I (M49) am jealous of my wife's (F50) freedom.

I will say one thing, because my wife is a teacher as well and works something like 20% less time than me (goes into work later, leaves work earlier) at work or doing work related things and in addition, we have share 1 car which she uses for work while I commute (my commute is actually simple but time consuming and I enjoy the extra physical activity); she also asks me to do out of the way chores on my way from work to home, while I'm sitting on the train, while she's been home for an hour or two after her 15 minute drive home, while our child is still at day-care, while she's lying in bed doing nothing.

The other stuff is on you, you need to put yourself out there and carve out some time for yourself, but you need to probably say something about how she's not valuing your time by asking you to do things she's much better suited to do.

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