Depressed and confused (sorry for the long post)

Why do men have to be such dicks? Sorry for the language. I'm with a guy and have been for 9 years. He won't even let me stay the weekend with my friend. He says it's not fair bc he doesn't have any friends. There are reasons why no one likes him. I'm also 11 days late for AF. The tests I take are negative so I think. This month is my birthday but I'm not looking forward to it as my twin brother passed away last year July 6th due to kidney failure. So this month is definitely hard. I find it that I cry myself to sleep more often then not. It doesn't help that my SO tells me to get over it and to grieve on my own. He sees me crying and doesn't even ask if I'm ok sometimes he doesn't even check on me. I was also adopted and was beaten by my adopted mom since I was 2 and a half years old to the age of 21. She lied to and said I didn't have any biological siblings well she hid that from me as well. I know she adopted me , my twin and younger brother but she lied. Then when my birth mother passed away it was then and only then that she told me my dad passed 2 years before that. When my twin passed away my adopted mom blamed me for not visiting him in the hospital. I couldn't bc the hospital rules were visitors over the age of 16 could visit and I had a 2 year old. Also SO refused to watch her so I wasn't able to go see him. Now my adopted mom is trying to reconnect with me and I'm having mixed feelings about it. Yes she raised me and I'm greatful for that if she didn't adopt me I wouldn't be where I am today. On the other hand she beat me when I lied to her it got so bad I was cutting myself and I literally thought about suicide. I'm glad I didn't bc now I have 2 beautiful girls. What would you do if someone reached out to you who beat you for every little thing?

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I would say THIS YOUR LIFE!! Nobody can control what YOU do but YOU I’m sorry that you are going through this .!! For your SO it sounds like he needs a wake up call on what he HAVE before it becomes “HAD” .. and ppl tend to project their feelings and insecurities onto others because they cannot deal with it on their own !! I would take a couple days to myself to figure out boundaries or rethink my boundaries and would I be crossings any of mine ..take care of you first mama everybody else 2nd

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I'm sorry you're going through so much. Your adopted mother and your partner both sound horrible. If my partner ever told me to "get over" my brother dying I don't think I could forgive that.

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doesn’t sound like you are happy with him, maybe that’s something to reconsider: whether or not you should be in this relationship. As for your adoptive mother: I’d say screw her. she BEAT you. she deserves no forgiveness whether or not she adopted you and gave you that chance. And to blame you for not going to the hospital is also not fair, and neither is your SO for not taking care of the baby. your whole situation is not fair to you or your little ones and i’m sorry you’ve been going through this for so long

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SO is cheating on me as well he has 30 Facebook accounts and talks to over 300 woman who have bigger boobs then me he says it's not cheating bc he didn't have sex with anyone but me. Yet he asks them out and calls them sexy. I have a state worker and she is helping me go on housing

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Ok so for starters i know some of you are going to say omg omg omg super controlling omg leave omg. No im not doing that. Im happy he finally admitted his wrong doing and taking accountability for it but id like to know the deeper reason, the what the f has him thinking like this reason, the personality trait reason. He’s obviously scared I’m going to leave him; so much so that he’s doing this dumb shit to prevent it. Past trauma? What do y’all think I can do to get him to see I’m not going anywhere? I’m consistent already, I married him, we have a baby. He really is the love of my life. I have never loved another man like this before.. but this shit is for the birds and he thinks he’s keeping me doing this but in actuality it’s making me lose respect and detach.

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worried about a family members baby

So this child is three months old and she isn’t being fed from 10pm till 6/7 am idk if this is normal or safe and it’s been like this since 2 months i believe as she won’t wake her for feeds she goes to the pub drinking most nights with her baby and her baby has already been in hospital with a very low temperature bc she was outside but as soon as she was in a warm car she warmed up and doctors said she was fine she lets cats play with her bouncers toys that go over her and doesn’t strap her in she is cold from what i’ve heard from other family members and they’ve tried to warm her hands and she’s wet herself at my parents and she hasn’t had a spare vest to put on her and i offered her a blanket as she didn’t have one and she declined and she won’t listen to anyone about it she’s already left the baby with my parents for the night to go out drinking and personally i couldn’t leave my three month old because my parents said she just cried and im really unsure whether to report her or not and her house smells of dog wee/poo as she’s never home to look after them and that’s not safe for the baby i understand being lonely but she doesn’t need to go to the pub every night her friends could
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my parents are concerned btw but they say i shouldn’t report her as it’s not fair but i feel how the baby is treated isn’t fair

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Does anyone else hate their partner?

I’m now a little over 2 months postpartum and I’ve struggled with genuinely just not liking my partner anymore since we found out I was pregnant last year. I catch myself just staring at him with hatred because I’m so sick and tired of his bullshit. He is just now getting a job and has not had one since THANKSGIVING!!! Meanwhile I was working full time until I finally got too sick to be able to work. I genuinely want him out of my house but I depend on him as far as driving goes bc I don’t have a car. I also still love him deep down and don’t want to put him out on the street but he’s driving me genuinely insane. Any advice?

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Partner works incredibly long hours, how much do they help out?

I'm struggling. Have been for a while. I've had one break from parenting my daughter, that was for 3 hours in December when I left her with her dad.

She's 14 months old and I'm just tired. I've done every night by myself. He's out of bed at 4am and doesn't get home until 7-9pm. He drives for work, very physically tiring.
On the weekends he was doing 6 days, one weekend day off, but now has both off.

He doesn't sit on the floor and play with her, he doesn't read to her because he says she doesn't have the patience.
He will pick her up and hold her whilst he's cooking.

Recently I've been "snappy" with him.
He got back from the mechanic last weekend, she was getting onto the sofa and he put his headphones on and started to watch Netflix on his phone.
The same day I told him I was going to run her bath and to watch her whilst she was still eating, he fell asleep on the sofa.

Today he went to football after going shopping, so was out 1-3 and then from 4-8.
He got back and I was snappy.

"I don't get why you're so snappy with me"

I said - Probably because I haven't had a break since December.

"Do you think I don't know you haven't had a break. I haven't had a break", "I just won't go to work, I'll sit at home all day".

Then "do you think I like not having a connection to my child"... But that's on him? He never sits to play with her. He "doesn't see the point". He's stated that this age is boring to him.

Since she's been born, he has been to a friend's once a month. Football - He stopped going for 7months, but has been the last two weekends.

Are these not breaks?

He does do the washing/washing up/cooking/vacuuming when I haven't had a chance to; but I'm the one in charge of feeding her, naps/bedtime, teeth brushing, hair brushing, baths, dressing her, making sure she has the right shoes, appointments etc. Everything falls on me.

If your partner works ridiculously long hours, how much do they look after your child? Do you ever get a break?

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Am I wrong ?

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