For nineteen years, I did all the housework while my husband barely lifted a finger. Then our teenage son started treating me the same way. But when they laughed at me for asking them to help and left for a boys’ day out, I finally made a decision neither of them saw coming.
My husband, Eric, always said there were two kinds of men: those who ran their homes and those who let their wives run them.
He considered himself the first kind.
For most of our marriage, I handled everything at home.
I used to laugh whenever he said it, mostly because I was too tired to argue.
I’m forty-two, Eric is forty-five, and we’ve been married for nineteen years. Our son, Nigel, is fifteen.
For most of our marriage, I handled everything at home.
I cooked, cleaned, paid bills, scheduled appointments, helped Nigel with his homework every evening, and made sure he had clean clothes for school.
The difference was that my workday apparently never ended.
Eric worked full-time. So did I.
The difference was that my workday apparently never ended.
“Can you put the laundry away?” I’d ask.
“My back’s killing me.”
“Can you vacuum?”
For years, I convinced myself this arrangement was normal.
“I’ve been working all day.”
“So have I.”
“Then we’ll do it tomorrow.”
Tomorrow was Eric’s favorite day.
It was also the day nothing ever happened.
One evening, I asked him to bring his dirty dishes into the kitchen.
For years, I convinced myself this arrangement was normal. My mother had done everything for my father, and I’d grown up believing marriage meant making sacrifices.
Then Nigel started getting older, and something began bothering me.
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