working my butt off
By spoiled311
@spoiled311 (5500)
Philippines
January 3, 2010 9:31pm CST
i am tired. i have been working my butt off. as in. i am a wife, mother with no baby sitter and a 10 month old very active baby, a freelance career, and a homemaker. i live with my in-laws. i cook, clean the room and toilet and bath, and have to conform to every social gathering that both families have (my side and my husband's side) and even have to prepare food for every occasion. not everything, at least one dish.
i am exhausted.
i need more energy and strength. many people do more things than i do but still manage to brush their hair and put on some lipstick and smile at the end of the day. i would like to be able to do that.
oh God please help me.
please restore the joy in what i do. i am not asking that you take away all these things, but to find joy in everything that i do.
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2 responses
@rsa101 (40966)
• Philippines
5 Jan 10
have you tried talking with your husband about it. It seems I am seeing that you are on the brink of getting burnt out which is also bad. Your outlook in life was very different months ago. You were even telling that you and your husband went out on a date and everything. I guess you should try doing all those things again with your husband with the baby of course. Having a child in your marriage could sometimes drain our emotions because we focus too much on our child. But that shold not be the case. You should still have to rekindle the romance you have had with your husband to spark and inspire you more to do what you are doing right now.
@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
4 Jan 10
hi spoiled why do you have to live with inlaws that just does not work, I suppose it is your culture but two women under one roof it has to be exhausting and with an active baby and all,I would try to find a cheap to rent small apartment and move in, let the inlaws do their own cleaning and cooking while you do your own and care for that precious baby of yours.here in the US we tend not to want to live with our in laws at all.it never really works out very well anyway.
