I’m Marie, a stay-at-home mom handling all the household chores and childcare, but lately, my husband Shingo and I have been drifting apart over the little things. He always claims he “likes things clean,” but he never actually pitches in with the house or the kids. Even when I ask for help, he just hits me with, “Isn’t that your job, Marie?”
My husband is the type who’s good at everything he does. That’s why it felt so off when he suddenly turned so incompetent at basic housework. When I realized he might just be playing dumb so I’d stop asking him for help, I was crushed.
Still, if we’re going to keep living together as a family, I can’t just sweep this under the rug. Realizing that, I slowly built up the courage to finally confront him.