"The Husband Who Left Me to Raise Our Twins Alone Now Says He’ll Take Parental Leave Because They’ve Started Kindergarten" [What Do You Think?]

[Financial News]  A husband who refused to take parental leave when childcare was at its most demanding is now causing conflict with his wife after saying he plans to take leave to prepare for a professional certification exam now that their children have started kindergarten.

Recently, a post titled "My Husband Says He’s Finally Taking Parental Leave" was uploaded to the anonymous workplace community Blind.
Poster A began, "We’re both civil servants. When we were raising our twins and going through the hardest period, I suggested that we take parental leave together, but my husband said it would be difficult because of the project he was working on. The only leave he took was about 10 or 20 days of spouse’s childbirth leave."
She continued, "Now the children are older and attending kindergarten, and there isn’t much housework, but he says he’s finally going to take parental leave. My husband had originally been preparing for the certified tax accountant exam, but he became a civil servant and briefly gave up on it. Now he says he wants to try again. Because we have twins, he says he’ll take two to three years while using the full paid-leave entitlement."
She added, "The children are about to enter the period when we’ll have to spend a lot of money, so I find it ridiculous that he wants to take parental leave only now. Even if it’s paid leave, not much will be left after various deductions, and I’m worried because he can’t work a part-time job as a civil servant."

Poster A also expressed frustration about how household chores and childcare were divided.
She said, "My husband can’t cook, so I’ve always handled it. It’s obvious that he won’t do any cooking or cleaning. Even after I get home from work, I’ll probably still have to cook and prepare meals for the children, just as I do now."
She also asked for advice, saying, "We’ve argued a lot about his gaming, and although he calls it studying, it’s obvious he’ll spend all day playing games. Should I just let it go?"
Readers who saw the post responded with comments such as, "Why take parental leave now? Isn’t he just trying to take time off?" "He left her to shoulder all the childcare while raising twins, and now he suddenly wants parental leave?" "He should only be allowed to take parental leave on the condition that he handles all the housework," "He’s truly shameless and selfish," "If he’s going to take it, tell him to use it from first grade through third grade," and "Tell him to take leave only after he passes at least the first stage of the certified tax accountant exam."
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