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Saturday, April 17, 2010

A Perennial Question - What to Do About Hubby...

Dear Holly,
One of my biggest blessings, yet distractions, is my husband coming home daily for lunch. I need my rule to be flexible for him. Now, he does not come home at a set time daily, so this is a problem. Because I’m trying to implement my rule more efficiently, I told him we are eating daily at noon and rest time at 12:30, and I will keep a made up lunch plate for him. This also means my lunches might not be as simple as I would like. He does often get pretty nice lunches, therefore I used to average not getting out of the kitchen until 1:30. So this was a lot of work for me to figure out the lunch situation and I’ve certainly made progress. What do you recommend? Sticking to our schedule, as I’ve just started or waiting for him like we used to….which got us out of or not in any routine.
Posted by at 8:15 AM
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  1. I agree with your new format - make him up a plate for when he does come home and stick to your own schedule. I do this for my husband if he is going to be fairly late at supper.

    However, I serve what I have made for everyone else, not special different meals.

    Additionally, what you could do, to accommodate his presence and not end up ignoring him - since he does come home regularly - is permit yourself an extra 30 minutes in the afternoon called "Hubby Time" and that can be put into your schedule at any point, flexibly. Then when he comes home, you can spend real time with him. Allotting this time will make it so you truly attend to his presence which is a benefit to all of your family.
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