Diary of a Crap Housewife by Jessica Rowe

Author:Jessica Rowe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2019-02-15T16:00:00+00:00

# CRAPHOUSEWIFE

Since becoming a mum, I was craving my own physical space too. Once I’d managed to get Allegra into bed, I definitely wasn’t up for anyone else’s demands for my attention. Desperate to have my body to myself, I would hold my breath if my husband rolled over, stretching his arm around my waist. Lying still, I would have everything crossed so that his hand would stay exactly where it was.

‘Can’t you just hold me?’ I’d ask.

‘Oh, but I know I can get you in the mood,’ Peter would say.

‘Nothing will get me in the mood. Just give me a cuddle, I’m too tired … I love you.’

‘But what about me?’

‘Go and take a cold shower …’

My tolerant husband would sigh, roll back over and turn on the radio. As he struggled to tune it in to a talkback station, the baby monitor playing havoc with the reception, I would be already asleep and snoring, very loudly. My heavy sleep would remain undisturbed until I heard the chirpy sounds of my daughter through the monitor, ready to start her day, despite the sun still hours away from waking up.

Life hadn’t always been like this, and I wondered what had happened to that careless, carefree young woman I had once been. How were other mums coping with the changes in their bodies and the never-ending demands on their emotional energy? Was that mother with her toddler in the stroller I saw each morning at the cafe too exhausted for sex too? Or was it just me?

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