Krista
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And then when he got home, I would be able to rest.
But that just has not happened at all.
I mean, he's got three months off of work now and he just has no patience for anything.
His temper is so short and I just feel like I can't ask him for help because his patience is so bad.
When I leave for my meetings for church or to go grocery shopping, he's always rushing me and implies that I'm just wasting time, basically.
He even said he wants to plan a backpacking trip for himself while we're here on leave.
And I was like, maybe I'd like to go on that.
And he's like, well, we'll watch the kids.
And I just felt so discouraged by that.
I feel so burnt out.
And I've had to be strong for so long.
And I just wish that I could just rest and someone would be strong for me or sacrifice for me so that I can just breathe for a little bit because it's so hard to watch him
be so impatient when for years I've been doing this and you've made me feel like it was easy and that I should feel guilty if I'm stressed out about being a mom.
So I'm just like, do I just tell him to suck it up because that's what I've been doing for all this time or is that too mean or what?
Yeah.
Yes, that's so true.
No, he was... He's in the Navy.
He was just...
they really didn't have a mission.
They were kind of just being present around the waters and in different areas.