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Dear Annie:

My husband's job requires him to travel several days during the week. We have two teenage¹ daughters still at home.

I work a 40-hour week. I look forward to not being the cook and chauffeur² on the weekends, but my husband, who enjoys cooking, refuses to help. He says he doesn't want to be "the butler" when he is home from his travels.

I understand being on the road is not a vacation. I know he looks forward to a home-cooked meal, and I make every effort to arrange³ it, but it feels like I never get a break. Can you give us some advice? — Not the Butler's WifeDear Wife:

Both of you need a break. Every couple handles this in their own way. Some do all the chores together, so each person only has half as much to do. Some divide the weekend, giving the husband one day's tasks and the wife the other.

You have two teenage girls who should be quite capable⁴ of helping⁵. Since your husband wants a home-cooked meal, either let your girls get creative with the food, or make a little extra when you cook during the week and freeze it. That way your husband can have his preferred meal and you don't have to spend the weekend preparing it.

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