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So this something that came up before and was confronted about. my baby daddy went to go do something while I stayed in the car. He left his phone unlocked. We both have 2 phones. I’m not trying to be toxic but I had to be sure he not doing nothing shady (again…). This phone I don’t have access to . Saw an Opportunity to look so I did. He message random girls out the blue saying dating apps are shit & trying to find someone to share his life with. — like we not together with a baby that’s not even 1 yet! Another girl calling him baby & handsome! He stopped coming to bed unless he have work. I always feel like I need to get a 3rd party in for him to understand. He makes me feel so insecure about myself & more . I feel he just wish I was someone else. To find a girl that more snatched and got her own hustle

He told me not to work & take care of baby. I never trusted daycare so I obliged & took the opportunity to rest, heal, etc.. I’m a FT student to work from home. Financially he take care of everything.

Because he financially takes care of everything I’m afraid to leave. He already made it clear if he not together or I get put out he fighting for full custody & im scared cause I don’t have anything to support the baby.

I need to hear your voices cause this mama overwhelmed bad!

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Well that fact you said again kinda proves this is a recurring issue. I would say try talking to him about it and try to understand why he has the need to talk to other girls but don't take like a hostile approach try a more sympathetic and understanding point. I feel like ppl can feel the need to cheat if they feel.like something might be missing in the relationship.

At the end of the day I doubt you'll have problems with court since you were employed before and I'm pretty sure their ate programs to support and help with housing and financial aspects. But im not 1000% sure how it works but you can definitely reach out to the hospital or even like the court house to talk about it and get more information

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Girl, don't let him know you know yet. Get your ducks in a row, and then one day when he's not home, you leave. Get you a job without him knowing, etc. he can't just take baby away unless he can prove You're an unfit momma. The most he can do is get 50/50

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Do you have anyone you can stay with?

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@Juliette his work schedule is so unpredictable its crazy. I'm trying to find something remote like amazon or apple call center but I haven't found anything that's not analytics nun too much

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@Nicole I did do something like this In the past he made it seem like I was the bad guy saying "why am I looking for reasons to make myself upset", "privacy or the fact he don't go through mines" : I mean ofc why would he I isolated myself so I have few people I talk to on regular basis. Too much tension with change of behavior. I've just suffered in silence & hope.

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That sounds frustrating. Try things like door dash, and Uber eats, instacart, and all that too. At this point, literally anything you can do without him knowing. Don't give him indication something's wrong until you at least have work.

I'm hearing there's this app you can make money from by posting reviews of different products. Another mom mentioned it and I still have to check it out myself. It's called Kale(maybe try looking into that?) I hope you can get out asap!

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Sorry this is long, I hope some of you get to the end and give advice!!!

So I’m a very thrifty person, things are tight at the moment, the cost of living crisis and my house is heated by oil so things are extortionate. We aren’t on the bread line but we aren’t flush, hubby might be made redundant so there is some financial pressure.

Sometimes I buy my sons something nicer, on the justification that I can sell it on after (♥️ vinted ♥️). I have also been planning on pretty much breaking even most of the baby things I bought from face book market place, side by crib, baby changing unit, etc.

Hubby and I have different money cultures with our families (he’s Indian, I’m British). I’m my family we don’t mix money, we would help each other out if someone was in trouble and will get each other gifts on special occasions. With hubby’s family money is much more fluid, they will give each other things worth thousands of £ just because.

Hubby’s brother bought him a new laptop and a new Google phone, he’s been very generous to hubby. Hubby hasn’t given the same back because brother is much richer.

Hubby and I mostly share finances. If it’s relevant I’m the higher earner.

Now to the point! My babies are so cute they’ve given hubby’s brother (currently single) baby rabies. He’s asked for our baby stuff when we’re done with it. He’s been so generous to hubby I feel really stingy saying no. But I’d never have bought some of the stuff if I wasn’t going to get a return on it - the thought makes me a bit anxious. If we gave all our baby stuff given the second hand value it still wouldn’t equal what the brother had given hubby.


I thought maybe I could give him some stuff but sell some stuff, but hubby said then his brother will just have to go out and buy that stuff, so I should name my price and ask his brother for the money. That makes me feel very uncomfortable, given how generous the brother has been to hubby.

So what do I do ladies? Give it all and suck it up? Give part of it and sell parts on Vinted/FB, or ask hubbys brother for money for it and be uncomfortable? Or do you see another solution?

No one is being entitled or rude here, just a culture difference I need to navigate.

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