Even Stevens?
I am 11 weeks pregnant, so if anyone has never been pregnant before, I'm in the trenches of pregnancy. I'm very tired, have trouble with keeping food down, etc. I have a 21 month old daughter who is the best, but boy is she at an exhausting age. I work full time and I am married to a marine. He is on leave (basically paid vacation) all month. I generally have shouldered a lot more of the load at home. I've tried for years to get some help but I've realized that he just has a different standard than I do about how things should be around the home. He was deployed most of my last pregnancy but when he was here he was great. He helped me so much.
This leads to now... I feel like he resents the extra work he has to put in to help me through this pregnancy. It's like he wants everything to be even stevens. For example, after a 40 hour work week I fell asleep yesterday at 6 pm. When I woke at 11 he was playing video games and I know he didnt come to bed for several hours after that. When our daughter woke at 7 this morning I got up with her. He stayed in bed until after 12. It feels like he thinks I owe him because he put the baby to bed last night. I could see if he worked all week but he has been off, so he cant be that tired! Plus yesterday was my first doc appt and he spent the whole time playing some stupid game on his phone. Even though I'm pregnant and working I still am having to do all the laundry, bills, errands, pet care, and cleaning... all he does is make dinner and leaves a huge mess that I have to clean. I even take our daughter to and from daycare every day so he has the whole day to himself! He seems annoyed every time I ask for something and never offers to rub my back or asks how I'm feeling.
I just feel so defeated because he seems to feel like I should be doting on him instead of the other way around.
Am I being too sensitive?
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