Do you feel that it is important for your spouse to talk about work at home or should they leave it at work?

I stay at home with our daughter due to a lay off earlier. I'm in school and trying to get into a better field. My husband works full time and I appreciate that he works hard to try to provide for us...but I only hear about his job and nothing else. It's started to irritate me. He also works long hours, partly because of his field, but also partly because he can never say no. He has a great reputation at work, but unfortunately I feel like home life is suffering. When he actually IS home on time, I hear non stop about his job and what happened, etc. I've talked to him about this already, but I'm curious to know what every one else thinks about unloading onto your spouse? I've tried to be supportive and lend a listening ear all this time, but after almost a full year of it I've just about had it. I have felt ignored and feel like I'm an only parent now....he is home early so seldom that our daughter won't even let him do anything for her, she demands that I help her, which in turn only