DH's working from home was:Is it fair? - mega moan

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ruthie@... wrote:

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> When my kids were little he did have his entire office at home,

> partner, secretary, the lot, and I had to make coffee tea lunch for

> all of them. The upside was I could leave sleeping babies and go out,

> and I didn't have to stay in for the repair man, but the downsides

> were huge. I could never sunbathe in the garden bc his partner was

> working in the conservatory. I had no privacy, no peace. I was SOOOO

> happy when one of the neighbours reported DH to the council for

> working from home and they all had to move out, even with the lack of

> inbuilt babysitters this now entailed!

My DH 'works' from home - although I see very little evidence of work

happening - about 90% of the time and it drives me nuts!! Lots of my friends

are jealous - then their DH takes a week off work and they are desperate for

them to go back!!! I can't get into any sort of routine with him pestering

me the whole time and he is useless when it comes to looking after the

children as he gets mysteriously busy whenever I ask him!

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I go completely nuts when dh works " from home " he doesn't seem to realise that

from home means the CHILDREN'S home and will expect them to be quiet constantly

(esp if he is no phone) and used to hog the computer all day (thankfully now

uses a lap top) on top of that he uses endless cups of coffee (and no we cant

use the cup we had last time as we cant remember where it is) and generally just

gets on my nerves.. I actually prefer him in the office LOL

Lonnie Phoebe & Eloisa's mama

& expecting a Christmas delivery...

My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what you

start.

So far today, I have finished 2 bags of chips and a Chocolate cake.

I feel better already.

DH's working from home was:Is it fair? - mega moan

ruthie@... wrote:

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>

> When my kids were little he did have his entire office at home,

> partner, secretary, the lot, and I had to make coffee tea lunch for

> all of them. The upside was I could leave sleeping babies and go out,

> and I didn't have to stay in for the repair man, but the downsides

> were huge. I could never sunbathe in the garden bc his partner was

> working in the conservatory. I had no privacy, no peace. I was SOOOO

> happy when one of the neighbours reported DH to the council for

> working from home and they all had to move out, even with the lack of

> inbuilt babysitters this now entailed!

My DH 'works' from home - although I see very little evidence of work

happening - about 90% of the time and it drives me nuts!! Lots of my friends

are jealous - then their DH takes a week off work and they are desperate for

them to go back!!! I can't get into any sort of routine with him pestering

me the whole time and he is useless when it comes to looking after the

children as he gets mysteriously busy whenever I ask him!

http://www.foxstitch.co.uk/

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> I go completely nuts when dh works " from home " he doesn't seem to

realise that from home means the CHILDREN'S home and will expect them

to be quiet constantly (esp if he is no phone) and used to hog the

computer all day (thankfully now uses a lap top) on top of that he

uses endless cups of coffee (and no we cant use the cup we had last

time as we cant remember where it is) and generally just gets on my

nerves.. I actually prefer him in the office LOL<<

Oh I totally agree with this - my dh is the same! He absolutely hogs

the phone so I can't make any calls and expects total silence whilst

he is on there, waving his hands frantically if ph so much as

hiccups. I am called upon to make endless cups of coffee, plus

provide lunch! And as for time to read my emails - forget it! He

totally takes over the study and I'm not even allowed in (apart from

to deliver said cup of coffee!). Thankfully he doesn't do it very

often and then only for a couple of hours.

Lorraine

Mum to 10, Natasha 8, 5, ph 3

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> Lots of my friends are jealous - then their DH takes a week off

work and they are desperate for them to go back!!! I can't get into

any sort of routine with him pestering me the whole time and he is

useless when it comes to looking after the children as he gets

mysteriously busy whenever I ask him!

My DH works away from home for 6-8 months out of every 12, and is

then home for 3-4 months on leave. Most of my friends are either

horrified (at the time away) or jealous (of the leave) but it's

really not too bad. My biggest moan is that when he does arrive home

for his leave he immediately takes over completely, doing the weekly

menus and shopping lists, coming to do the weekly shop with me (can't

go on his own of course)and then cooking every meal, doing the

washing and ironing, organising my day for me and doing all the taxi-

ing of DS. *Wonderful!* I hear you all cry - well believe me it's

not, it's soooooo frustrating I could cry (and frequently do). The

worst bit is when he leaves again I have to pick up all the little

jobs again and I end up lumbering about not doing anything right for

about a week until I get back in control.

Isn't it good to talk to friends!!

Ruth

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