Working Husband Demands To Have Facetime Calls With Toddler Children Past Their Bedtime, Wife Refuses

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    Font - r/AmIthe Asshole. Posted by u/musa895 11 hours ago $2 AITA for not answering when my husband called to speak to our kids before bed?
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    Art - I have a 2 year old and a 4 year old so keeping them on a good sleep schedule is pretty important.
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    Font - Whenever my husband is away, he'll facetime with the kids for a little while. We agreed before he left that he would call at 6:30pm my time as their bedtime is around 8pm. He called late from the start but he was always apologetic and said his meeting overran so I let it go at first. After the fourth time I told him I wouldn't answer if he called later than 7:30pm as it was ruining their sleep schedule and he was calling later and later every day.
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    Font - I never answered when he called to speak to the kids for 3 days because he called after 7:30pm and now he's angry at me even though I suggested he call earlier if that worked better for him as it didn't. AITA?
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    Font - guileless_64 10 hr. ago NTA. NTA. NTA. He has no respect for how HARD it is to get little kids to sleep and for how exhausting it is EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.
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    Font - Stan_of_Cleeves 10 hr. ago Partassipant [2] NTA. Sleep is important, and kids need schedules. It is unreasonable of him to expect you to keep the kids awake past their bedtime. Calling right before they go to sleep (or past their bedtime) will mess with their sleep schedules. He agreed to 6:30pm! And if that no longer works for him, he needs to find a time to call earlier in the day.
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    Font - Betalisa 10 hr. ago Partassipant [2] NTA. You're home alone with two little kids on your own for a week? For your sanity, you need their bedtime to go smoothly. Can you call him at 6:30 and have the kids leave him a message? And have him call to leave them a message they can listen to in the morning?
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    Font - WinnipegMom 11 hr. ago NTA. At that age, depending on the kids, that can mess them up for days. You and your husband know your kids best and if it's a big deal or not. Try to take it easy on each other though. This is a tough time for a family. It's easier if you can both be supportive and gentle with each other.
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    Font - p1xieluv 11 hr. ago ΝΤΑ Irresponsible to get the kids all worked up before bed, he should know the schedule and needs to respect the fact that the kids need routine. If he can't call at a reasonable time that's his fault.
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    Rectangle - capmanor1755 10 hr. ago Professor Emeritass [86] Ha. Tell him you'll revisit the rule after he takes the kids solo for four days. NTA.
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    Font - infamous-hermit. 9 hr. ago I'm past the age of getting toddlers to bed by a decade. I still remember. NTA.
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    Rectangle - Here_for_tea_. 7 hr. ago Partassipant [1] NTA. He isn't the one that has to deal with cranky kids and interrupted night sleep.

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