No matter how much you love your spouse, arguing with them is pretty much inevitable — especially when you have kids.
When you both work hard to do what’s best for your family, the stress and frustration may become too much to bear.
So
when this wife felt unappreciated by her husband, she got tired of
fighting with him. She tearfully left him alone with the children
without any sign that she’d come back. Just two days later, though, her
husband decided to write her a letter about his feelings, and you need
to see what it says.
“My darling,
Two nights ago, we had a huge argument. I was exhausted when I got home from work. It was 8:00 p.m and all I wanted to do was to lie down and watch the game.
You
weren’t in a good mood, and you were clearly tired after having a long
day. You were trying to put the baby to sleep as the other kids were
fighting, and all I did was turn the volume up.
“Would
it kill you to play a more active role in your children’s upbringing?”
you asked, turning the television volume back down. “You can help out
more around the house, too.”
“Hey,”
I said defensively. “I work hard all day just so you could play in the
doll’s house all day.” The argument just kept going like that. I said
terrible things to you that I can never take back, and you screamed,
saying that you were sick of it all. So you tearfully ran out of the
house, leaving me to take care of the children on my own.
I
was forced to feed the kids and put them to bed all by myself. When you
didn’t come back the next day, I was forced to ask my boss if I could
take a day off so I could take care of the children.
I
experienced the crying and the tantrums. I experienced having to run
around so much all day that I didn’t even have a chance to shower.
I
experienced being forced to heat the milk, getting the kids dressed,
and cleaning the kitchen all at once. I experienced being cooped up all
day without speaking to an adult. I experienced the inability to sit
calmly at the table to have a relaxed meal whenever I wanted, because I
had to run after the kids.
I
experienced feeling so physically and emotionally drained that I just
wanted to sleep for 20 hours straight, but had to get up a few hours
after falling asleep because the baby was crying. I lived two days and
two nights the way that you do, and I think I get it now.
I
get your exhaustion. I get that being a mother is all about sacrifice. I
get that it is more tiring than being among corporate bigwigs for 10
hours and making economic decisions.
I
get how frustrated you must be to have to sacrifice your job and
financial freedom so that you can provide for your children. I get how
uncertain you are about the fact that your economic security now depends
on your partner and not just you. I get how hard it is to not be able
to hang out with your friends, exercise, or get a good night’s sleep.
I
get how challenging it is, being locked up and being forced to to watch
the children while imagining what you must be missing in the outside
world. I also get that you become upset when my mother criticizes how
you choose to raise our children, because nobody in the world knows what
is best for children like their own mother.
I
get that being a mother means carrying society’s greatest burdens.
Being the person that nobody appreciates, values, or remembers. I write
you this letter not just to tell you that you are missed, but
additionally because I don’t want to go another day without telling you:
“You are strong, doing an excellent job, and I admire you.”
I did not expect that ending. It looks like he learned his lesson the hard way!
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Wow...nice story!
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