A 30-year-old guy has been married to his 28-year-old wife for the last 5 years, and they have 2 children.
When he first began dating his wife, they both had full-time careers, but then she got pregnant, and they figured it would be better for her to be a stay-at-home mom while he worked to provide for their family.
This arrangement has been working out great for them…up until this year.
“With the cost of living increasing, I have had to work many more hours to be able to afford everything,” he explained.
“Our bills have more than doubled; food now costs more. Although it’s tiring, I’ve always been proud to provide for my family. But for the last 6 months, my wife has been complaining I don’t spend time with her or the kids anymore. I now work 6 days a week instead of 5. And I’m doing between 9-13 hours a day. We argued, and in the end, she understood.”
Sundays are the one day that he doesn’t work, and that’s the day that they all spend time together as a family.
Usually, they all go out somewhere; him, his wife, and their kids. On several occasions, though, he’s just been too exhausted to go on the planned family adventure.
When that happened, his wife became angry at him, even though he mentioned to her how tired he was.
Instead of understanding, his wife accused him of not wanting to put any kind of time or attention into their children.
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But, pretty much every evening when he comes home from work, he spends time with their children and makes an effort to eat dinner with them and his wife.
Right now, the world cup is going on, and he missed dinner a couple of times recently in order to catch up in the cup with some of his friends, which has infuriated his wife.
“I explained I’m really tired and stressed from all the work, and I need to do something to relax,” he said.
“She then started saying do my children not make me happy. Accusing me of not loving them. She hurt my feelings. The last time I came home from the football, I found all my stuff outside my house. And I was locked out. She told me to leave and not come back, and we are finished. She has told all our friends about this, and they all think I’m the bad guy.”
“All I ever wanted was to provide for my family, and I feel like I’m being punished. I have worked so hard, and this is how I’m treated. I’m the lowest I’ve ever been now. I just want my wife and kids back, but she says it’s too late.”
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