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The Dr. Laura Podcast

I'm Feeling Resentful of My Husband

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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I'm Feeling Resentful of My Husband - Megan says she's angry that her husband is so busy with work and outside interests while she's the one primarily at home with the kids. - Dr. Laura: "Couples must make time to be husband, wife and family." - Do you and your spouse make time to enjoy life together? Email me your thoughts at: drlaura@drlaura.com | To participate on the radio program; call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment - https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment. Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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0:00.0

Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from two to five PM Eastern time on serious XM.

0:10.0

Try and 11 Megan. Welcome to the program. Hi. Hi. What's happening? I have to say I'm a little nervous. First time caller. But I just want to say that I think you're great.

0:24.0

And I believe that you give a lot of advice and it's really good and I try to take a lot of it. You know, to heart and to use it when I need it.

0:34.0

But right now I'm kind of struggling with an issue with my husband.

0:40.0

I don't know if I am just being, you know, ridiculous. Please don't start like your typical female of beating yourself up.

0:47.0

You don't sure if you're selfish or hyper demanding or insecure or weird. Let's not blame you about anything yet. Let's just talk about what's happening. Okay.

0:59.0

Okay. So I am angry and mad whenever he is so busy in his outside life from our home.

1:12.0

I think a part of it is I'm jealous because he's not here with the kids and I am and it's really hard to be here with the kids sometimes.

1:21.0

Okay. Let's back up if I might, if I might how long have you been married? It'll be five years next month. How old are you? How old is he?

1:32.0

I'm 27 and he is 29.

1:36.0

And how many kids and how old? We have two kids. One is a three year old and one is six months old.

1:45.0

Okay. Now give me a typical Tuesday and then give me a typical Saturday.

1:53.0

Okay. Well, I work night shift and I work every Sunday, Monday and Tuesday night.

1:59.0

So he is here with the kids during the evening while I'm at work. I come home and I sleep with during the day for a couple hours and then go get the kids from daycare in the afternoon.

2:11.0

And then I'm here for a couple hours until I have to go to work. And then on the days that I don't work, I keep the kids home with me all day.

2:19.0

And then he comes home from work around four so in the evening. And then we just, you know, do some house things play with the kids, supper, things like that.

2:29.0

Pretty normal routine stuff. Once a month, he has a, he's in a sports school. It's a male club. It's all like an all men's club.

2:41.0

And he does that once a month every Tuesday. And then every Thursday, he has a work meeting once a month, the first Thursday of the month.

2:51.0

And then on Saturdays, we tend to do our own separate things. Like I'm usually here with the kids or I'll go to my parents house.

2:59.0

And he's involved in that club. He's actually the president of that men's club I was talking about.

3:05.0

So he stays pretty busy with that. They usually have like fundraisers and things like that. Once or twice a month on Saturdays.

3:13.0

Or that's when he likes to do a lot of work on the house or like outside. Or sometimes we'll go to a friend's house and work on his car or his truck or whatever is needing to be done.

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