**Dear Wendyl,
My husband is the successful CEO of a company which is doing very well. He has always been a real go-getter and I guess I always knew that he would work long hours, but now I’m stuck at home with three kids, while he leaves the house at 7am and often doesn’t walk in the door until 10pm. One week, I worked out he actually spent time in the same room as our children for only six hours! I’ve tried to tell him that he needs to be there a bit more, but he just says if he didn’t work this hard, we wouldn’t have our great house, our overseas holidays, etc. I would rather live in a tent if it meant I could see more
of him. Any suggestions?**
Lonely Wife, via email
Dear Lonely Wife,
Men often miss that relationships need to be nurtured and make the mistake of thinking everything will just keep going around like their little train set they had as a kid!
Book him out for a trip away over a weekend – even if it isn’t possible for six weeks, just get him to agree. Then sort out a babysitter and escape together. Ask him to leave his phone, laptop and anything work-related at home and then have a nice time. Towards the end – certainly not at the beginning or you will be a total killjoy – explain to him how you are feeling, your worries for the kids and their relationship with him. Ask if he could work on finding some time to be with you. Start small with an agreement that weekends
are for family and not work. Then, build this up into more time together.
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