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Wedding Woes
TheDuckis
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Role Reversal
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I might go insane. H is off work this week. It's the first time since our honeymoon that he's been completely unplugged from work (he spent most of our SD trip and half of Thanksgiving week on the phone). He is using his time off to sleep. Please to be noting we close on our house Friday, I'm 35 weeks pregnant, and we're hosting NYE for about 12 people. Also, I'm not off work this week. Yes, it's only PT, but that's still 4 hours a day that I'm not home to clean/pack/organize, and our house is for serious a shithole right now. Yesterday I asked him to clean the kitchen and start making sure all his CDs and DVDs are ripped so we can sell them. He did one load of dishes, and then spent the day planning the menu for NYE. He wants to spend all day Friday and Saturday cooking, because it's not like we might be busy those days. 51 weeks a year he works his ass off, and if anyone deserves a vacation it's him. But goddamn it WHY does that vacation need to fall right when we have a million and a half things going on?
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Re: Role Reversal
NYE party? Papa John's, Doritos, keg, plastic cups. BE DONE girl!
[QUOTE]That's a LOT of crap to deal with even without being pg. NYE party? Papa John's, Doritos, keg, plastic cups. BE DONE girl!
Posted by dharmabunny[/QUOTE]
I would go to this party. I am pretty sure pizza and beer is always welcome.
DH and I have very different work styles. I try really, really, REALLY hard not to get mad when he does things on his time and not mine.
::looks out window at ugly, half-fallen fence::
I just a friendly gal looking for options.
Crap...I Mean Crafts
Crap...I Mean Crafts
he needs a honey-do list and some accountability. NYE party planning comes at the end.
assuming the closing goes smoothly (and i'm hoping it does) that's still going to cut a good 2 hours out of your Friday. plus another hour for the walkthrough.
[QUOTE]I almost hope the baby comes early just to spite him.
Posted by DG1[/QUOTE]
This. He needs to stuff his pride about the party and actually put the limited time and energies contributing to MUST GET DONE tasks and not make his heavily pregnant wife overexert and overstress herself due to his pride.
Guaranteed, he's going to get one rude a$$ awakening when LO comes along. She'll show you what she thinks about the overstuffed task list of things that don't directly impact her.
I don't mind the NYE thing as long as he tones it down by about half. Like I said, the guy deserves a vacation, and cooking/grilling is pure joy for him. The more irritating thing is the "we have all week" attitude, which admittedly I have myself most of the time. But this isn't most of the time.
The one saving grace is that we actually do have nothing to do house-wise on Friday. I didn't know this until yesterday, but in CA all the paperwork gets done ahead of time, and "closing" is just the day the deed is taken to the clerk's office and stamped. We signed yesterday, and the money is getting transferred today. Friday we just wait for a call from our realtor that it's official.
Crap...I Mean Crafts
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Role Reversal : This. He needs to stuff his pride about the party and actually put the limited time and energies contributing to MUST GET DONE tasks and not make his heavily pregnant wife overexert and overstress herself due to his pride. Guaranteed, he's going to get one rude a$$ awakening when LO comes along. She'll show you what she thinks about the overstuffed task list of things that don't directly impact her.
Posted by dharmabunny[/QUOTE]
Word. Unless you're one of those freaky people who is baking pies 3 weeks later.
And, to clarify, I don't really wish it if you don't want it. And I certainly don't wish for her to come *too* early.