corporate boring lots of politics. My husband works in construction.
He’s miserable at work and I get it, his job is hard. But he acts like I don’t work. I get treated like I’m a sahm but I still work 40 hrs a week. I still have deadlines, managers, people at work complaning to me that they are under pressure. Meanwhile I’m about to explode. Still expected to make it in the office. Still do sports drop offs, morning club, after school, day care drop offs. Still do bday parties, house cleaning, laundry, dinner, lunches, breakfasts. At the end of the day I do showers, bed time, get up with the three year old when she doesn’t want to sleep, manage temper tantrums. Get up at 7 am to do it all again.
My husband is not the worst. He does a lot. He does laundry. He sometimes does the pick ups and drop offs. But it’s 70-80% me. He never does bed time or showers.
I can’t complain because his job is harder than mine. His back hurts, my mind hurts. All day I worry about staff and worry about customers. Worry about managers, deadlines, KPIs.
I barely go out with friends, maybe once a month. I try and get to the gym three or 4 times a week. I drink wine maybe twice a week. I try and try and try but IM SO FED UP. How is this life. I love my kids, I want to be a good worker. But why is it so fucking hard. Where is my village