Went to my partners family’s get together the other day, with my little girl who is 3.5 months old. Had a bit of a situation with my partners grandparents.
We were all sat around a large table, having food and whatnot. My partners nan came over and sat with us, and had my little girl on her lap since my partner gave her to her. She didn’t really speak to me, just my other half. My partner then gets up to go to the loo, and as soon as his backs turned she shot up, and walked across to the other side of the hall with my little girl, without even asking me if that’s ok. Sat down with others (that I was looking forward to introducing my girlie too as they’d not met yet). Continued to sit away from me for about 5 mins, then eventually brought her back to my partner. I just felt super uncomfortable. Turns out she was drinking too, so an 80 odd year old woman who was tipsy was carrying my child around ( I didn’t know this until someone told me the next day) I feel a bit pushed back and disrespected.
I just feel like this happens so often. As soon as my partner isn’t there/his backs turned is turned, stuff like this happens from the majority of his family members.
From comments/unwanted opinions, to stuff like this.
Just had to rant about it on here. My partner knows that I was upset and frustrated about this. I said I’d let it go, but it still bothers me, you know!
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How are you able to let go of a situation that continues to happen? You either need to speak up in these situations, so people know where you stand. And if your partner isn't ok with you doing so, for whatever reason, he needs to do it. One time, I can see letting it go — but something that continues to happen isn't an accident, it's on purpose; or maybe it is an accident because they aren't aware. So this all leads back to speaking up or your partner doing so.
My brother with 1 baby age 8 months gave me some potty training tips for my 2 year old when I said we were about to start.
Don’t get wrong, I would say “I read xyz..” and share information that way.
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Hi ladies I'm just looking for an outside perspective because I'm driving myself crazy thinking this over. In the last year I have completed the last year of my masters, planned my wedding, looked after my 2 and 3 year old, been taking weekly driving lessons, been preparing my 3 year old for the nursery she had just started, lost a pet that was more like a fur baby, my father has reappeared in my life last week after 30 years and I've dealing with a strained relationship with my mum. My now husband has been pushing for us to move house and told me he wanted us to move 2 days before our wedding and 6 weeks before my master's deadlines. I told him at the time I wanted to wait until the beginning of next year because I felt overwhelmed already but eventually I caved and reluctantly agreed to go ahead. I know the reasons he wants to move and I agree, they mainly involve more space and a bigger room for our youngest. I've told him today I'm mentally exhausted and cannot commit to helping with the house selling/buying/moving process right now. This has angered him as he feels I have forced him into the decision of taking the house off the market, am I being unreasonable?

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How did you all deal/come to terms with separating from your husband/partners?
We’ve been together 15 years, two children 5 year old and 8 months.
I never thought we would be In this situation but I honestly think I’ve fallen out of love with my husband, I’ve recently been thinking about how much easier everything would be if we separated but the thought of the children living two lives, going on different holidays, days out ect and me not being with them breaks my heart. Also the thought of another woman bringing our children up scares me too.
Nothing has actually happened with my husband and I, I still very much love him, he’s a great dad but I no longer feel in love with him- if that makes sense to anyone?
He came from a split family and his step parents are both lovely wonderful people so I know that it’s not all bad but I cannot bare the thought of another woman being included in bringing them.
Our 8 month old is hard work, second child has definitely put a lot of pressure on our marriage so im also not sure if im just a little sensitive and over thinking things atm.
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Just collected my son from nursery (where I also work but have now broken up for maternity) to find out that a colleague has been off today with the stomach bug but still sent her children in for a full day!
I'm furious as this particular colleague normally complains about parents sending in their children to "spread" the sick bug whilst they're at home and causing staff to become unwell. I'm also furious as she knows I'm so close to having my 2nd baby any day and one of her children is in the same room as my son! This colleague in the past has always gone on about how vulnerable newborns are but all of a sudden she is doing exactly what she moans about!
Part of me wants to message her and have a go but I know it's pointless 😭
I now feel that I've got to keep my son off nursery until at least a month after baby is born just to help protect us all, but I know they will still expect me to pay for his space!
Sorry to rant on here but it's safer than messaging work!
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So my partner has called me a horrible parent, pathetic and selfish
So basically our son has toys in his room and he finds the biggest one to stand on to climb over his baby gate and then after this he has free reign of the whole house... He's worked out how to unlock child locks on the fridge and cupboards so this morning for example he helped himself to a yoghurt and even a spoon from the drawer where the knives are.
So I've switched the baby gate to a more difficult one to open because he even worked out bow to open the gate, and Ive most of his toys out his room and now my partner had called me selfish because I want to lie in a morning, which is true but I don't want my self and our daughter to be woken up at 5-6am when my alarm is set between 7am and 7:45am I usually wake between those times anyway.
Came home from work tonight and all my partner has done is try to argue his point that I should get the locks you put on the doors and so be can't get anywhere around the house and even said put it on our door but he kicked off when I said we can put it on his door instead arguing what if he's sick and chokes on it or if something happens and we can't hear but it would be the same thing if we put it on our door...
My son is 4 and he may have autism, but calling me a horrible parent is just uncalled for because yeah I don't wanna be woke up at the crack of dawn but at the same time I want my fucking child to be safe! He came down to the kitchen this morning before even entering our bedroom...
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But now mean everything to me. I mean shit what am I scared of ??? I have both my kids why tf dnt I just fuckin leave this abusive relationship every day he tells me stfu you are fuckin annoying asf stfu
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