How do you guys deal with parenting? My wife had work events all weekend last week so I had to be on point 100% and then continue to all week. Now this weekend we had a girl scout hike and my wife wanted to go to a special event with me in the evening. I haven’t had time for any real solitude for two weeks and am mentally/emotionally drained.
How do you guys deal with this? I feel like a bad parent/partner for not being excited for these things or feelings negative about doing them. Am I expecting too much from myself? I don’t know, thanks for reading anyway.
Seems like some great advice here.
I was in the same situation (also being bad at communicating mental needs). But eventually found the words to communicate it.
Took some time, but now my partner is even starting to recognize when I may need some time to myself and is much more accommodating.