'I know that this is not sustainable for a relationship.'
This came as a surprise to me. Neither one of us. We live in the same home and have a good marriage. But when everything shut down, our marriage seemed to shut down as well. With the shutdown, both of our incomes that we generate from our respective small businesses took a nosedive. Our daughter was no longer going to school and we were told to homeschool her with very little warning.
But the thing is, there are only so many hours in the day, and something had to give. What gave is my time with my husband. The way we have been managing our lives is byWhile one of us is working, the other is either cleaning, cooking, or being with our daughter. Then we swap spots. We even sleep in shifts — he wakes up at 5:30 a.m. to start his day and I go to bed at midnight. We are like two ships passing through the night, simply trying to keep the wheels in motion.
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