Need advice: stay at home working mom trying to meet demands of unreasonable husband?

I'm trying to figure out how he is unreasonable. You both make the same hourly pay, but he works full time and you work part time. He wants you to work full time, to which you replied that he should find a higher paying job too?

He didn't say to find a higher paying job, he said a full time job, which is what he is working. But you think that cooking and cleaning should be given the same weight as him working full time. If he's working 6 days a week as it is, how much cleaning can there really be to do?

It isn't like he's home making messes in the house, and things like cleaning bathrooms, floors, laundry, etc. only really need to be done about once a week if it's just two of you and he's never home. As for cooking, are you preparing gourmet multi-course meals every night? Cooking really isn't that big a deal for most people most of the time, and certainly doesn't take 20 hours a week to do.

If you can't pick up more hours at your current job, then how about taking a second job at a place you can actually walk to so that you can contribute more to the family income? Nobody said quit your current job and trade it for a job that pays less with fewer hours, but your husband is wanting you to bring more income into the family, which is not an unreasonable request to make. You can view cooking and cleaning as part of your "job", but it doesn't bring any money into the household, and lots of people work full time plus manage a household.

What would your reaction be if your husband announced that he was going to cut back to part time work and do all the cooking and cleaning and that it was now your job to work full time? Would you be okay with that, or would you expect him to work full time?

There is nothing unreasonable about you working full time. He is not demanding anything, he's asking you to work full time so that TOGETHER you are BOTH contributing as much as you can financially. You are not "entitled" to a ride to work from ANYONE.

Take public transit. Walk. Ride a bike.

The fact that you think you should be able to just work part time because you wouldn't have anyone to drive you to work is just about the stupidest, most immature thing I've ever heard. You chose to marry, knowing damn well you weren't able to support yourselves. All he wants is for you to put in as much effort working (full time) as he does.

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