My partner did something when I was 6 weeks postpartum and really unwell that caused me to have trust issues and a lot of resentment! He’s apologised but the apology is always followed with “but I can’t take it back I wish I could” he’s never done anything to actually make it up to me or make me feel like he feels bad for what he done. It feels like he cares more that he got caught out and I now treat him differently. I keep bringing it up even though it’s been months and when I do he just goes quiet or tells me I’m wrong for how I treat him, which makes me more angry! I don’t feel like I can be a single mum when my baby’s this young because I don’t have any support system other than him but I also don’t think I can be happy or at peace being with him like this.
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Here are my thoughts: you are the role model for your child. If someone were to disrespect your child and break their trust when they’re older, you’d want them to cut ties with that person, right? Being a single mom is hard but it’s even harder being in the same house with someone you resent. Cut ties, just like you’d want your child to do if they were disrespected by a partner or friend. It will be hard at first, but you will get into the flow of things sooner than you think. It will be okay. Alwayssss trust your gut.
It’s a huge red flag that the person who disrespected you is getting upset with YOU instead of taking accountability for themselves. Unless you’re bringing it up constantly, then it would be a different story.
It’s hard because he has no where to go I basically paid for everything he just pays the rent now that I’m on unpaid maternity leave, I’ve told him to leave but I’m going through therapy for postpartum depression and he said he’d take me to court for custody if I don’t let him so our baby when he wants and said I’m going to make him live in a car if I do this but what he did wasn’t just any betrayal I was literally ill on the toilet and he left our newborn on our bed to take my female cousin home that he brought to our house to “help out” when I said I’d get her an uber I needed his help he said no he couldn’t do that to her it’s wrong and then he chilled with her and smoked while I was struggling at home waiting till late at night for him to come back and help me