We have been together for 10 years. My husband is a stay at home dad. When it came time for me to go back to work, we decided to move to a different city for work for better opportunities. This meant that whoever got a job in the new city first would work, and the other would be a stay at home parent for our kiddo (1.5y). I got a job offer first, and a pretty well paying job that should have been good for one of us to stay home, as daycare in our area has long waitlists and costs as much as 75% of one of our incomes.
Now, I am working full time (45-50+ hours a week) while he stays home to take care of our child, and I recently needed to get another part time job, on top of my full time job to get us ahead in our bills as unexpected expenses arose. I take care of the finances, and bills, as well as coming home to do laundry, dish washing, tidying and our chores are still piled up.
How do I get him to stay on top of basic chores? I know that taking care of our kid takes first priority, but I feel like we are having the same conversation every two weeks and I don't know how to get us to move forward. Our relationship is suffering because our house is filthy and I come home and feel responsible to make dinner and clean up and start my day all over again.
Tl;dr How do I get my husband (a stay at home dad) to feel responsible to keep our house clean and contribute more to our household?
Submitted August 23, 2019 at 10:58AM by throwawaysahd123 https://ift.tt/2zliu65
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