I posted this
article about default parents on facebook yesterday with my quote:
Quote:
Yes, read this. I am definitely the default parent in our household. I hope my husband bothers reading this. Especially this part.
"What's troubling is there seems to be no meaningful escape for the default parent. They don't get a break unless they physically remove themselves completely from their families... and throw their phones in a lake. Even when they do get a weekend away, they leave a detailed spreadsheet of daily activities organized by event time with notes. They arrange carpools and playdates, and leave a wrapped present for the birthday party. The non-default parent? They just leave. Incredibly, they just kiss us goodbye, and leave. Motherf***er. OK, deep breath. Serenity now. The only dream left for the default parent is to contract a highly contagious, non-life threatening virus. But even then, we know the children will find us in our quarantine tent to ask us to open a jar."
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Now one of my bloody cousins has gone all, perfect couple bullshit on me telling me how people should communicate better blah blah and then there'll be no problem.
FFS, it's bloody facebook and it's half a joke, but there are some parts in the article that ring true, so it's a bit contentious, which is why I put the part that was most relevant to my situation in my comments.
It's just irritating when people give you the whole, "you're doing it wrong" talk when their own shit is far from perfect.