How do I get my SO to understand all that I do during the day? After he comes home from work he usually goes into our room and plays video games until dinner (2-3 hours later). He gets upset whenever he's asked to do something saying that he does everything and he can never just sit and relax after work. Or he'll say that he'll get to it and then 3 hours later it's still not done so I end up just doing it anyway. He will hold and play with our daughter, but if I ask him to change her he won't do it. Whether it's just changing her clothes or her diaper. He says he feels like he shouldn't be looking at her "girl parts." I try explaining to him how that makes me feel, but it just makes him more upset. He even gets mad when I just try having a conversation with him while he's playing video games. He also doesn't put away anything. I'm constantly picking up his dirty clothes that he leaves lying around. I'm just out of ideas on how to talk to him without him getting upset or saying I nag too much.
@dawnrose, I wish I could just leave but I don't have a car so I can't. It doesn't matter, though. He just gets mad even if I want to go out shopping or something. If I tried that, I'm sure he wouldn't even care.
my husband works full time but never pulls that shit on me... I left him home one day and told him to make dinner, I was gone for 8 hours came home and he apologize for not cooking, he said he never realized how much work it is to care for a baby and he didn't have time. now he never says anything about a messy house or no food on table, and he does TRY to help out with everything more. I think men think it's a piece of cake staying home with baby all day, when it's actually hard work.
@klp16, it's hard since we live with his parents and usually cook and clean. He doesn't even know how to do the laundry and will probably ask his mom to do it if I don't.
@mrsjones24, I don't think he'll ever understand unless we get our own place. Maybe not even then.