goldenguru
Active Member
I have/had a few job interviews on the calender. With our current financial situation, the bottom line is that I HAVE to work full time.
I am finding that I have a fair amount of anxiety. While I have worked in the past, it has only been part time, and because I wanted to.
The thoughts of working 40 hours/per week, plus my commute time, plus keeping up @ home is leaving me a little breathless.
Both of my children are gone. So, it should be easy, right?
My problem is that in our marriage we have always had very traditional roles. In 25 years of marriage hubby has never done a load of laundry. He has never really cooked a meal (unless you call a ham sandwich and handful of Fritos a meal). I currently do all shopping, cleaning, bill paying, pet care, etc.
I was talking to hubby last night (who is currently unemployed) and reminded him that when HE worked full time, when he got home, he flopped in his lazy boy and read the paper and watched the news. I wondered if he planned on preparing dinner and having it ready when I got home. He looked at me like I had sprouted a third eye.
For those of you who do work full time, do you also do all things domestic? or do your significant others share the load? How do you delegate? What works?
I am finding that I have a fair amount of anxiety. While I have worked in the past, it has only been part time, and because I wanted to.
The thoughts of working 40 hours/per week, plus my commute time, plus keeping up @ home is leaving me a little breathless.
Both of my children are gone. So, it should be easy, right?
My problem is that in our marriage we have always had very traditional roles. In 25 years of marriage hubby has never done a load of laundry. He has never really cooked a meal (unless you call a ham sandwich and handful of Fritos a meal). I currently do all shopping, cleaning, bill paying, pet care, etc.
I was talking to hubby last night (who is currently unemployed) and reminded him that when HE worked full time, when he got home, he flopped in his lazy boy and read the paper and watched the news. I wondered if he planned on preparing dinner and having it ready when I got home. He looked at me like I had sprouted a third eye.
For those of you who do work full time, do you also do all things domestic? or do your significant others share the load? How do you delegate? What works?