A frustrated father has blasted his wife for continually taking their kids to school late, saying it's affecting their marriage.
The dad took to the popular online parenting platform Mumsnet to rant about his "habitually late" wife, reports the Liverpool Echo.
Under the username MarkyTinTin, the work-from-home dad wrote: "I always get them to school ASAP after it opens - my older daughter hates being late."
He added: "Wife does not work but gets the dds [darling daughters] to school late every day she has to take them.
"Not hugely late but always a couple of minutes. I can't do anything about it and she is habitually late for everything.
"It's having an impact on kids and our marriage as I think totally unacceptable. Have tried talking about it and playing the 'be on time for the sake of our d' card but nothing changes - this has been 2 years now and at my wits end/stuck for solutions.
"We have no traffic issues and it's just down to her leaving 10 mins earlier each day. Am I being unreasonable expecting our children to be delivered on time to school and can anyone advise on alternative strategies to change this behaviour [assuming unacceptable?].
He added he would give up his job to get them to school on time, saying: "But dw [darling wife] is not looking for work so we would lose everything. I can't stand it any more - grateful for some ideas/alternative strategies please! Thank you."
The post received more than 170 responses - and plenty said the same thing.
One chipped in: "I would be annoyed at this constant lateness too. We were almost late for school this morning for the first time [DD is in yr 1]. First day back at school and I just wasn't into the swing of things.
"As a one off, I think it's excusable, but I felt awful because DD was upset that she thought she was going to be late."
A second wrote: "No advice but why the hell can't she get out the door in the mornings? It's a struggle for us all but we do it. My kids would hate being late regularly for school, it's not fair on the kids. I'd get quite cross if I were you and say it as it is. It's not acceptable."
But another countered: "If it's only a few minutes late then it sounds like you are overreacting - are there other issues between you apart from this?
"I am always early to everything and my DH is always late. He drops the children to school a few minutes late everyday but its not the end of the world - plenty of other parents are a few minutes late too. DH has lots of good things about him but is not perfect - like any of us."
