A mum has slammed her husband for his attitude after watching their children, and has questioned whether he needs to "suck it up".
The woman took to online parenting forum Mumsnet to share information about her spouse's behaviour. She revealed that her husband is a teacher and has struggled to look after their kids during his summer holiday while she is at work.
Unsure of whether she was being "unreasonable", she posted on the website to ask for advice from fellow mothers and fathers.
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The woman wrote: "DH (dear husband) is at home with the 2 DC (dear children) while I'm at work. DS (dear son) goes to nursery term time only, as we agreed that it doesn't make sense to pay for childcare while DH is at home with DD (dear daughter) anyway.
"DH is clearly resenting the loss of his child-free summer holidays, where he would be free to please himself for the whole 6 weeks. I am getting several messages a day about how much the DC are pissing him off and winding him up and how he hates his life.
"I know what it's like, I have looked after the DC by myself several days a week while I was on mat leave. DH has let them get to him way too much and has worked himself up into an absolute rage."
She continued: "I've been considering going home early today to take over as DH is not handling it well at all. AIBU (am I being unreasonable) to think that DH just needs to suck it up?
"It's not even for the full 6 weeks as we'll have family help for some of it and will also be going on holiday as a family for a week. I do understand how he feels as he's losing one of the big benefits of being a teacher, but I only have limited holiday and don't get any time off work by myself either."
Before long, the post had received dozens of responses from Mumsnet users. There was a range of opinions, but many agreed that the woman's husband was being "unreasonable".
One wrote: "I would have no patience with dh in this situation, obviously you don't have the school holidays to yourself when you have dc, it's a bonus he's a teacher as you only have to pay for term time childcare, tell him to suck it up and get a grip".
A third echoed: "He is being unreasonable. I have found the biggest benefit of being a teacher is spending the one to one time with DS."
"He needs a reality check," commented a third.
A fourth agreed: "Wow. It's pretty ridiculous he can't watch his own children without going into a rage...it's only been ONE day."
Another posted: "100% he needs to suck it up. He sounds lazy, entitled and selfish."
Meanwhile, a sixth stated: "What an a**e. Could you imagine a woman doing that? He needs to grow up."
However, other users sympathised with the man, with one writing: "I get he's being unreasonable. But I was in this position and found it relentless. Especially with young pre school children."
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