1. He comes home from work and has to go straight to the man cave (which, with no one home, the whole house is a “man cave”).
He can come home from work and stare off into space for hours at a time if he chooses. He can watch grown up television shows instead of Dora or Ninjago. He can eat a candy bar without hiding out in the bathroom. He can even have a whole bag of Doritos for dinner, if he wants. He isn’t startled awake multiple times throughout the night by crying children and his wife poking him in the ribs. That must be so hard.
2. His ‘honey do’ list is always a mile long.
Without me around to “supervise” he can do the projects in whichever order he wants. He has absolute control over the ‘honey do’ list. He even has the luxury of leaving his tools out and unattended which saves him time and energy. He can leave them out until the projects are over. He can even wait until the night before we return to clean everything up.
3. The worst thing about being home alone is the silence.
I know he hates the silence. No crying children and no nagging wife. That’s got to be tough. I do try to relieve the anxiety associated with silence by face timing with him frequently and letting him listen to the children as they argue and quarrel in the background. I do randomly lay the iPad down and discipline them so that he feels like we are right there with him. I'm so thoughtful, I know.
Poor Colton……..
Seriously…..I am so thankful for a husband who is understanding. He knows how hard it is for me to live 1500 miles away from my family. So he makes it possible for me to spend 3 consecutive weeks out of the year with them and he doesn’t complain.
He's even willing to attack that “mile long honey do list” while I'm gone!
Have you ever gone to visit family and left the hubby behind because he had to work?
