Chip Chick
When a couple decides to have children and one parent will stay at home while the other works, it’s usually expected that that parent will also do housework and potentially cook in addition to taking care of the children.
A woman is angry at her husband, who gets to be a stay-at-home dad while she works and still expects her to do all the housework and cooking.
She and her husband used to both work full-time and discussed having children a year ago. At the time, she knew she would want to stop working for a while to adjust to motherhood and be a stay-at-home mom because she saw how stressful trying to hold down a job and being a new mom could be.
Her husband agreed with her and said he was fine with that idea, and then they started trying for kids.
A few months later, she was pregnant, and during that time, her husband did a lot of research and had a change of heart, strongly desiring to be a stay-at-home dad after their baby was born.
She agreed to the change of plans and gave birth to their daughter, Lily, five months ago. She was on paid maternity leave but had to return to work a little over two months ago while her husband stayed home with Lily.
She figured her husband would not only take care of the baby but also do some cooking and cleaning, considering she was working all day and would be exhausted by the time she returned home.
Unfortunately, that hasn’t been the case.
“Whenever I arrive home, I just want to relax, but my husband always hands me Lily before shutting himself in his office and tells me to watch her since he is tired,” she explained.
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