I swear I've woken up on the wrong side of the bed which doesn't help this scenario.
But am I being petty for being severely pissed off at my partner.
He puts the bottles on the steriliser. Didn't fill up or put the kettle on. Didn't fill the power pots ready.
Asked him to shut the blinds in my eldest room as you could see right in. Come back from shop they were still open.
Hasn't loaded in dishwasher in over a week.
I literally been feeling like a single mother these days. Like I know he is working more than usual but cumon he was already half prepping the bottles.
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Girl I feel you š my partner is exactly the same , I have to constantly ask for things to be done . Worse of all he doesnāt wake up during the night to help me with feeds . I feel like Iām going delusional sometimes tbh . Same he works a lot more now as Iām only at work partime . But honestly feel like a single parent sometimes . He does try but wish he would step up abit more . You not alone !!!

Same here, I went away with the kids for 10 days came back to a ton of washing machines to do and the clothes that I washed and hanged to dry before we left were still on the air dryer. I do everything around the house and on top of that I have to tell him to do his part of the job (e.g. remind him to pay the bills!).
It is getting so exhausting, he does not understand the concept of mental load and expect me to accept the situation because he works hard and I am maternity leave.

Honestly feel you because I've told my partner I feel like a single parent my other two kids I raised by myself this time I thought with a partner it would be different my baby's three months old she's mainly breastfed but will take a bottle and has taken formula if my milks being used and she's still hungry but in 3 months he's done 2 "half feeds" changed a handful of nappies never done a night feed and hardly holds her he's contracted 37 hours but sometimes picks up overtime I'm 0 hours contracted and he doesn't help me much with the baby never put dirty clothes back in the washing basket which is mere feet from were he takes his clothes off. Leaves toothpaste on the windowsill when the cup for it is directly under it on the sick leaves his yogurt pots and plates in the livingroom even if he's going through to the kitchen hardly washes the dishes and if he does it's not the job lot it's either half or just the bits he's used I honestly feel so drained and fed up
I just kicked out my husband for the last time found out his still talking to some one itās awful crying this late with ur one year old next to u

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So for context we have a 6mo and a 2.5 year old, my husband has gone to Prague for 2 nights on a business trip. I canāt help but feel a rage inside me when Iām having a hard time putting the kids to bed and I can see heās out having a nice dinner and having drinks at bars. I suppose I am maybe abit jealous that he gets to do these things, it causes arguments. Is it normal I feel like this?
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My MIL is a bitchš sorry, just had to start off with that. Okay, now that I got that out š let me give yāall the backstory because I genuinely need to know if Iām being dramatic or if this is as fucked up as it feels.
My MIL is the CEO of the company I work for. My husband also works there, heās a Coordinator, and I was working as an Administrative Assistant/Peer Support Specialist. My husband and his mom have not been on speaking terms since July. Iām not going to dump the entire family tree on yāall š. Just know things between them have been BAD. We were also supposed to go to Thailand with her, but because of the issues between her and my husband, that trip basically got taken away from us. She went without us and came back literally ONE DAY before our gender reveal. She was not invited.
Now, before anybody says, āWell, thatās her sonās mom, how could you not invite her?ā there is a LOT more to that situation, and at this point, my husband and I decided we were not going to pretend everything was fine just because it was a family event. We did invite some of our coworkers, though. Fast forward to Tuesday. I get called in and told that Iām being demoted. The reason I was given?
Budget cuts.
Okay⦠sucks, but whatever. Iām trying to be an adult about it. Iām pregnant, I have bills, and obviously getting demoted is stressful, but if the company is cutting the budget, then I can at least understand that itās a business decision.
Exceptā¦
My husband and like 7 other ppl at the company got promoted the same week!! And then I was supposed to work until Friday in the office, but she sends another coworker of mine to tell me that she wants me gone the same day so my co worker can move in my space. How unprofessional!! Eventually my husband talked to his mom, and suddenly there were apparently MULTIPLE reasons for my demotion that had nothing to do with budget cuts. She allegedly told him that I had said I couldnāt lift certain items because Iām pregnant. NEVER SAID THAT! She brought up paperwork that supposedly wasnāt turned in. NEVER DID THAT! And then there was a customer complaint over the phone. BUT WAS CONFIRMED TO NOT BE ME! It was another employee.
Honestly, the part that bothers me the most isnāt even the demotion itself. Itās the possibility that something personal happening between my husband and his mother could have crossed over into my job. Because if you donāt like your son right now, thatās between yāall. If youāre mad that your sonās wife didnāt invite you to her gender reveal, okay. But my paycheck??? LEAVE MY PAYCHECK OUT OF IT. š
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Weāve been potty training our nearly 3 year old since the beginning of September and I honestly thought we would have been finished by now š
Heās fine with going in the house now but he will only go in his little potty that sits in the living room, he wonāt go on the actual toilet. He goes himself most of the time but we do still have to ask him sometimes and I feel like he holds his wees in for hours sometimes. Heās is completely fine with poos though.
The problem is heās naked from the waist down in the house. If we put anything on him he just thinks he can wee in it š pants, trousers, pyjamas etc he just doesnāt seem to understand that he still needs to use the potty. He also doesnāt really care if heās wet so I donāt know how to get him past that.
Iāve got no idea what to do when we go out either, I offer to take him to the toilet but he never goes so I just end up putting a nappy on him to go out for an easier life.
He starts nursery next week and Iām starting to panic a bit š Has anyone else had a toddler like this and how did you get them to the next stage?
Any tips would be appreciated xx

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I swear I've woken up on the wrong side of the bed which doesn't help this scenario.
But am I being petty for being severely pissed off at my partner.
He puts the bottles on the steriliser. Didn't fill up or put the kettle on. Didn't fill the power pots ready.
Asked him to shut the blinds in my eldest room as you could see right in. Come back from shop they were still open.
Hasn't loaded in dishwasher in over a week.
I literally been feeling like a single mother these days. Like I know he is working more than usual but cumon he was already half prepping the bottles.
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Anytime my husband is angry at me , he uses words like fool, stupid, I regret marrying u etc . Even when Iām wrong I canāt apologize cos I get hurt and he in turn gets mad that I donāt take accountability. For context 90% of our Arguments is about the house being tidy.

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