What does your partner do?

Could people list what their partner does to help them out in terms of the children and housework.
My partner pays more financially towards things for example - the mortgage, however I pay the house bills and split food shopping with him. We both work, I work 4 full days.
I do all the nursery runs for our two children
All their physical cares needs such as waking up with them, getting them dressed, baths - he just wakes up when he wants and plays with them.
I also do 100% of the housework.
I feel there is a very strong imbalance but I’ve spoken with him so many times and I’ve just learnt it will never change. My question is…is this actually normal for men? I see all these tik toks etc of men doing so much but I’m not sure if it’s just for show?…

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We both work full time. Bills are paid from a joint account. All chores are free game. That included cooking, laundry, yardwork and the kids daily needs.

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Ummm considering you also work you should definitely not be doing 100% of the house work. And it’s not considered helping they’re his kids too, so it’s called doing his part and you guys communicate how you will split those responsibilities. I have taken a break from work and became a stay at home mom. My husband works a regular 9-5. He comes home washes all the dishes for the day, washes the bottles, sweeps up if needed, takes over helping with the kids, if I am too tired he will cook, he helps put my son to bed, after bed he picks up all the toys for the day, then he does his own routine for the rest of the night

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He works full time and I’m a stay at home mum
However … he absolutely helps me they are HIS children and HE lives in this house

My husband everyday , put the kids to bed (teeth , milk , sets them up with a film ) , baths them (on Bath days ) , plays with help , helps them tidy their room etc

- He also does the dishes , in 10 years I have done the dishes a handful of times only , when he is sick etc I cook , he does dishes
- he folds and puts away the laundry
and he out the bins out.
Once or twice a month he will help me “blitz” the house and do wiping down , toy sorting or hovering etc

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No that's not normal. My husband and I both work full time but he does more of the chores. I mostly wash and dress the girls, do the food shopping and sort appointments. We share the cooking and nursery runs but my husband does the rest. He does the laundry, all the cleaning, hoovers every night, changes the bedding twice a week, maintains the garden. He always has the girls for a few hours Sunday afternoon so I can have a rest. He does most of the chores and I've never asked him once

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Looks like they have it handled in the comments. Nothing further your honor.

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Those TikTok reels are def not for show. Coz men that generally don’t do them, won’t do them just for a video. They’re doing it because they’re used to doing it, it’s their norm and just coincidentally being recorded. My man carries 60% of my mental load. I’m not burnt out or overwhelmed coz I get true 50/50 partnership from him and not just him providing. He’s actually here present at home and my other 2 arms 2 legs 2 eyes right beside me even if I didn’t ask. He’s not a gamer btw. He makes my boys lunch every day in the morning before work and all school correspondence goes to him then he relays to me coz he did the school enrolment form, he put down his email as the primary email. Mines secondary/emergency 😅 oh and he does the main grocery shopping, I just get whatever fruits and veggies I can get my hands on that’s on sale at the market on Sundays I haven’t walked into a supermarket in years

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Just finding life a bit difficult with my daughter’s dad she’s 2 years old.
We have been having ups and downs recently but mainly ups we have had good days out and been a good family unit.

But as of the other night we had a child free night and went for a couple of drinks he had messaged his boss asking to have a chat with him on Monday morning about doing some job. But his boss rang him near enough straight away ( probably worrying that he wasn’t able to do the job or there was something wrong ) which is perfectly normal anyways they got chatting and it ended up with him being nearly an hour on the phone. During this I was just stood outset near him but he kept moving away and stuff so I couldn’t hear the conversation.
Ok but if it’s about work he is normally very open about it and will tell me most things. I just thought surly he can sit at a table outside with a drink with me and have this conversation.

So we had a bit of a disagreement outside the pub had a drink and left for home for when we got home our daughter was still awake so we got her to bed but he didn’t say one word to me all evening and he was on his phone messaging his boss.

I didn’t think much of it expect it was a text messaged at 10pm and it was a long message. I didn’t ask to see what he had said or anything


Roll on to today I had a look on his phone and the message contains him saying to his boss that “ things arnt stable at home “ and “ I’m finding it hard to leave “

Which just made me think wow
After he says all the time he wants to be with me and make everything work out as a little family .

Should I be going mental that he is saying these things to his boss and like making out to his boss and probably all his other work people that he doesn’t wanna be with me anything

I just feel it is very muggy after everything I do is for him and his daughter while he still carries on a normal life.

He won’t talk to me about it he just says I’ve read it wrong and that I should just shut up going on about it. But now he has changed his password on his phone and won’t let me anywhere near it


While he is now peacefully asleep

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2 year old hardly eating anything throughout the day

I’m trying not worry as I know they can go through phases where very little gets eaten. However I feel like I’m living with an air plant! He’s not poorly, no new teeth and is other wise ok. Except for the usual toddler mood swings that are definitely getting exasperated by him probably being hungry. Yesterday was a good food day and he was definitely happier which is also incredibly frustrating. I’m listening and looking out for hunger signs and I’ve being kind by giving him all his fail safe favourites but he’s only happy eating sliced ham, cucumber, carrot sticks, pears and berries.

Tomorrow I’m trying a different tactic and just going to try him with loads of new foods to see if that sparks any sorta curiosity. It’s hard not to worry when they only graze on very little throughout the day.

Any words of comfort would be appreciated 🥺

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I don’t wanna keep my baby anymore 🤦🏽‍♀️ any advice ?

I am pregnant with his son I’m not happy all the time it’s draining !!! And he isn’t making it any better doesn’t consider me at all! He hasn’t slept in the bed or spent any time with me in a while he just plays his stupid game all the time and recently just started work! It’s just like if you feel like you need space so bad to that point why are you even here ????

Anyways he left because we had a small argument regarding the WiFi and I didn’t want him to pay for it I rather pay for it when I get paid. because if you can’t even spend time with me etc why should I make it able for you to play your game ? Idc if it sounds petty or not. I’m tired of being nice and a mf can’t even consider me at the end of the day! I want my son but I don’t want to struggle I already have a toddler and I’m not about to do it alone ! I’m over the relationship shit! Then says he doesn’t spend time with me etc because we argue … he literally does shit intentionally to piss me off and of course I’m going to react!!! I can’t stand when people play victim like they just never do anything wrong . Like you do plenty of things that pisses me off but I never not spend time with you!!! And act like u don’t exist! Like if you wanna be by yourself you can always leave no point of being in my house !

He was so quick to leave so it’s just seemed like he didn’t wanna be here anyway you already stopped doing certain things with me & only wanna be nice or consider me when you want me to do something for you.
Also he does have a history of trying to throw certain situations in my face that’s why I rejected him paying for the WiFi he really only wanted to pay for it because he wants to play his game anyways…

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Can i get some ideas of what everyone is giving for breakfast and lunch?

I give her weetabix, porridge, sometimes fruit. The problem is shes cmpa and doing the milk ladder so cant have anything pre made. I just feel like its the same things all the time

Ive not neen too adventurous with finger foods. Also shes had two allergic reactions in a week and im trying to find out if i can whats caused it.

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I hate taking my son to the park.

I don’t mind it when dad is with us, but when I’m alone with him I hate it so much.

It fills me with nothing but anxiety when other kids are there. I only want to go when there’s nobody else, but then I feel guilty he doesn’t get to interact with other kids. But when other kids are there he just ends up getting hurt.

I hate it I hate it hate it.

Our second is on the way and with how horrific life has been with an almost 4 year old who’s about to start pre school I cannot help but think that once our second is born I should just check out of life entirely.

Their dad can find somebody normal and capable of doing all the things other people do normally everyday, and I can just be dead instead of full of worry and dread.

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