Help! Our son is nearly 6 and a half and my husband is like the absent parent. From day one he has left the parenting to me, wouldn't help with night feeds, had very little input. He doesn't spend any 'boy' time with our son except for taking him out on his bike for half an hour once every couple of months. If I ask my husband to spend time with our son, he acts like he's doing me a favour, like he's baby sitting someone else's child. My husband is very into cycling and goes out both days of the weekend leaving me to do the childcare. We don't have family holidays because he says he can't afford to take the time off work yet has just been to Majorca for 10 days with his cycling club. The thing is - while he was away, life was much less stressful and much more simple. Now he's back I feel like I wish he'd go away again. Don't get me wrong I love my husband very much, he provides for us but I feel like life would be simpler on my own with our son. He is not a family man, can anyone give me any advice as to how to make him see this. Our son needs him but he's so wrapped up in his work and his cycling it's like we come bottom of the pile.
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