Dear Queenie,
My husband and I both work full-time so we only have weekends off to spend time with our kids. But he goes off playing sports and I have to stay home looking after the kids and when he gets home there are only a few hours left for family time. He’s a good father and all, but I never get any time to myself like he does.
Queenie, shouldn’t I be able to get some time to myself for things I would like to do?—Overworked mother
Dear Mother,
Of course you should. Talk it over with your husband and try to work out a schedule that accommodates you both. If that does not work out, ask him what he would do if you got sick and had to be hospitalised, for example.
Or you could hire someone to look after the children and hand hubby the bill, or arrange to send them to their grandparents for a few hours, if that is feasible.
