Am I overreacting about my husbands job?
Heads up. This is really long, I'm sorry. I really would like some opinions though. TIA
So I'm in the military working 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. I've been out only source of income since the beginning of last year and we've really been struggling.. financially and as a couple especially with me being pregnant. This week he finally started looking for a job since I got paid on the first and after rent we're already negative in the bank. My priority with his job search was to make sure he lets the employers know that he has a pregnant wife at home who gets off at 2 everyday and that he would like to go to as many baby appointments as he can and if at all possible work the morning shift so we would get off at around the same time. Today he texts me and says he got a job, he can start now, he'll be home at around 7 or 8pm but it should just be for his training. I wasn't happy but was glad he got the job. So I come home, do some housework and start a movie. He comes home at around 5pm, I hug him and jokingly say 'I missed you! Never go to work again!' He says 'you're gonna be mad at me I'm only on my lunch. I don't get off till 9.' I immediately get upset and turn away from him and start crying. He tried to comfort me but I'm mad and eventually start yelling through tears at him something like 'why would you take a job with consulting me about it first? Why wouldn't you tell them about the situation?' He says he did tell them but this is all they had for now and that he has to work tomorrow from 10-2 which makes me even more upset. I start saying that now we'll never see each other anymore because I have to go to bed at around 8 to be up for work every week day and when I get home he'll already be gone so we'll see each other for a total of like 30 minutes everyday because I'll be gone when he goes to work and asleep when he gets home. And he'll be asleep when I go to work and gone when I get back. I say that now we'll never see each other, he won't get to go to any baby appointments anymore, we won't get to spend any time together, won't get to go to sleep together anymore, he won't be able to feel our baby kick every night before bed because he won't be here... I'm just really really upset about this and he didn't even tell me about the hours before he took the job. He didn't ask my opinion. Yes we need the money but I would rather have a family than money and he doesn't see that side of it. So am I overreacting? Should I just be happy he's trying to help or is it reasonable that I'm upset I won't ever get to spend time with him? I'm completely stressed out all the time as it is and this is just making everything so much worse and my just being alone in this barely moved into house for 7 hours is not good for me. Please if anybody has any opinions it would help. I really don't know what to do here.
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