I Can't Understand

Dear Powerless,

I can't understand why you cannot just come home after work like most husbands do.

I get that your job is stressful but the days that I work, pick up the kids, help with homework, run them to practice, pick up groceries, and make dinner, I get stressed too.

I love our home and our family, I just wish that you would too.

I need your help as most days I feel like a single parent while you sit at the bar with your friends. I just don't understand and nothing that I do seems to get your attention. I used to hide my tears as they flowed onto my pillow, but those tears have turned into audible sobs and you just ignore them.

The man I married wasn't so cold and I miss him.

Sincerely,

Wife of an alcoholic