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I was a glorified babysitter this morning 😭😭😭😭😔😔😔😔😔 I hate it. I'm 50 percent mom 50 percent house employee. I haven't changed over the laundry. I haven't sorted laundry. I haven't put up the laundry... I only just now did a project for today.... Maybe I should make the goal each day to be two projects ? One…

Just a vent really! I feel quite low at the moment and very emotional. I had my home birth prep appointment yesterday and was looking forward to it a lot, but afterwards I felt actually very anxious and overwhelmed about how real the birth is becoming. I feel like people around me are super excited and therefore exp...

My husband texted me today to tell me he doesn't feel cared for. I apologized and told him I was sorry for not being more attentive. But the truth is that I don't care. I don't like him. The only time I'm happy with him is when I'm around other people. The main reason I haven't left is because I can't stand the thou...

I was in a group chat with a mom who refused to take her 2 month old in while she was sick for the past few days, Mom would tell us all these things happening with her kids but would never go to the ER, she complained she didn't have money and she had an open CPS case on her and they were trying to take the kids alr...

A little backstory, we used to live with MIL,SIL and her 3 kids(3,10,13) my husband lived with MIL while he was in college and the same time I got pregnant and moved in SIL had to move in with her kids because where she lived wasn’t good for the kids. MIL is basically a second mom to SIL kids takes them to school, d...

And then got mad at me for using it 👀 He was sleeping in the room when I played with it in the living room. He's a light sleeper so I assume he heard me washing and putting it away. Shortly after that he got up and went into the bathroom (where I left it) and somehow figured I'd just got done using it. It was…

My bd comes to visit our 2yo at my house 2 to 3 times a month for a couple hours. It used to be fine but now lo acts out and throws tantrums the whole time and it's frustrating for everyone. Hopefully it's just a phase, she's fine when it’s just me and her. he suggested not coming this time(he’s supposed to come tod...

I moved from Rhode Island to Florida with my husband and boys. We are handling some business plans while down here. I’m away from all my family. I get so sad thinking of everything I’m missing. My cousin is getting married next month, my brother just had a baby and my other brother just graduated college. It literal...

No it’s not anything against the child . We have our moments that she’s difficult but I wouldn’t put it past anything that’s just being a child / preteen. I hate how my life has always just come to winging all plans and adjusting all plans to accommodate her when they constantly switch up the schedule . It’s a strug...

Ok my bd doesn’t do everything he should be doing as a father. He didn’t do everything he should have done as a man while I was pregnant. He full of excuses and doesn’t keep his word and love to play victim. This morning I woke up to a text from Him asking when my daughter next appointment is… why?!? This man went t...

So my ex partner at the time still boyfriend baby dad ) I have found in his memoery box a whole ass diary from his previous realtionship that he’s kept documenting their whole entire 5/6 years of being together since kids . What I read is just insane a crazy emotional damage . If you have watched one day on Netflix ...

So we rent this house from my parents & we've not had designated space in the basement to put our own things. Now there's a spare room my lil brother uses to store his stuff(he does not pay rent or any bills). We have asked my folks for a day to clear out the spare room and make some space in the basement since we p...

Hi all! Im currently 14w with my first child. I’m just looking for some advice, as it has been on my mind for a while. My husband and I live halfway across the country from the rest of our family. We are finally about to visit our family in a couple weeks and are excited to announce our pregnancy as we have been wai...

I am so upset. We gave our cat to my in laws because he wouldn’t stop peeing on our carpet after we moved, and with a toddler and new baby on the way it was just too much to deal with. Now 3 months later, those careless irresponsible fuckwits let him outside and didn’t notice he was gone for hours. Now he’s been mis...

I’m getting fed up, I’m 32 weeks pregnant and my boyfriend has yet to come to any one of my appointments, I’ve told him he doesn’t have to come if he doesn’t want to in the past but we came with me to the hospital the other day when I started having contractions and said that he would come with my to today’s appoint...

So I've just found out I'm having twins. And I've got a 3year old and a 2 year old. So definitely need a bigger car. If I sold my car I would get under $4,000 for it. So only car I can afford will he a 10year old car or even older, second hand. My partners car is worth $14,000 if he sold his and he could have my ca...

Currently sitting in my car in a random carpark having a breather, while my toddler naps in the back in her car seat as I needed some time to myself. So I thought I got away with having the most happy and chilled baby, but the last week or so she has just been a nightmare.. I find myself trying not to lose it and ...

So this past Sunday was Morher’s Day and even though my little one isn’t born yet I was still looking forward to having it be my first ever Mother’s Day (being a mother without actually having the baby yet) and well needless to say my fiancé ruined it for me. The night before he went out with his brother to a Red Bu...

Really random but my child has soo much energy and does not stop. We go to groups on our days together as I find it overwhelming to be in the house all day as he makes such a mess and can get restless. He has loads of toys and books etc, I think he just gets bored. When the weather was nicer he loved running off som...

Hi my mortgage deeds with my partner have just come through. They have as expected both our names on. However it has his owned home not mine as our address instead of our rented address. I really don't like this as we have never lived there. Its a contentious issue in our relationship as I wanted him to sell it. Bu...