Todd works over 50 hours a week and believes he deserves a few hours on the weekend to relax with friends, but his wife\u2014home all day with a 5-year-old and a newborn\u2014feels completely burnt out and abandoned whenever he tries to leave. Every weekend turns into an endless list of chores, childcare, and exhaustion on her end, while Todd feels guilty for even wanting a break. Their argument exploded when he announced he was going to play football and she said he\u2019d \u201cnever last a day\u201d with the kids. He shot back that she couldn\u2019t handle his workload either, and everything spiraled from there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The next morning, Todd found a note from his wife outlining the \u201cextra costs\u201d he\u2019d need to cover\u2014nanny, cook, cleaner\u2014if he wanted true free time, because she wanted her own time off too. The total was impossible, and her message was clear: she\u2019s drowning and feels unseen. Now Todd feels trapped between his need for space and her need for help, unsure how to fix a situation where both of them feel overworked, misunderstood, and completely alone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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