Partner going back to work after paternity leave :(

Is anyone else (or have you) struggling with the idea of being on your own for most of the day once your partner goes back to work after paternity leave?
Mine goes back tomorrow and I’m sad/anxious/stressed.. just struggling :(

Read more on Peanut

The views expressed in community are solely the opinions of participants, and do not reflect those of Peanut.

Learn more about our guidelines.

Add a comment

Absolutely I felt like that! I was so scared.
But I went to the local baby classes, like baby sensory, baby massage, rhythm & rhythm etc and made some fab friends ❤️
So definitely give it a try, you find your own daily routines too! Even if at first it feels scary.
Also the weather is getting better, get out for some nice walks xxx

I had 2 days help 🤣 it’s tough but 3 weeks is better than most ppl get

My partners paternity got cut short by 10 days, so he unexpectedly had to go back last week, I was not prepared and really emotional! I have tried to fill my days with my friends/walks, but I have found it not so bad, it can be intense sometimes but we’re finding a good routine and I’m finding I’m sleeping more when the baby sleeps now I’m home alone! x

No I couldn't wait for him to go back, not because I wanted us to be apart, but because I wanted to settle into our new normal and get to grips with out routine

in our community

Restaurants allowing dogs defecating indoors

I was having lunch at a restaurant, mind I was sitting inside not in the street, and the dog of a customer who brought in his dog defeated on the floor of the restaurant. The guy used naptiks to clean up the feces and put the inside a bag. Am I right to feel disgusted and that this shouldn't be allowed?

Partner going back to work after paternity leave :(

sticky situation

hey mammas. i’m searching for advice; i’m pregnant with a break up / make up baby and cannot handle his stress and borderline hatred for me. i’m contemplating it all.. but nothing scares me more than me not having my career where i want it and being a single mom.

Returning to Work

Guys, I finally go back to work tomorrow and I feel like crying 😂
I would genuinely rather quit my job and stay home then leave my baby 🥲
I mean he will be perfectly fine bc he will be home with Daddy along with 2 afternoons a week at nursery but I just feel so sad about it!

Does everyone else feel this way 🫣 I already demoted myself and reduced my gmh as I hate the idea of being away for so many hours 🤣

Depot injection contraceptive injection causing up-and-down emotions

I want to know is it just me or has anyone this injection recently or been on it before and started experiencing very low mood? That’s what’s happening to me. I feel really sad down just not myself.

Marital advice

Me and my husband have been together since I was 19 (now 37), married 12 years and have 2 children. We still get on great, regularly intimate, I’ve felt very blessed until this point..

I’ve recently found out however that when my second born was 2 weeks old, my husband went away on a work trip and was removed from the trip due to a night out where he’d gotten very wasted,taken drugs, and then proceeded to try it on with this woman so much to the point she reported him to the manager the next day.
At the time he said he decided to come home because it was too much with the baby etc.
it is now 7 months later when I’ve found out.

He said firstly he wasn’t trying with her and hes fucked up by reading the room wrong etc but then also says he doesn’t remember as so out of it and it’s a little back tracky. The story is way too vague, I feel he’s withholding what really happened and for the woman to have reported him i believe something happened. Thankfully the reports aren’t for anything physical.

Now i know nothing “happened” as clearly the woman wasn’t interested, but i feel betrayed his attention was for something to and that he’d behave that way whilst im at home with my mother looking after a 2 week old baby.

Hes very remorseful and wants to do anything to make sure we stay together and as a family… i feel if no kids were around we’d at least be separated for a month or so but obviously kids make it so much harder.

As far as im aware this is an isolated incident.

Just not sure what to do! How do people work around such conflicts when children are involved.

Partner going back to work after paternity leave :(

Trending

in our community

Restaurants allowing dogs defecating indoors

Partner going back to work after paternity leave :(

sticky situation

Returning to Work

Depot injection contraceptive injection causing up-and-down emotions

Marital advice