husbands at home

cats.life

ok ladys i need your help. im sure im not the only wife ,girlfriend, partner, who,s husband is now at home cos he was made redundent , he used to work for musgraves truck driver. his last day was friday, kids got there summer holidays aswell that day , im sorry for hubbie but im worried bout new routine,we had a fairwell do last night and all the wifes said the same thing that they will have to get used to husbands at home , he will be sending CV,s to diferent places. so what im asking is how did ye ladys get through the bad patch?

the keen edge

The ladies lounge is that way ==>

My sister was in the same position a while back.

Thankfully he got a decent redundancy package so they aren't on hard times yet.

After 6 weeks she was fit to strangle him, he didnt know what to do with himself and he started getting pretty down on himself, under her feet all day, mopping around, plonked in front of the telly etc etc.

In the end, she started pushing him to get stuff done around the house and garden. He wasn't too interested at first but they sat down, wrote a list of all the things they'd like done and that he could do himself and used a portion to pay for materials etc.

He's since given the house 3 coats of paint on the outside, and 2 on the inside, laid a load of paving, done a massive amount of planting and even set up 4 raised beds for himself to grow veg and herbs in.

He's been going for jobs in the meantime and according to her, he's in the right frame of mind going out the door because he feels more energised now that he's doing something where he can see the benefit (for the family & kids)

Hope some of the above helps

cats.life

thanks davegalway, he is in good frame of mind at the minute cos it feels like that he is on holiday cos he was never made redundent before so its early days yet. and yes i know ladys lounge is that way but i want to know how the galway wemon deal with it or are there any wifes on here from musgraves..ideas on new things to do, im up on gardening etc.

biko

Galway->tLL

gaeilgegrinds1

My Dad had this situation when we were kids. NOBODY was a househusband then and he found it tough enough. So he came up with the idea that my mother would write a list of jobs. He loves working hard but couldnt think what needed to be done, he did out his own schedule and our house was spotless. Was ideal. My mother came home from work, he headed to the gym and all was well! As for Summers, we were the fitest kids about, constantly walking, cycling, running and had the BEST obstacle courses ever. Made us all have a great relationship with Dad.