Are these red flags from my boyfriend and how do you move forward?

My boyfriend and I are on vacation and I was on my cycle and got blood on my bikini while we’re at the pool with our daughter. I accidentally sat on one of our daughters new stuffed animal and got a bit of blood on it. So I wrapped the stuffed animal with a towel and also quickly wrapped a towel around myself. As we’re walking away going to get our kid to go to our room, I realize my towel is falling off and ask him to plz grab the stuffed animal from me (which is wrapped in a towel) so I can keep my towel from falling off. He moves his hand away and says ew, then he goes I’m not just gonna touch that like that. So I go why are you acting like a damn sissy like you haven’t seen my blood before (he’s watched me give birth). So he gets so upset by my comment and starts telling me how I’m so disrespectful. I keep walking and tell him it’s not the time since our kid was coming up to us. Then, we get to the room and instead of letting me wash off first, he hops in the shower before I could even think about it. So eventually we talked and he apologized but I just don’t like that behavior and did not expect him to act like this in that moment. We’ve been together for yearss and I know he’s not a squeamish person when it comes to blood. So when I asked he basically said he felt it was gross that I expected him to just grab the stuffie without making sure it’s properly wrapped first when it was. But am
I crazy for feeling like it shouldn’t be that big of a deal for him to grab it with or without it being wrapped in a towel ? It’s my blood not a strangers. But anyway idk what’s up with men sometimes. He was so upset the rest of the day he told our daughter he didn’t wanna give her a hug or a kiss when she asked. Like yall he’s a good man when it comes to many things but he does stuff like this and I’m like wtf am I doing with him? We’re supposed to get married soon and I’m questioning all of that based on some of these things I’ve been noticing lately.

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That’s an incredibly strange reaction from him to you! And the continued behaviour of getting in the shower first and acting that way for the rest of the day

Also, I’d really want him to model to our children that periods are completely normal and not something to be embarrassed about or find gross

Hopefully the fact that he apologised, he’s reflected on how ridiculous he was being!

I guess it really depends how often he is making you feel like this and other scenarios that come up. Hopefully this particular scenario he realises was so silly and unsupportive on his part!

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No he shouldn't be acting like that at all. Massive overreaction. If it was from a nosebleed would his reaction have been the same?? If not then its completely unjustified. I dont get why men are so squeamish over some period blood. Especially after watching you give birth. Think you need to say to him he needs to be a bit more considerate and take your feelings into account a bit more sorry this happened to you

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Posting incognito because I’m embarrassed

I’m really struggling at the moment and I feel like I can’t do this.

My son 18 months is hurting me non stop. All he does is hit me kick me pull my hair or hit me with objects. I’m unwell at the moment so I don’t have the energy to do all our normal activities. My son has all his toys in reach but he just uses them all to hurt me or he will just jump all over me and hit me.

I’ve tried all the gentle parenting ‘gentle hands’ ‘I won’t let you hurt mummy’ I’ve showed him gentle hands. But nothing is working

My partner also does things like throw teddies at me infront of my son. Hit me In a joking way or trip me up ect. I keep asking him to stop but he doesn’t

What do I do ☹️

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Are these red flags from my boyfriend and how do you move forward?

My boyfriend and I are on vacation and I was on my cycle and got blood on my bikini while we’re at the pool with our daughter. I accidentally sat on one of our daughters new stuffed animal and got a bit of blood on it. So I wrapped the stuffed animal with a towel and also quickly wrapped a towel around myself. As we’re walking away going to get our kid to go to our room, I realize my towel is falling off and ask him to plz grab the stuffed animal from me (which is wrapped in a towel) so I can keep my towel from falling off. He moves his hand away and says ew, then he goes I’m not just gonna touch that like that. So I go why are you acting like a damn sissy like you haven’t seen my blood before (he’s watched me give birth). So he gets so upset by my comment and starts telling me how I’m so disrespectful. I keep walking and tell him it’s not the time since our kid was coming up to us. Then, we get to the room and instead of letting me wash off first, he hops in the shower before I could even think about it. So eventually we talked and he apologized but I just don’t like that behavior and did not expect him to act like this in that moment. We’ve been together for yearss and I know he’s not a squeamish person when it comes to blood. So when I asked he basically said he felt it was gross that I expected him to just grab the stuffie without making sure it’s properly wrapped first when it was. But am
I crazy for feeling like it shouldn’t be that big of a deal for him to grab it with or without it being wrapped in a towel ? It’s my blood not a strangers. But anyway idk what’s up with men sometimes. He was so upset the rest of the day he told our daughter he didn’t wanna give her a hug or a kiss when she asked. Like yall he’s a good man when it comes to many things but he does stuff like this and I’m like wtf am I doing with him? We’re supposed to get married soon and I’m questioning all of that based on some of these things I’ve been noticing lately.

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Please help me understand..

I’ve been married for 8 years and feel lonely and unloved. My husband is still in love with his ex that died in a tragic way. He had seen it happen and has been really messed up mentally. He tells me how he wishes I would be more like her. How he misses her so much. Why can’t I try to look more like her, to trick his brain to think she is still here. It’s like I’m not the one for him and she way. Like I will never live up to the expectation of her. I want to feel like I’m enough but he says I haven’t made him feel like she did. That I’ve been mean to him and I’ve hurt him. He says that he wants another girl around to fill the void, sexually and not sexually. Wants to have a threesome (even suggested a girlfriend at one point) no matter how many times I’ve made it so known I’m uncomfortable with it and don’t want to do that. But I’m told I’m given everything I want and I should be able to give him this one thing. everyone tells me I need to leave. That if he is going to act like that then he’s not for me. That he has to much healing and trauma to get through before he continues in a marriage. But I am in love with him. I’ve been in love with him since I was 7 years old.. I married him. I had children with him. He is it for me. I just feel so lost. I don’t know grief. I’ve never lost someone I loved. I don’t know how to help him get past this or at the very least, love me like her or maybe if I’m lucky more than her.

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What would you do: correct husband for child’s comfort or let it go? AITA?

If you were at your wits end (24/7 SAHM doing the vast majority of all things house and child related) and asked your husband to change son’s pjs because he got them all wet with water he poured on himself and he grabbed pjs that were very temperature and situationally not ideal. Like our son had a temperature yesterday and is still getting over a cold, it’s warm where we are, we are co sleeping due to his upset nature from his cold, and my husband grabbed full zip up Christmas tree FLEECE pjs.

Now I’m already irritated by my son’s misbehaving he finally is getting his energy back post cold but I haven’t yet and I am struggling (husband is not sick) so I say to him hey I think he will be too hot in those can you grab something else and he just puts the pjs down and leaves our son in just a diaper. Leaves the room… I know he’s thinking “fine then do it yourself”

I specifically try not to nitpick or micromanage when he does try and do stuff so not to deter him and make him feel like he can’t do anything right .. BUT I also don’t want to put his ego and feelings above my son’s comfort and well being. Am I crazy for that? AITA?

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I don't know what to do

Here lately my s/o has been accusing me constantly of cheating. Just because we have had s** in 6 months(because I had a hysterectomy). So any little things he Nick picks over. He's constantly been going thru my phone. I can't leave him rn due to several underlying problems. But I don't how much more I can't put up with everything.

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