I love him but I don’t like him

I think I just need to vent. My partner is the love of my life and I wouldn’t be without him but since my baby was born he’s just gotten on my nerves more and more. Our son is 9 months next week and we’ve fallen out pretty hard tonight. He just doesn’t do much parenting day to day. I feel like a single mum. He cooks me dinner every night (which I’m obviously grateful for) but that really is it. He doesn’t clean the house, he leaves an absolute trail of destruction everywhere he goes and expects me to pick up after him. I do almost everything for the baby apart from when I need a shower or maybe go out for an hour or two, if I’m lucky. I feed our son (breastfeed and 3 solid meals a day), I take him to wherever he’s going for childcare as I’m back at work, and I pick him up again. I bathe him, I wash all his bottles and make them up for the next day, I get him to bed and I get him back to sleep whenever he wakes up. My partner never offers to help unless I ask, he never tries to give me a break or even shows gratitude for everything I do. I’m at my wits end and I’ve really laid into him tonight. He said he feels like a shit partner and father so I feel guilty now but I really don’t like him as a person lately. He’s not the dad I expected him to be and it’s so disappointing. I thought it was just my hormones making me hate him but it doesn’t seem to be improving. I don’t know what to do 😢

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I could have written this myself. Mine does get up once every night for the first feed since our baby still gets up (8 months) but other than that I feel all he does is sit on his phone and not clean up after himself or anyone else and no yard work nothing and I gotta do it all (I'm on Mat leave though) but he does cook like yours...I lost it yesterday too after I told him put a mask on if he's gunna go to this dumb meet and greet with his sisters friends cuz he's been coughing here and there and he didn't and I lost it too and said everything! I took everything he doesn't put away and threw it all into his office after he left. We are not talking at the moment still. He slept in the other room last night.

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https://english.emmaclit.com/2017/05/20/you-shouldve-asked/

This comic might help him understand why you’re feeling frazzled and overwhelmed - he might simply be totally unaware of the invisible load you carry.

It sounds like he wants to be helpful and be a good partner and dad, so maybe he just needs to be taught to see the invisible work more.

Even if he doesn’t help so much with childcare, he can still chip in more in other ways. For example, my husband isn’t a natural with some of the baby stuff but he makes up for it by doing more of the housework and life admin, to give me more time and headspace to focus on fun and stimulating baby activities.

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I feel like every couple goes through this in some form when they have a baby. They're not kidding when they say so many couples desperate after having a child. It's a lot of change and trying to navigate that on no sleep and a new routine is tough.
It is good you've voiced your frustrations though, hopefully now it's out in the open, you can talk about it.
And that's the key thing, you have to talk to each other, otherwise it all just crumbles.
For a long time I felt like I was living with a roommate, not my husband, and it wasn't until we talked about it that it got better. We still have weeks where it's tough, but I feel like I have my partner back now.

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It baffles me that even working moms still go through this to this day. I’m a SAHM and I know my husband is stressed at work as an engineer mentally and physically, so it’s unreasonable for me to expect him to contribute all that much at home. But if you’re working, this really shouldn’t be a debate. It’s misogynistic and this all comes down to how they were raised sadly. You’d think they should know better, but they do need help understanding this.

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If yall still giving your kids processed food, pls seek help

I understand not everybody can afford healthy ingredients all the time, but I’m seeing so many moms on social media giving they kids artificial cereals, coffee, frozen pancakes, velveetta Mac and cheese, hot Cheetos, kraft, the list goes on. I’m sorry but are yall not capable of cooking from scratch or ?? On top of that, if you still using canola and vegetable oil in 2026 you gotta stop. Am I the only one that notices this ???

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AITA?

This isn't a major issue, just wondering if I'm being a bit of an asshole.

• I do shift work, 5 out of 7 days, full-time.
• My partner works from home (mostly, sometimes he goes into the office) M-F, full-time.

Anyway, whenever I have a day off during the week he gets in his feelings when I make myself food (breakfast and lunch) but not him. His reason is he's working, I'm not - Which is fair but I've asked him how many times on a weekend has he gotten up, on his day off and made me breakfast and a lunch to take with me to work? You guessed it, 0.

So basically, just because I'm at home I don't think the responsibility to feed him should automatically fall on me when he manages to feed himself just fine while I'm at work.

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Hi I am running out off ideas on what to make for Lil 14 month old for breakfast lunch and dinner if anyone have any resipes would be great to try my boy with them

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Should I respect his wishes??

I’ve been a SAHM for 4 years now and my husband does a great job providing for our family and we never need for anything. With that i still had to sacrifice some wants like shopping when I want getting my hair and nails done regularly so when I can I try to supplement for my wants and savings by selling my craft items at vendor markets and recently I’ve started donating plasma. Which has been consistent income for me. $125 twice a week. Well my husband has expressed that he doesn’t like me donating plasma. He feels like it’s not worth it to put my body through those conditions for $125. He even went out to sell one of his guns today and gave me all the money and told me “I shouldn’t have to donate plasma no more”. That was so sweet but I disagree. I planned on continuing to donate plasma to save for my kids birthdays thats coming up, a trip we have planned and our anniversary. I don’t know what to do. I finally found something that pays something consistently and my husband is against it. What should I do?

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Big vent!

Hi mums.
I'm a first time mum in my 40s to twin boys.They are almost 5 months old and the biggest miracle in my life!
I am struggling!!!
I'm pretty sure I have ppa as my pregnancy was a very high risk and all I remember was crying from anxiety of all the ifs!Thankfully even born at 35 weeks and skinny,didn't need iu time.
My husband is not helping much because he's always too busy with work.He will "look" after them usually between 8pm-12am so I can have a chance to sleep.
He expects me to just sleep when I touch the pillow,even though I hear tje babies crying and him don't really bother because most of the times he'll be on his laptop working.
When I tell him I can't relax to fall asleep because I feel you r neglecting the babies,he says I'm the problem becauae I'm always there with them and don't give them alone time!!
I am angry!!I am furious!!
I can't keep.up.with housework becauae someone alwaya neess me and most of the times they nap I either cook and clean tje kitchen,do laundry or try and take a quick nap.
He doesn't help.around the house,becauae..guess what?always super busy.
I asked him nicely we could clean the house together every Saturday morning so it's easier and quicker for both of us and he said no,because he has a lot of work but probably wants to sleep until 12 or 2.
2 days ago a button of his coat ripped and I told him I'll sew it these days.
Earlier this morning while running late for his work,as always,he weara the coat and told him didn't get the chance to fix the button and sarcastically said..of.course u didn't!!!
I spent all night awake because one of the babies had congested nose and we've been trying to reduce one fees at night.
I wanted to punch him!!He left and I started crying...I cry so much,even at 5 months pp...
I can't go on like this anymoreeeee...
The crying in my ears is constant..my head is always numb..I've gained so much weight and can't find the strength to get back on track..
Even if I try to.find a therapist to just talk,is it gonna help?I really don't know😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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Avoidant husband

I love my husband and he is a good man. We have some issues in our relationship however, as he has an avoidant attachment style (finds romance/intimacy/being emotional difficult). This comes from him having to be independent from a young age and having quite an abusive mother.
The issues in our relationship are mainly around a lack of sex and intimacy. I think the problem is that to feel turned on, I need to feel connected and wanted. My husband (being avoidant) will usually make jokes about being horny whereas I would want to have someone make me feel beautiful/sexy to get in the mood.
It sounds terrible but I've sometimes had dreams about exes that would make me feel this way, and the romance we had (eye contact, intensity, deep words). It makes me feel really guilty but I feel like i'm starved of that. My husband would like a lot more sex but I can't always force myself if I'm not feeling it.
We've spoken a bit about therapy but I know its often really expensive so we probably wouldn't be able to afford it. Do you have any suggestions please? I know that neither of us are wrong in what we want, just different but I'm scared about whether we can fix it or if we're doomed?

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