Yes, Saffie I need to keep my sarcasm in check. It's my defensive mode I guess.

OK. I sent him an email this morning I want to know what you guys think. I tend to think & expressive myself better in writing. Also, it helps because I can word things in such a way that my supersensitive man does not take it the wrong way(I think).

I want to say that you are correct when the old me use to try to make you feel bad for going away on fun business trips. I am sorry. The resentment in me was coming thruough in that way. Resentment? Yes, b/c I too felt unappreciated. I especially felt this way b/c I wasnt getting the help I needed w/ the girls, unless I asked you, like w/ their homework. I hated to ask b/c you would get angry & prolly wanted to relax, but when I did it it was b/c I was too bogged down cooking AND trying to do homework at the same time in order to get them to bed at a proper time.

So as I realize my faults in the breakdown of this M, I want you to see where you too can make changes. I do need your help w/ the girls homework. Sometimes D10 & I are up past 9pm trying to finish. Also, you too could cook like on the weekends & that would be a great help so I can do my other weekend chores.

Also, can we stop w/ the name calling? You called me lazy?

<<I am anything but lazy, but my MACHO man has a promblem w/ me taking a break in btw chores to sit & relax, I've got arthritis of the back>>
Yes, just like you I too am exhausted by the weekend and sometimes want to sit & relax, please dont make me feel bad for that. You know about my back, having Mandy was no easy task & it did one hell of a job on my body.
<<my last child was 10 lbs & I am under 5ft tall & I have arthritis of the back.>>
I will no longer overextend myself anymore. I need my health for my girls. We have three girls and only one of me.