feel completely stuck and I don’t know what to do anymore
I feel completely stuck and I don’t know what to do anymore 💔
I’m a mum of 3 children, including a 10-week-old baby, and we live in England. My family are all in another country, so I don’t have anyone nearby to help me.
My husband is from Pakistan and his family are all there. Every year, he goes to Pakistan around the same time and stays for around 3 months.
Last time, he left when I was 9 months pregnant and didn’t come back until our baby was 2 months old. That was such a difficult time for me.
This time, he left again when our baby was only 4 weeks old. We had agreed that he would only stay for one month, and I agreed because I thought we had made that decision together. But now he has told me that he only agreed to one month because he didn’t want to upset me, and that he actually intended to stay longer.
I feel so hurt. It feels like my feelings and the agreement we made don’t really matter to him.
While he’s in Pakistan, he calls me when he wants to. Meanwhile, I’m here with three children, including a tiny baby, doing everything on my own. I feel exhausted, lonely and honestly very resentful.
I’ve reached a point where I don’t want to live like this anymore. I feel like I want to leave, but I have no money to move and no family here to go to. I don’t even know where I would start.
I know some people might say, “Why did you accept it?” or “Just leave,” but when you have three children, no money and no family nearby, it isn’t that simple.
I just want to hear from other mums honestly — what would you do if you were in my situation? Would you stay and try to work through it, or would you start making plans to leave?
Please be kind. I’m really struggling and I just need somewhere to talk about this. ❤️
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Sorry to hear you’re having a hard time. Honestly I would start to save some cash which he cannot find so you are more able to leave in the future if you want to. I would make sure you have passports up to date and you know where they are. Ensure you have a copy of your marriage certificate as you would need this for a divorce. I know this doesn’t help in the short term and you might not ever need these things but it’s what I would be doing just in case based on what you said xx
How come you and the kids don’t go with him ?
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I feel completely stuck and I don’t know what to do anymore 💔
I’m a mum of 3 children, including a 10-week-old baby, and we live in England. My family are all in another country, so I don’t have anyone nearby to help me.
My husband is from Pakistan and his family are all there. Every year, he goes to Pakistan around the same time and stays for around 3 months.
Last time, he left when I was 9 months pregnant and didn’t come back until our baby was 2 months old. That was such a difficult time for me.
This time, he left again when our baby was only 4 weeks old. We had agreed that he would only stay for one month, and I agreed because I thought we had made that decision together. But now he has told me that he only agreed to one month because he didn’t want to upset me, and that he actually intended to stay longer.
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While he’s in Pakistan, he calls me when he wants to. Meanwhile, I’m here with three children, including a tiny baby, doing everything on my own. I feel exhausted, lonely and honestly very resentful.
I’ve reached a point where I don’t want to live like this anymore. I feel like I want to leave, but I have no money to move and no family here to go to. I don’t even know where I would start.
I know some people might say, “Why did you accept it?” or “Just leave,” but when you have three children, no money and no family nearby, it isn’t that simple.
I just want to hear from other mums honestly — what would you do if you were in my situation? Would you stay and try to work through it, or would you start making plans to leave?
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