Abeera Anwar
Parenting is supposed to be about teamwork—balancing responsibilities, supporting one another, and stepping up when the other is busy. But what happens when one partner feels like they’re carrying the load while the other lounges on the sidelines? That’s exactly the situation I found myself in when my husband asked me to stop cooking dinner for the whole family so I could change a dirty diaper—while he sat comfortably on the couch with his earbuds in.
The Setup: Dinner, Earbuds, and Raw Shrimp
“It’s Your Turn” … Seriously?
A Poopy Request at the Worst Time
The Big Confrontation
Flabbergasted and Frustrated
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At the end of the day, I wasn’t upset about changing a diaper—I was upset about the blatant lack of awareness. I was cooking dinner for everyone, yet he thought it was reasonable to interrupt and ask me to handle diaper duty so he could keep sitting. My husband is usually great, but in that moment, I was left questioning if he truly understood what teamwork means. Maybe it was “my turn,” but shouldn’t partnership be about more than keeping score?
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