She Wants Her Husband To Quit One Of His Hockey Leagues So He Can Stay Home And Help Her Care For Their Newborn, But Her Husband Doesn’t Want To “Let His Team Down”
For the past few years, this woman’s husband has chosen to stay in shape by playing hockey two nights each week. He also works from home three to four mornings a week.
However, they just welcomed a baby in August, and ever since her husband went back to work, she’s been finding the days when he plays hockey extremely difficult to juggle.
Apparently, on hockey nights, her husband plays from 7:30 p.m. to 10:45 p.m. And it has been very tough on her– both physically and mentally– caring for their baby alone during those stretches.
“Because I usually get no break from taking care of the baby since he gets home at 5:30 p.m. and has to leave about an hour before the start of each game and doesn’t get home for an hour afterward,” she explained.
So, she tried to give her husband a month without saying anything to see if caring for the baby would get easier as time went on. But, despite their child getting a little older, nothing has changed, and she’s still seriously struggling.
For context, the two games that her husband plays each week are actually for two separate hockey leagues, too. That’s why she thought it would be a good compromise to ask her husband to start playing in just one league instead of two.
While she thought that was a reasonable suggestion, though, they just get into an argument whenever she brings up the idea. Her husband also makes her feel like she’s being unreasonable for proposing the compromise.
“And I get that it is disappointing for him, and he feels like he is letting the team down,” she reasoned.
“But he also didn’t discuss this with me before signing up.”
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Not to mention, she pointed out how her husband has countless opportunities to get physical activity outside of hockey.
Nonetheless, he wants his routine to remain exactly the same as it was before they had their baby– which she just doesn’t agree with.
Her husband also claimed that she could have another night to do something for herself, like sign up for yoga, to balance out his extra free time. However, she’s just not ready for that.
“And to me, that just adds another night a week that we don’t spend together as well,” she vented.
So now, she’s been wracking her brain to figure out if there’s another solution. She’s also been left wondering if asking her husband to quit one of his hockey leagues to stay home and help care for their newborn was really such an unreasonable request or not.
Can you understand why she wants her husband’s help caring for their newborn? Was her compromise a good idea since he still gets to play in one league? Why do you think her husband is worried about letting his team down but not leaving her alone to care for their baby? How would you feel in her shoes?
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