Feeling resentful of my fiancé
I work full time. My fiancé is a stay at home dad to our 2 year old.
We decided that my partner would be a stay at home dad until our daughter was in school. In my mind a stay at home parent does the majority of the childcare and chores while the other parent works. Obviously when I get home I expected to still do chores and childcare. I’m not an asshole.
But I feel like I do ALL of it. I come home and he cleans the kitchen maybe once a week. He never picks up after himself or her. He does cook but then leaves all the pots and dishes all over the kitchen. I do all the laundry and take out the all the bins and the dishwasher etc. I do the bathrooms and feed the pets. AND I hang out with our daughter for hours. I’m also the only one who bathes her and brushes her teeth. He won’t drive anywhere because he’s not familiar with my car. I have to ask him to do anything so it feels like weaponised incompetence.
He also has time so for all of this stuff because she goes to daycare 3 days a week. She’s also a great independent player. So you can literally do this stuff while she’s playing or involve her.
On top of this he tells me he doesn’t see himself fitting in at any job because he’s always on the bosses bad side.
We’re getting married in October and I’m just exhausted and resentful. He says he’s depressed but it’s just not fair.
I love him so much but I just don’t know how to approach this issue without making him feel useless.
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