Feeling resentful.... long no judgment pls

My husband and I have been married for 19 years. We have had our ups and down in our marriage we got together when I was 20 he was 19 I had just had my first son and he had step up to be his father since his real father stepped out. It was great he was great he wanted to do this i think thats what drew me to him. He told me there was no need for mw to work that should stay home and raise our son so I quit my job. He worked but we still struggled but he still insisted that stay home that i would just be paying for child care anyways . I wanted to wotk but he was right I would only be paying for child care, by the time my sons was of age to start school my daughter was born so I remained at home even though I wanted to work it just wasn't feasible for our family child care would have take everything i made (mind you im a high school drop out so any job i would have been able to get wouldnt pay much) so I started doing things on the side like babysitting and picking kids up from school cleaning house anything that would fit in the kids school schedule. We then ended up having to take on my husband nephew because of things with his family. Things started to get hard my husband started using substances to cope with the stress and so did i. We struggle in our marriage as well he started looking at porn and like any evey post he could on all social media platforms that had naked girls on random girls at first then it back commenting on those post and then it was girls that we went to school with i ignore that for years it hurt my feeling. But one day I found out he was talking to girl that we had went to school share things about our marriage with her and thats was where I said no all that need to stop. He had told me many times he would but I would always hear about something. He started getting deeper into the substances abuse and I backed off from the substance abuse. I would kick him out because it was to much, he would be gone for weeks at i time I never knew what he was doing and half the time where he was(i still dont know any of that to this day) but I felt abandoned while he was off fucking off I was at home with three kids trying to figure it out finally I told him it was either drugs or his family so he quit everything cold turkey ended up in the icu from quiting everything so abruptly. I was there as he recovered all his friends and alot of family left they were tired of the lies he would tell and money he owed. I stuck by this man through everything. I would fill out his unemployment papers and help him look for a job and then he got this job (best job hes every had) after about 1 year and half he was clean and sober and I was working on be clean and sober. We got an offer to move away from everything start new fresh and we did. Everything was great until I had picked up his phone and he left it on screen shot of naked girl and right next to those girls were my pictures that I sent to him so he wouldn't go looking for that kind of content I was heartbroken not only because of the picture but because I thought he was doing it in the past because he was fucked up and didnt care but he was sober doing this after me telling him I wasn't kool with that kinda stuff any more and that it was crossing boundaries he said ok he wouldn't do it any more but wait there's more!! Lol he did it again so we deleted all of our social media platforms then I found out his was goung on thses one hour hook up sit he said he never met anyone and was just looking at the tits and ass in his words. I didnt believe him its been in year since I found anything else but im still so weary to trust him.. so now my kids are pretty well grown and I've been trying to look for a job(mind you high school drop out and bow bo work history to show for it so im struggling to find a job ANYWHERE. we just found out that he maybe getting anew promotion at his job which may involves him having to go out of town every so often(which im not really comfortable with given the history) I am happy for him but I cant help but feel alot of resentment I think what if I had stay at working were would i be in a job and now that im almost 40 years old starting over and struggling to even get an interview like im a teenager while hes moving up in his job.. I feel like im being left in the dust ...and that if he starts going outta town that he will fall back into those old patterns I'm almost 40 years old and nothing to show for it im sad and now terrified thats he's gonna find something better then me its seems like hes already been looking and with this now promotion and him going out town possibly im over thinking on things that havent even happen....

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Sounds like you're more anxious about being replaced and left behind than like losing the relationship. Clear theres a lot of damage to trust. Can you quiet quit the marriage and use some time to work on yourself, get some education behind you etc

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With this new promotion do think its possible he can support you a bit longer while you get education- like at least to get your GED? Like I get wanting to work but maybe this can help

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Am I overthinking this?

Hey! My baby is 3.5 months now and I'm absolutely loving being a mum. I'm EBF and finally feeling more confident with it. But I feel like I maybe make things so much harder than they need to be. I've never been a laid back person; I like to be organised and punctual but obviously, this goes out of the window now and I'm just finding it a bit difficult to adapt, I think.

Do you find it easy getting out the house? Going for walks with the pram? Do you just get up and get out in the car? Show up to baby classes feeling OK and like it was easy? Because I feel like getting myself ready, baby ready, bag ready and going out is quite overwhelming.

Am I overthinking this or is it actually hard?

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Not doing great the minute

Tomorrow is my last (solo) day with my baby before they start nursery next week and then I am back to work full time shortly after. To say I am struggling would be an understatement. I cannot stop crying, and I've been crying non stop for the last few weeks. I'm not ready to be away from my baby, especially 5 long days a week. My baby isn't 100% at the minute due to a lingering cold and cutting 2/3 teeth. Last settle session today before starting on Monday and I get a call to pick up early as my baby is so upset. I turn up, my baby takes one look at me and starts screaming and is so distraught, genuinely was so distressing seeing my baby like that. I just broke down on the nursery doorstep, the staff had to console me. I got home and I sobbed the hardest I think I've ever sobbed.

This isn't my first rodeo going back to work, my eldest is nearly 5 and it was of course difficult going back to work but I am struggling so much this time. When I went back full time after my first, they were cared for by my mum 5 days a week so it was easier on the both of us. I know this nursery, my first went there for over 2 years but it is just so different my baby going to nursery compared to my 2 year old. Plus, this year has flown by and I can honestly say, I have loved it so much, I don't want this period of my life to end.

And then when I am back to work, my first, who started school in September, will be in wraparound care everyday. The GUILT I am feeling over both my babies having such long days, being cared for by other people is more than I can cope with.

And to top it off, my flexible working request was rejected and I am now in the appeal process so I am going back with that added stress of going through the appeal, working alongside my manager who rejected my request and definitely won't be happy I'm appealing, whilst doing my original work pattern which is an added strain going back.

I am so run down and exhausted from all the crying and the continuous level of stress and anxiety running through my body. I am struggling to eat as I feel sick to my stomach, I can't sleep as my mind is in overtime all the time and my house is a mess as I don't want to spend a single moment these last weeks on anything that isn't spending time with my baby.

Long old post and very impressed if anyone is still here but I really needed to get that off of my chest 😭

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I’m so excited!!!

I had my job interview today and during it they were already scheduling my second interview!! I’m so freaking excited to start work again, I’ve been so stir crazy at home for the past two years😭 I love my daughter but I need a break too😬

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