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daycarediva 04:19 PM 10-25-2012
I have to say this, with everything that happened today, my dh was AWESOME. He came home from work, picked his kids up from 'daycare', washed the dishes, and then as I was sending out emails to my registrar, answering phone calls and typing up letters, he took our kids out to play, made dinner, put laundry in, and gave them baths AND BROUGHT ME A GLASS OF WINE.

He totally 'gets' how hard this job can be some days, and NEVER says ANYTHING about the house, or his picking up the slack- that he always does. Most days he shakes his head and says "I don't know how you do it!"

I think he deserves a pat on the back.
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daycare 04:23 PM 10-25-2012
Originally Posted by daycarediva:
I have to say this, with everything that happened today, my dh was AWESOME. He came home from work, picked his kids up from 'daycare', washed the dishes, and then as I was sending out emails to my registrar, answering phone calls and typing up letters, he took our kids out to play, made dinner, put laundry in, and gave them baths AND BROUGHT ME A GLASS OF WINE.

He totally 'gets' how hard this job can be some days, and NEVER says ANYTHING about the house, or his picking up the slack- that he always does. Most days he shakes his head and says "I don't know how you do it!"

I think he deserves a pat on the back.
I think he deserves more than a pat on the back...wink wink...especially if you want him to do it again........hahah

My husband rocks too...he did all the laundry today!!!
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littlemissmuffet 04:34 PM 10-25-2012
I agree with daycare, he deserves some lovin' tonight hehe!

I also have a super helpful, selfless and caring husband who appreciates all the hard work I put into our business home and relationship. So glad to hear others here have that great support at home too
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makap 04:56 PM 10-25-2012
It is so great when you have a hubby who helps out and understands.

Mine is the bestest and spoils me! He works shift work so is home often during the day so he does a lot for me. He helps me ALL the time, does dishes and cleans the kitchen almost every day that he is home, puts my ds and other 3 SA on the bus in the am, watches the dcks while they play outside, even when he gets home from work at 7 pm he vacuums almost every night, folds and puts away laundry, pours me a bath in the evening, rubs my back for over an hour several times a week............. I can just go on and on and on. He is so great!

He is actually still hard at work right now at almost 8 pm working on building me a new room so that I can get the pnps and highchairs and baby gates and toys out of my living area. He has been working on this for over a month now and he had to sacrifice and give up a huge part of his garage to make this room for me as it was the only place we could put it.

He also watched the daycare children today for 2 hours as he often does. Today I took my son to the doctors office and then for lunch. The dcks and my dcks parents all love him. He is also an amazing dad to our 9 year old son.

I know I am bragging but I love my man so much!!

I just wish I were not so darn exhausted all of the time and could do more for him.
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EntropyControlSpecialist 04:58 PM 10-25-2012
What a great husband!!

Having a helpful husband makes ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD! Mine is Mr. Mom. He runs the business with me, drives our child almost everywhere, deals with our adopted childs issues (he is pretty closed off to women), runs errands, pays the bills, etc.
He just leaves me with dealing with the business logistics, doing some of the cleaning in our home (which tends to be more of a family effort), and laundry. I get to relax every evening and I greatly appreciate that since I get so overstimulated.
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cheerfuldom 05:12 PM 10-25-2012
I have a great hubby too! I have been struggling with a lot of prelabor and discomfort at 35 weeks. Today DH came home and played with the kids, got them dinner, read them books, and is now making cookies with the older two so I get a break! he's the best
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Soccermom 06:01 PM 10-25-2012
These posts are making me so depressed lol!
My husband is nothing like this!
Today I started Daycare at 6:30am while DH slept. I had 8 kids that needed to be out the door for the bus by 7:45. DH got up at 7:10..showered and left at 7:30 for work. No help with is own 3 kids whatsoever.
He then came home, shoved his supper into his face (Which took me over an hour to make with a house full of kids..), got his gun and left for hunting. By 7pm he still had not returned to help with driving DD to her activity, cleaning the kitchen from supper, making lunches for the next day, bathing kids, homework, teaching catechism to other DD...etc.
When I called him at 7:15 to ask where he was and why he wasn't home, he gave me a major attitude. Came home and then asked me why I always had to call him when he was out. (Which is about 3 nights a week...)
I feel like a single mom running a daycare most days.
He has no appreciation whatsoever for what I do.
When I try to explain how hard it is, he rolls his eyes and says that all I ever do is complain. Holy crap, they are HIS kids too!!
I wouldn't have to complain so much if I had a little help once in awhile.
Hug your good men tightly tonight ladies. They deserve it. Trust me when I tell you that they are not all like that. You gals are very lucky.
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EntropyControlSpecialist 06:11 PM 10-25-2012
Originally Posted by Soccermom:
These posts are making me so depressed lol!
My husband is nothing like this!
Today I started Daycare at 6:30am while DH slept. I had 8 kids that needed to be out the door for the bus by 7:45. DH got up at 7:10..showered and left at 7:30 for work. No help with is own 3 kids whatsoever.
He then came home, shoved his supper into his face (Which took me over an hour to make with a house full of kids..), got his gun and left for hunting. By 7pm he still had not returned to help with driving DD to her activity, cleaning the kitchen from supper, making lunches for the next day, bathing kids, homework, teaching catechism to other DD...etc.
When I called him at 7:15 to ask where he was and why he wasn't home, he gave me a major attitude. Came home and then asked me why I always had to call him when he was out. (Which is about 3 nights a week...)
I feel like a single mom running a daycare most days.
He has no appreciation whatsoever for what I do.
When I try to explain how hard it is, he rolls his eyes and says that all I ever do is complain. Holy crap, they are HIS kids too!!
I wouldn't have to complain so much if I had a little help once in awhile.
Hug your good men tightly tonight ladies. They deserve it. Trust me when I tell you that they are not all like that. You gals are very lucky.
I prayed long and hard for my husband. When I met him I thought, "He isn't my type!" HA! God never does things according to my plans. I was a new Christian, he had been a Christian for 4 years and we met in our Church's college ministry preparing for a mission trip. We got married 1 year and 1 month later. He was worth the wait.
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Sunchimes 06:13 PM 10-25-2012
I have the best husband ever!! He is semi-retired and works 3 days a week. When he comes home, he always brings me something-usually a candy bar or a doughnut. When I have a hard day, he is the first to tell me to fix something quick for dinner or suggests we go out. When I cook, he always washes dishes, and he makes the bed and runs the vacuum every day, as well as washing all of the daycare dishes.

He is always reminding me to use my backbone and backs me 100% when I do. My dcks love him. I only have one eating table food right now-a 2 year old. She knows that when he isn't here, it means he will bring her a doughnut when he gets home, and she isn't above reminding him when he calls.

When he gets home, she grabs a book and makes a beeline for him to read to her. She calls the living room "his nickname's room". The baby will sit in his bouncy seat and laugh at him until he looks up and talks to him. Baby doesn't act that way for me--just Hubby. Kids and dogs flock to him.

I could go on and on, but I don't want to make the rest of you jealous.
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Daycarelady1979 06:29 PM 10-25-2012
SoccerMom- are we married to the same guy??
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DCBlessings27 06:35 PM 10-25-2012
I have an awesome hubby!

He's currently unemployed so he does have some time on his hands. However, he's been working on freelance projects most of the day (some of last night) in the basement or at the company he's doing the freelance for. He helps out with the daycare when he can. Last week, he worked super hard. He did a huge pile of laundry, cleaned our room, did the dishes, cooked every night, and took care of dd so that I could rest.

Today, he finished up his work as soon as he could and came up to help me because I was having some pregnancy pains. I had a dentist appointment, and he watched the daycare kids. I'm having a wisdom tooth taken out tomorrow, and he's going to watch the kids for me.

He's currently taking care of dd, so I could rest in our room.
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DaisyMamma 03:43 AM 10-26-2012
Originally Posted by daycarediva:
I have to say this, with everything that happened today, my dh was AWESOME. He came home from work, picked his kids up from 'daycare', washed the dishes, and then as I was sending out emails to my registrar, answering phone calls and typing up letters, he took our kids out to play, made dinner, put laundry in, and gave them baths AND BROUGHT ME A GLASS OF WINE.

He totally 'gets' how hard this job can be some days, and NEVER says ANYTHING about the house, or his picking up the slack- that he always does. Most days he shakes his head and says "I don't know how you do it!"

I think he deserves a pat on the back.

That's wonderful!
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dave4him 04:15 AM 10-26-2012
My wife does
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My3cents 04:20 AM 10-26-2012
Originally Posted by daycare:
I think he deserves more than a pat on the back...wink wink...especially if you want him to do it again........hahah

My husband rocks too...he did all the laundry today!!!
All in Fun......... It did go through my head that it sounded like a cat call to me, wink wink- thanks for the chuckle

I have a great hubby too and am thankful for all he does to help me. I know so many of you don't have that
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My3cents 04:33 AM 10-26-2012
Originally Posted by Soccermom:
These posts are making me so depressed lol!
My husband is nothing like this!
Today I started Daycare at 6:30am while DH slept. I had 8 kids that needed to be out the door for the bus by 7:45. DH got up at 7:10..showered and left at 7:30 for work. No help with is own 3 kids whatsoever.
He then came home, shoved his supper into his face (Which took me over an hour to make with a house full of kids..), got his gun and left for hunting. By 7pm he still had not returned to help with driving DD to her activity, cleaning the kitchen from supper, making lunches for the next day, bathing kids, homework, teaching catechism to other DD...etc.
When I called him at 7:15 to ask where he was and why he wasn't home, he gave me a major attitude. Came home and then asked me why I always had to call him when he was out. (Which is about 3 nights a week...)
I feel like a single mom running a daycare most days.
He has no appreciation whatsoever for what I do.
When I try to explain how hard it is, he rolls his eyes and says that all I ever do is complain. Holy crap, they are HIS kids too!!
I wouldn't have to complain so much if I had a little help once in awhile.
Hug your good men tightly tonight ladies. They deserve it. Trust me when I tell you that they are not all like that. You gals are very lucky.
Hugs to you-

Why do you put up with this? How about a sit down talk it out,-

My reply would have been- Why are you always out? It would be nice if you could help out with the family responsibilities and pick up a little slack here.

I think woman get dumped on like this because they allow it. Make some changes for the better for yourself-

Hugs to you-
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Michael 04:50 AM 10-26-2012
Originally Posted by Soccermom:
These posts are making me so depressed lol!
My husband is nothing like this!
Today I started Daycare at 6:30am while DH slept. I had 8 kids that needed to be out the door for the bus by 7:45. DH got up at 7:10..showered and left at 7:30 for work. No help with is own 3 kids whatsoever.
He then came home, shoved his supper into his face (Which took me over an hour to make with a house full of kids..), got his gun and left for hunting. By 7pm he still had not returned to help with driving DD to her activity, cleaning the kitchen from supper, making lunches for the next day, bathing kids, homework, teaching catechism to other DD...etc.
When I called him at 7:15 to ask where he was and why he wasn't home, he gave me a major attitude. Came home and then asked me why I always had to call him when he was out. (Which is about 3 nights a week...)
I feel like a single mom running a daycare most days.
He has no appreciation whatsoever for what I do.
When I try to explain how hard it is, he rolls his eyes and says that all I ever do is complain. Holy crap, they are HIS kids too!!
I wouldn't have to complain so much if I had a little help once in awhile.
Hug your good men tightly tonight ladies. They deserve it. Trust me when I tell you that they are not all like that. You gals are very lucky.
I know there was a thread about your type of situation with some good advice. It maybe one of these: https://www.daycare.com/forum/tags.p...usband+-+loser
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Soccermom 05:03 AM 10-26-2012
Originally Posted by Daycarelady1979:
SoccerMom- are we married to the same guy??
LOL We should have them read these posts!
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SilverSabre25 05:38 AM 10-26-2012
Originally Posted by Daycarelady1979:
SoccerMom- are we married to the same guy??
We must all three be then!

I feel like a single mom a lot of the time. DH tries...but fails most of the time. All the nagging, reminding, arguing, and asking in the world does not do much to get him to "figure it out". I don't put up with it...but I do just deal with it because it's better than fighting.

My husband has Asperger's, so it's kind of like rowing a boat upstream. Sometimes we make progress, often we slide backwards, and the harder I push the less progress we're likely to make. Slow and steady...slow and steady...
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countrymom 05:48 AM 10-26-2012
well this week dh is not awesome because he went to north carolina, west virginia and chicago with me. He had to go on a service call, but I want to visit these places too. Darn daycare. But he's in for a treat tommorrow, he gets to drive into the city and pick up odd from at party at 12am, this should teach him for abandoning me for the week lol!
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Meeko 07:10 AM 10-26-2012
I've had the best out there for the last 32 years

He does the dishes, does laundry, helps out with the daycare, runs our teenage daughters to school on cold mornings (even though the high school is a block away!) etc etc.

I used to do daycare in a house that was not our home. My son and I ran it. My hubby was the stay at home dad. I got home each night to a spotless house and he often had dinner started. Now we do daycare in our home and he still takes care of so much. He even insists on lifting the kids on and off the changing table when I change diapers, so I don't strain my arm (I have an injury that plays up sometimes)

He tells me to sit on the couch when I get flustered and rubs my feet to calm me.

He writes me poems and letters and makes homemade cards. I have one that says "Guess how long I'll love you?" on the front. When the card is opened, there is a picture of two mirrors facing each other reflecting for....eternity.

He's a keeper!
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Blackcat31 08:31 AM 10-26-2012
Originally Posted by daycarediva:
I have to say this, with everything that happened today, my dh was AWESOME. He came home from work, picked his kids up from 'daycare', washed the dishes, and then as I was sending out emails to my registrar, answering phone calls and typing up letters, he took our kids out to play, made dinner, put laundry in, and gave them baths AND BROUGHT ME A GLASS OF WINE.

He totally 'gets' how hard this job can be some days, and NEVER says ANYTHING about the house, or his picking up the slack- that he always does. Most days he shakes his head and says "I don't know how you do it!"

I think he deserves a pat on the back.
Sounds like you have a wonderful DH!!!! Nothing in the world makes life so wonderful than having a great hubby!

Mine rocks too!

He does ALL the cooking, dinner is on the table when I arrive home every night!

He scoops litter, does laundry, cleans, shops for essentials and will clothes shop with me ANYWHERE I want to go, and he knows how to sew and has no problem replacing a button or hemming something (thank you MIL for teaching ALL 5 of her boys to sew!)

He also does ALL our house maintenance, he is part plumber, electrician and car mechanic! We have NEVER paid anyone ever for any of those things as he does them all and does them very well!

He has been my best friend for 26 years, the best hubby for 23 years and a great father for 24 years..(yes, we married AFTER our DD was born)
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Maddy'sMommy 09:34 AM 10-26-2012
My husband is definitely awesome! I'm pregnant (almost 13 weeks) and he has been doing his share and mine for about 7 weeks because I have been so sick and tired. He comes home from working all day, cleans up the common areas, cleans and sorts the playroom, puts laundry in, changes our daughter, and whatever else needs to be done. I'm a lucky gal indeed.
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