Mom of 3 Is ‘Pissed’ That Her Husband Doesn’t Come Home for Days Because He Works an Hour Away: ‘Makes My Blood Boil’

Mar. 15, 2025

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A mom of three young kids, including infanttwins, is feeling “drained” for “taking on the job oftwo parents” due to her husband’s working situation.

The woman explained on U.K.parentingforumMumsnetthat she is “f—— pissed” at her husband of eight years for the way he’s not maintaining a healthy work-life balance in order to help her out at home.

“He lost his job and two months before my due date he accepted a job an hour away from home,” she wrote. “He told me things would stay the same but has been staying over with his grandparents while he’s working. He works Monday to Friday, he leaves Monday morning and returns Friday.”

His work schedule means she’s left alone to take care of their 1-month-old twins and 6-year-old child while he doesn’t come home every night.

“I’m exhausted,” she admitted. “Some days he gets off and goes sight-seeing or out with friends and I’m home alone with our babies.”

“I have told him we either move or he comes home at night,” she continued. “He told me things would not be like this for long. It’s been like this since being discharged from the hospital.”

She revealed that their communication has crumbled, with him “not speaking to me” or her too upset to want to talk to him on “most days”

“I’m taking on the job of two parents and I’m drained,” she confessed. “He either does not care or he does not understand how hard things are for me. I no longer have a life outside of being a mom. My days are a blur.”

“Hearing him out enjoying himself while I’m home with newborn twins and a 6-year-old makes my blood boil,” she said. “I’m no longer asking him what’s next. If things do not change soon I will be moving back home.”

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”This is so hard on me. I go without eating because I just do not have the time,” she added. “I’m in the house majority of the time. I love my babies — just sometimes I need a f—— break.”

Other Mumsnet users pointed out how his commute time shouldn’t warrant him staying away from home every work day.

“He’s a selfish disgrace — an hour commute isn’t long and certainly does not justify staying overnight for the working week. What a joke,” another person commented. “Your husband is shirking his parental and husband responsibilities and he’s utterly selfish for doing so.”

source: people.com