It’s a slippery slope.

My partner is never satisfied by what I accomplish as a stay at home mom. Or maybe he is, and when triggered by something else he just takes it out on me?

Example: today he comes home in a perfectly good mood. I had made him Rice Krispie treats, so he was thrilled. I had even written a cute note on them. I had vacuumed and steamed the floors, tidied up the house, cleaned the kitchen, started laundry, and organized our daughter’s clothes. I felt like it was a productive day.

He was in the office putting away a box. He was putting the box in a trunk, and the lid never stays open on its own. He knows this. Well, it fell on his head and really hurt. He flipped out. I asked if I could help him with anything. He said, “You can’t even manage to accomplish anything I ask you to do all day. You do nothing. No, I will do it all myself, like I always do.”

I am really getting tired of being told I do nothing, when I spend all day stressing about getting “enough” done. I know a lot of it is probably just triggered by his frustration with other things, but come on.