My Mother Found Out My Wife Had Been Treating Me like a Housekeeper Since I Work from Home and Made Her Regret It
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The spa weekend was everything I needed and more. For the first time in what felt like forever, I wasn’t thinking about cleaning, cooking, or whether the kids needed a snack. I wasn’t worrying about balancing my job and household duties. I was just… me.
As I sat in the hot tub, surrounded by peaceful silence, I realized just how tired I had been.
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“I didn’t realize how much weight I was carrying until I felt it lifted,” I muttered, sinking deeper into the warm water. The tension in my shoulders and back started to melt away, and I felt at peace for the first time in years.
Meanwhile, back at home, Ruby was getting a taste of what I’d been dealing with. From the moment she woke up, the kids were her responsibility. Breakfast, keeping the kids entertained, laundry, cleaning — it was all on her shoulders now.
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Ruby was waiting for me at the door when I returned home Sunday evening. Her hair was pulled back in a messy bun, and there were dark circles under her eyes. She rushed to me, wrapping her arms around my neck.
“I’m so sorry,” she whispered, her voice cracking. “I didn’t realize how much you were handling until I did it all myself. It was so overwhelming.”
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I held her for a moment, feeling the weight of her words. “It’s okay,” I said softly. “But we need to do this together. I can’t keep doing everything.”