Any suggestions for couples where one partner is routinely gone? My partner is on 24/7 call 1-2 weeks per month. It’s really difficult for me to not have a handle on most tasks because they still fall back on me routinely when my partner is gone. So even if the responsibility for trash is not “mine,” I am still taking it out 7-14 days per month.
Hmm, that's a tough one, Amy! One idea is that you might try to assign your partner tasks that are more flexible (e.g., done monthly rather than weekly, etc.) or that they can do while on call. Depending on the nature of your partner's work, there might also be some things they can do online: pay bills, research a purchase, etc. You might also experiment with figuring out which tasks are easy to rotate from you to your partner. Trash probably isn't a great one, but something like meal planning might be. On weeks your partner is home, they're in charge of making the grocery list; on weeks they're away, you are. Good luck! If you come up with good solutions, I'd love to hear about them.
Any suggestions for couples where one partner is routinely gone? My partner is on 24/7 call 1-2 weeks per month. It’s really difficult for me to not have a handle on most tasks because they still fall back on me routinely when my partner is gone. So even if the responsibility for trash is not “mine,” I am still taking it out 7-14 days per month.
Hmm, that's a tough one, Amy! One idea is that you might try to assign your partner tasks that are more flexible (e.g., done monthly rather than weekly, etc.) or that they can do while on call. Depending on the nature of your partner's work, there might also be some things they can do online: pay bills, research a purchase, etc. You might also experiment with figuring out which tasks are easy to rotate from you to your partner. Trash probably isn't a great one, but something like meal planning might be. On weeks your partner is home, they're in charge of making the grocery list; on weeks they're away, you are. Good luck! If you come up with good solutions, I'd love to hear about them.