“I don’t even have time to sit on the couch”
I work full-time, I get up before 6 every day, take the children to nursery and kindergarten, go to the office at the other end of Warsaw. I’m at work for 8 hours, I’m stuck in traffic jams and I’m driving as fast as I can to pick up the kids on time. I make dinner, I go to the playground, we go shopping, I come home draped with nets, I play with the children, I bathe them, in the meantime I clean the apartment, I read a bedtime story, they finally fall asleep. I have time for myself. It’s 9 pm, after a long day I’ve had enough, I’m going to sleep. And so every day – complains Agata in a letter sent to the editorial office.
When my husband is at home, the situation is a little different, the children are calmer, cry less and listen to each other more. Dad is finally home, they don’t miss him, they don’t feel left out. However, you never know how long it will last. Will he stay for a week, a month, or maybe just for a weekend? His work is unpredictable.
When he leaves for Germany, you never know when he’ll be back. I try to support him, but I know he loves his job and our financial situation has changed a lot since he started working abroad. However, my life has also changed. I don’t have time for myself, I don’t even have time to sit on the couch and drink coffee.
Children’s longing
Definitely the hardest thing is to explain to children that dad does not leave us at all and loves us with all his heart. Because of my husband’s trips abroad, our daughter asks if we are getting divorced. He is 7 years old, he understands more and more. These moments are terrible, I don’t know how many nights I spent crying from helplessness to my husband on the phone. I don’t know what I should do in this situation. What if at some point I can’t take it anymore?
Agata
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Source: Gazeta
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