My husband and I both work full time. I work from home; he works in person 5–6 days a week. Both jobs are mentally and emotionally demanding, but his obviously requires being physically on site, which I do take into account.
I handle about 90% of the childcare and household stuff — school/daycare drop-offs, cooking, groceries, chores, etc.
Lately I’ve been feeling burnt out and not like myself. I don’t want anything extreme — just occasional time to recharge. Ideally, when he has a day off, I’d love for him to take the kids so I can leave the house for a bit and feel like a human again. Maybe an evening every couple of weeks to work out, shop, sit in silence, whatever.
We have two kids, and suddenly this seems to be an issue.
Tonight I asked if he’d mind if I went to a movie alone. I’ve always gone to movies by myself — it’s not a new behavior, just something I haven’t done in a while. I really want to see Wuthering Heights. He basically said no. I could have gone, but it would have turned into a big conflict, which I didn’t want.
Am I being unreasonable here, or is this a weird reaction?