Lone parents

Are you homeowners or tenants?
Whose names are on the deeds/lease?
Are you married?

Kick him out! Does he have friends/parents he can stay with? How can he expect to save up to leave if he is going out all the time?

If you jointly own the property, you can't just kick him out.

It's very hard, but try your very best not to moan about him or criticise him to your daughter.
Perhaps you could take the line that mummy & daddy are friends although not together.
How close are you financially to being able to have separate places? Is he any good with your DD? Does he spend time with her?

When is the tenancy agreement up? Do you get on with your landlord?

Why not speak to them? I'm sure they've come across this kind of situation before.

Emotionally it takes time and even then you can get a bomb dropped on you. Gradually you get stronger, but the relief of being out of an unhappy situation is almost immediate, well it was for me. And seeing your child relax is hugely reassuring.

Practically it can be tough, but in my case he'd tried to drum into me I wouldn't cope without him, in real terms there was a lot less work because I wasn't running round after him! Its hard work but I don't feel its that much harder than with his support because he was pretty insignificant on that score.

Financially. Ups and downs for me. Very tough at the moment but that's because I'm not working as my health is poor and there's no crystal ball for that unfortunately. But we manage, and I don't think it does dd any harm to appreciate that money doesn't grown on trees.

Hth

Yes emotionally it does take time op.

You will just grow stronger give it as long as a couple of years I would suggest. In time you will prefer making your own decisions and feeling in charge of your life. You have nobody to put you down or to interfere or make controlling or deprecating comments.

You will get used to having the bed all to yourself and I truly prefer it....!

It is just way more work involved on your own. Also way more expensive. Those are the downsides. So it is more money and way more exhausting. That said I do not always sleep well as I am borderline Asperger's so I guess it does depend on people's circumstances. If you are full of beans and as fit as a fiddle then you won't have any issues with the workload involved.

Good luck!

His a pee taker, kick Jim out, that's mental abuse. You will be better off alone then with him. His saving up but is looking for dresses and hand bags, get rid of this loser.

Honestly op you are better off without him and your dd does not need to witness any of this awful relationship