I don’t know if it’s just me or if all husbands are like this, because my husband claims that all men are like him!
He doesn’t want to help with house chores, doesn’t do what’s asked of him, and only helps with the baby on his own terms and free time. Yet, whenever I get upset about something he does, he blames me for not asking for help. Honestly, I don’t even know if I want to ask for help anymore — it feels like such a mental load just to ask!
Usually, he’ll say things like, “Oh, I was about to iron my clothes,” or “I was about to eat,” or “I was about to sleep, I have an early day tomorrow.” You see where this goes…
Even when he does agree to help, he does things in a way that makes me want to just say, “Never mind, I’ll do it myself.” For example, if I ask him to sauté some veggies, he says, “Oh, we should try raw veggies sometime.” Or if I ask him to pass a fork, he says, “You should eat with your hands.”
At this point, I don’t even know if things will ever improve. Part of me feels like I might end up leaving, but I don’t want to take any extreme step right now because it would impact my baby.
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Sounds like a knob , sorry to say who is he ! Who makes comments like that . Tell him to get off his arse and help and support x

Bullshit it's all men. Real men are adults who cook and clean up after themselves as other adults do, and real men actually want to have a relationship with their children. Lazy slob. You don't get points for saying you were just about to do it.

I’ve met incompetent men in my lifetime but this guy sounds like he’s more trouble than it’s worth.
No not all men are like him. The way I would have lost my mind on this man, I could not even begin to describe.
How did he trick you into marriage?
My man would never have the audacity to blow me off or speak to me that way even if it’s a “bad dad joke”
I don’t see anything improving unless a miracle happens. They do sometimes.
Anything is going to impact your baby. I would start with therapy and maybe even couples therapy. I know when you love someone you try all your options before walking away. If he’s not open to trying all the options then you should walk away. You can’t grow as a family with someone who can’t grow up and be a man.

I am really sorry that you ended up with a boy like that. He is not a grown mature man, he really is a little immature boy. The amount of bullshit that comes out of his mouth is insane.
Definitely not all men are like him - he uses it as a lame excuse to be/ stay lazy and not having to change himself.
I would think twice if you really want to raise a family and stay with him for the rest of your life... You'll just getting more frustrated and depressed.
My fiancé for example, he was raised by a single mother and as much as she is a drama queen and I have my issues with her but she did definitely right in how she raised her 2 sons.
My partner is very clean and organised, always cleans after himself and takes care of the household chores (the years we are together now I only had to clean the house 5 times), we share the laundry, I do the cooking and groceries. When I am not feeling well, he also takes over that part. he is doing more than his "fair share" taking care of our LO.

Both of us are working full time nonetheless he pulls his weight in every matter around our life together.
Our LO is 13 months old, am 20 weeks pregnant again and I know I have 110% of his support.
When we had issues with finding a nanny, it was him suggesting that he stays at home to take care of our LO and he took off work unpaid. It was a no brainer for him cause his family comes first.
You deserve so much better. An equal partner, shares responsibilities, helps and supports you when you need it; he also provides. If a man can't do that, he is useless and every woman does best in getting rid of him. A relationship/ marriage is not a one way route or a cup that you just pour out of. Cause when the cup is empty, the relationship is over - he also has the duty to refill that cup and he does that by being a responsible, helpful, supportive partner that you can rely on.

Nope. Not all men are like this. My husband is very involved and helpful. Your husband is using what's called weaponized incompetence. Unless he's open to couples therapy and/or at least sitting down and having a mature conversation about this, I'd seriously consider divorce. I'm sorry hun. 😞

Definitely not all men. I am so sorry you found someone like that. My husband works nights and he still comes home and not only prioritizes baby but me too. He always takes baby and makes sure I eat first. Im definitely raising my son to be a real man because these poor excuses of men are everywhere apparently

No defo not all men, my husband isn’t but i chose not to marry a bum 🫡

The best advice I can give is leave. It's worse for your baby and you to stay in this relationship. Babies see how he treats you and will learn to act that way. Give him an ultimatum if you have to.

My husband is not like that.
So your husband is wrong.
My BD came in the room while I was at work (I work at home) today and said he’s going to his friends house to get some weed. I didn’t think anything of it. I got off and notice he still wasn’t back. It was like 2.5 hrs later. Something told me to call him and he didn’t answer. I called him like 2-3 more times. He still didn’t. Which is weird. Something else told me to check his call log. I looked up some of the numbers from the last few days and they were connected to prostitutes. I was sick! I was so mad. These were from Tuesday! Then when he came back something told me to look again and it updated to more recent calls and there was one right after he left the house. I felt so sick to my stomach! Like Jesus. If you want to do that be alone and don’t endanger my health! He then got mad when I brought it to him and fought my 18 yr old son and I. I have the biggest headache and don’t even want to tell anyone I know so I’m venting here.
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I'm 19 weeks and I was just thinking how it's going to be quite the change for my husband and I when the time comes (around February). We get along perfectly and I don't have any worries about us transitioning to parenthood.
It's just I'm going to miss snuggling before we sleep through the night. Going out on a whim and take no time to get ready; only putting my shoes on and heading out. Staying out late whenever or driving an hour out to try our luck at the slots. Or going to the bar for dinner and coming back home to watch anime with more brewskis.
But we did plan this and I have zero regrets. We get to start a family and that feels more fulfilling to me than partying with my husband all the time. It'll just be sometimes after my little man doesn't need me as much lol.
I don't regret anything especially with how much support we have. I'm anticipating a big change and I think it's valid I feel that way.
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Anyone else not got a nursery spot? I’ve been on the wait list for a May 27 spot since the beginning of the year and no hope. I’m on 3 wait lists and also childminder wait lists too.
Since the funding came in it’s gone crazy
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I’d love some opinions please! 😅 I was seeing a guy and we recently fell out, so I told him I’d give him some space. We’re meant to have a weekend together next week, but when I asked whether it was still happening so I could arrange childcare, he responded quite bluntly and gave me an ultimatum. I didn’t engage with it and reiterated that I was giving him space.
It’s now been a week and I need to know whether next weekend is actually happening so I can sort childcare. Would you message him and ask directly, or leave it because he already knows the weekend is meant to be happening and that I need to arrange childcare?
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Just for a lil backstory, me and my bd are 19 and 21. I broke up with him at 5 months because he was lazy and had no drive. He blamed that on being on house arrest although he was still allowed to work. I moved out from his place at 7 months cause it got worse and I was close to delivering. He eventually got off house arrest and two weeks later I had our son (at 34 weeks). Within those couple weeks, he called me the N word (he’s white) and things have never been the same. My bd and his mother are the most narcissistic people I’ve ever met. He constantly hounds me about getting back together and being a family that it’s got to the point where I only talk to him about our son. ANYWAYY, his great uncle passed recently and his family held a small memorial and he wanted to take our son. I’ve never met that extended family. He wanted to take him across state lines on the longest drive he’s ever been on. And my son is still 6 weeks and was born premature. When I told my bd no he made it seem like I was absolutely insane. He said things like my dad makes it hard for him to be a father because my dad doesn’t like him for what he said and he’s not allowed at our apartment AT ALL. I told him no when I was at work and his mom was babysitting. When she dropped him off, she asked when she can pick him up for the memorial. I told her me and my bd were still discussing it. When I cussed him out and told him he needs to tell his mom they’re not taking him, she felt the need to text me for an explanation cause ig he didn’t give her one. My own mother told me I need to communicate with her cause my bd isn’t and my dad is blaming me for ever making my bds mom feel like she has the right to ask. I don’t think I have a neutral person to tell me how exactly to handle both my bd and his mother. Thank you for reading me venting and any and all advice is helpful.
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I want to make some one on one time for our 2 year old with mummy and daddy. I’m exclusively breastfeeding our youngest so I can’t spend too long away from him. Looking for recommendations of fun things we can do for some lovely bonding time! We would like to try and make it a weekly thing that we can look forward to 😊
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