wishing wife would step up
Hello,
I'm a working full-time (11 hours a day out of house, Monday through Friday) husband. Some days, sometimes twice a week I am gone about 19 hours. These are the days I work OT, leaving in the morning at 5 a.m. for the train and not returning until midnight. I do this because I am the sole income for our home and my wife is a stay at home mom to our two boys.
Why I'm here messaging is the fact that I feel like I cannot talk to her any plainer about what I believe she should do in her capacity as a homemaker and mother here.
We waste a lot of money eating out because she doesn't like to cook, and in turn we eat home probably once a week. There is no regular/routine cleaning or tidying done. What I mean is that dishes will sit for days in the sink, no regular dusting, straightening, purging. There are always things around, on top of surfaces, counters, etc.
Laundry is done, I usually always have clean clothes, but I think for a family of four every other day should cut it. It piles up too sometimes.
Food shopping isn't too regular and we have too much junk food here for the kids. Plus, if it's here WE eat it, ha! While there are a lot of things in their place here, the house is still disorganized and or too much things are here, i.e. toys, one or two closets full of stuff.
Like clockwork she will call her mother every day, but I don't get why she can't get herself going and just think of homemaker of what it is, and treat it like HER job. For the good of our kids, at least. I tell her this. Very often she has excuse after excuse, or fights me about it. If one doesn't know how to do something, there are plenty of resources out there to find out. If I need to fix something in the house, I find out.
I don't run around on her, don't go out to bars, stay away from home on purpose, etc. I'm a good and involved dad and husband. I try my best to talk to her, figure out things, and suggest solutions.
Also, a biggie is she seems to always be sick or ailing. I see that she doesn't take care of herself (health-wise, exercise, eat better, etc.). Doctor visits perhaps?
I love her very very much and she is a good person, but this could be a breaking point with us. Any questions, help, advice?