This 26-year-old guy currently has a job that is extremely stressful and frequently demands that he works 70-hour weeks.
While he pursued college, he did not receive much financial help from his parents, either. So, he worked hard, paid his own way, and has now secured what he thinks is a “decent job.”
Due to this, he is now also extremely budget-conscious and accumulated large savings before he tied the knot with his 26-year-old wife.
His wife, though, came from a starkly different family than he did. Her parents apparently gave her everything she ever needed. So, his wife barely had to work until she got married.
And right now, she does work a typical nine-to-five job. But she is never required to work weekends and also works very little (if any) overtime.
“She earns one-third of what I do, and she has the option to work overtime but never does,” he explained.
“When she gets home from work, she just sits and is lazy all night– reading or sitting on her phone.”
He, on the other hand, handles most of the household chores in terms of maintenance and cleaning.
So, after work, he is sometimes met with frustrating tasks at home– such as a pile of dishes sitting in the sink, just waiting to be cleaned.
What really irks him, though, is the fact that his wife never thanks him for the chores he completes.
At the same time, whenever she has an assigned chore– such as the dishes– she tends to just let them sit in the sink for over a week until he just washes them.
Still, he recalled how his wife “begged and begged” him to buy a house. So, they finally purchased a home recently, and all of his savings are being put into it.
Yet, even though his wife is totally aware of this, she is still constantly talking about how much she wants to travel. On top of that, she also keeps talking about how burnt out she is and how much she wants to quit her job.
It even got to the point where his wife almost booked a trip despite the fact that they were spending so much of their money on the house. And he, in tears, was forced to try to give his wife a dose of reality.
“And even with all of her free time, she never works out and eats like [garbage]. She has started to let herself go and is having some health issues that stem from her terrible diet, but she refuses to do anything about it,” he added.
“Yet I try to take care of myself even with all the hours I work, but that fact is never noticed or appreciated.”
So now, he is simply exhausted, and it feels like the only thing he does is work.
He has also tried to talk to his wife about the issues, but he claimed nothing at home ever changes.
“I believe marriage is meant to be forever, but I just feel stuck,” he vented.
That’s why he’s been left wondering how to make his relationship work and maintain his sanity without becoming broke in the process.
Does it sound like he and his wife are on the same page? If communicating with her is not working, do you suggest they seek marriage counseling? How else could they work out their issues?
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