Open letter meme

[flea]

Dear Women With Large Feet Who Like Danskos,
Why did you have to line up at opening time and clear out the store of my size on the first morning of the sale? Don't you have jobs?
Signed,
Wah!

Dear Husband,
Our daughter takes afternoon naps, not morning ones. I need her to take afternoon naps so I can get important things done, like mowing the lawn. When she takes morning naps with you, you both sleep. This may "feel so good," but how exactly is it fair?
Signed,
Division of Labor My Ass

Dear Sun,
Please stop shining. I know plenty of people like you, and yeah, we depend on you for stuff like, you know, life on earth. But can't a cool-weather loving girl get a little consideration for a change?
Signed,
Yes I Know It's My Fault I Live In NC Shut Up Already

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Division of Labor My Ass

*sigh* Yes, too true. Even with a fantastic, loving, and helpful spouse, I get the feeling somehow that I'm working a 16 hour day and he's working a 12 hour day. Not so much fun that I can't feel I can discuss it with him, either.

I'm often frustrated by his need for more sleep than I need to function. His requests for a nap will sometimes throw me off guard, during the week, when I feel like I've been chasing the boy around all day and he's only been with him for an hour and a half (and most of that occurs while Owen is in his high chair for dinner) and yet, Christopher will go for an hour's nap and by the time he wakes up, Owen's fallen asleep for the night.

Mostly, what happens is that Christopher sleeps until 8:00 a.m., while I get up with the baby at 6:00 a.m. Christopher gets home at 6:30 p.m. and the baby's in bed by 8:00.

I spend at least another two or three hours getting things done around the house that I can't accomplish in the presence of a toddler (like cleaning toilets, etc.) while Christopher watches t.v. until he's ready to go to bed. So Christopher's day ends far earlier than mine--he simply doesn't worry about mundane, household chores the way I do.

I need to learn to start flat out asking, rather than taking on all of these things myself, I realize. But that's hard. In my mind, the housework, etc. falls under my purview since I opted to quit working outside the home.