Claire,

My older sister, who is a big supporter of DBing, is very pro-marriage and pro-family and thinks my H is being absolute baby right now, has told me very similar things as what Maybell and the other posters have said when I'm feeling the way you do (which is a lot). My H is supposed to come on Saturdays and be with the kids and on those days, since I freelance, I usually get out and get caught up on my work and get myself organized for the coming week (running errands, etc.). But when H came over the other day he just "told" me he had something he had to do for work on Saturday, so he was going to be cutting that day short and just coming over for a little while in the morning, and for him, the morning consists of anything after 10. I know that I am picking up most of the parenting slack. I know that it isn't fair. But on my worst days, when I'm crying and can't stop screaming how unfair this is, I call my sister, who says that I have two choices: to keep it together or to go crazy, and if I choose the latter, my life will still be there when I come out of it, only it will be much worse. This is all easier said than done, of course.


Me: 38
H: 43
Kids: 2,4
T10 M6
BD: 1/14
11/14: H moves out