Hi
Before I start I'm kinda new to this. I'm not sure I have posted this in the right place but here goes. I'm actually a dad who needs some help with his partner. We have been together for 10+ years and living together for 8. She is the most amazing woman and I feel very lucky to be with her. Against all odds in 2015 we welcomed our beautitiful daughter. It has been so special watching her grow and develop, I love being a dad.
So far so good...
In the past year things have changed a lot with regards to my partner. She had returned to work for two days a week. Since returning to work she has become really... choose my words wisely here...inactive.
She spends her days at home sitting on the sofa watching movies and sitting on Facebook. I must point out she is looking after our daughter aswell, which she does a fine job of. She says she can do nothing while looking after little one as she is so demanding. Which I get to an extent.
It's just starting to get me down also. I get up early wash up, feed the cat, get ready and go to work. I then come home to a mountain of washing up, the house is a bomb site, bins over flowing and stacks of washing. So I tend to get home, cook tea, feed little one, wash up, put washing on, iron the stack of clothes from the previous day, hoover up the days mess, bath little one get her to bed. I then have the small window to get myself ready before bed.
I spend most of my weekends cleaning up. I do all of the driving. It's just getting too much for me.
Don't get me wrong I'm not expecting her to be Mary Poppins I know it's hard work looking after a toddler. But everytime I try and speak about it I get shot down.
I really don't know where to go from here. She is a fantastic mum but I'm really struggling to do everything. Any advice on how to approach this?
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specksys · 12/06/2017 23:42
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