Redditor Wants Her Blue Collar Boyfriend Who Works 65 Hours A Week To Help With Chores

They have a daughter and OP can't do it all by herself.

Senad

• Published in Interesting
• February 24, 2023

Maintaining a healthy balance between work and home life can be a daunting task. With long hours at work and countless responsibilities at home, many individuals struggle to keep up with daily chores.

This Reddit user's story highlights the difficulties of managing a busy work schedule while juggling household responsibilities. The story involves a 37-year-old truck driver, who works anywhere between 65 to 75 hours per week, and his girlfriend, who is a Sales Support supervisor.

OP works from home and takes care of their 6-month-old daughter without the help of a babysitter. Additionally, she works as a waitress on Saturdays from 4 PM to 11 PM. and while she enjoys maintaining a tidy home, her boyfriend does not participate in household chores.

Despite her attempts to communicate her needs to him, the girlfriend finds it challenging to get her boyfriend to help with household tasks. Initially, she created a nightly list on a whiteboard in the kitchen for him to check so that he did not have to ask her. but he follows it inconsistently and has only recently begun to improve.

Weekends have become a contentious issue for the couple because while the boyfriend wants to relax on his days off, OP takes care of their daughter, does laundry, cleans, and makes lists of things to do and groceries to buy. She has also requested that he completes a few tasks around the house, such as cleaning the garage and basement and fixing or installing certain things, but he has yet to do them.

OP has even returned to therapy because she feels that her expectations might be too high or she might be doing something wrong. The story illustrates the difficulties of balancing work and family responsibilities and effectively communicating needs.

Make sure you scroll down and read the full story that was posted on Reddit, along with the comments left by other people on the internet who did their best to help OP with her situation.

OP's boyfriend is a truck driver and he works all day and morning, up to 75 hours a week

OP works from home in sales support as a supervisor and she also picks up a shift as a waitress on Saturdays to support the family

OP likes a tidy house but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get her boyfriend to start helping out with the chores

Weekends are a big issue for the couple since the boyfriend uses this time to relax and rest from the busy week, but OP doesn't get to rest

OP returned to therapy because she feels like she's the one doing something wrong

An insane schedule

They both need a breather

Not sustainable

Insane!

Help from outside

The burden of household responsibilities often falls on women, and it can be challenging to get partners to help out. This story highlights the importance of acknowledging and addressing imbalanced household responsibilities to create a fair and equitable partnership.

It also stresses the importance of communication in a relationship and the need for both partners to compromise and work together to create a healthy work-life balance.

Senad