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To kick him out 3 days after he moved in!?

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YourRubyBee · 04/07/2024 17:49

Hi all, I have been with my boyfriend for about a year, he had never been to my house (my choice) and instead I stayed at his parents house with him 3 nights a week and we went out etc. I moved house last week and he was meant to be moving in with me. Unfortunately the house move fell during the week he was away on a lads holiday that was booked months ago.

He came back from his holiday Monday night and came straight to the new house. He has effectively been in bed since. He has gotten up a few times, once to shower and once to make a sandwich, other than that he has been in bed (mostly asleep). At one point he bought an airbed downstairs and slept on it on the living room floor because there are no blinds in the bedroom yet and the sun was in his eyes and the 'couch is uncomfy' (this was during school hours and he went back upstairs to bed when my kids were due home).

I have done the house move, organising everything, cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping, school runs etc alone. I am looking after the kids (mine from a previous relationship) and the dog. He put a lampshade the night he got here and has done precisely nothing since. He says he has a sore throat but it feels like an excuse. To be fair to him he was saying he had a sore throat whilst on holiday but still managed to go out drinking every night. He is a qualified tradesman but he isnt working right now.

I have asked him to get up and come downstairs, walk the dog with me, have tea together etc (I am currently making him meals and he is eating them in bed).

What would you do? Is this a sign of things to come? He did spend alot of time in bed whilst we stayed at his parents house but I assumed it was because we spent our time together up there watching films etc because his parents were downstairs.

Any advice please

OP posts:
TookTheBook · 04/07/2024 22:05

Not only would I be worried about the poor example you're setting your daughters, but actually quite suspicious of his motives. Moving in with teenage girls while he is 26? 🤔

OnTheBoardwalk · 04/07/2024 22:03

@YourRubyBee I’m sorry this is your very first AIBU and you got pilled on

hopefully some of the comments around red flags and don’t do this have given you some confidence on what you need to do

oakleaffy · 04/07/2024 22:02

Roundroundthegarden · 04/07/2024 21:50

Yabu for setting such a poor example to your daughters. You have girls, and this is what you choose to do. A 26yo, really? Actually a 25yo is who you thought to move into your home when you have teenage girls. I despair.

He’ll probably be closer to them in age and feel like one of the children.

It happens when man is younger than his partner.

oakleaffy · 04/07/2024 22:00

@YourRubyBee A skilled joiner should be rushed off his feet with work.
I wonder if he’s not as good as he could be OR he’s waiting for his parents to die so he can get their inheritance.
@YourRubyBee
As he already has had an inheritance why hasn’t he bought property with it?
No need , obviously, as you are a mummy figure looking after her man child.
He sounds awful.

echt · 04/07/2024 21:59

Unbelievable. Literally.

Knackeredmommy · 04/07/2024 21:59

So when are you going to tell him to leave?

Roundroundthegarden · 04/07/2024 21:50

Yabu for setting such a poor example to your daughters. You have girls, and this is what you choose to do. A 26yo, really? Actually a 25yo is who you thought to move into your home when you have teenage girls. I despair.

Donotneedit · 04/07/2024 21:49

Op you’re right people can be so utterly horrible on this site. Imagine you’re having a shit evening, I feel for you

Peaceandquietandacuppa · 04/07/2024 21:49

Why on earth are you moving a man into your CHILDREN’s home after just a year?! And not just any man, but a ridiculous man-child.

Get him gone and re-think your whole approach to this. You’re allowed to date obviously but why so quick to move someone in to your children’s home.

Roundroundthegarden · 04/07/2024 21:45

TwattyMcFuckFace · 04/07/2024 17:53

Christ, where's the fire?

You and this unemployed man have only been together a year, and you're moving him into your kid's home?

Just why?

Exactly!! What's with these women on here who bring these men into their kids lives and dumps him on them. Selfish!

pontipinemum · 04/07/2024 21:43

Right you've made a mistake, but it's only been a few days. No big damage caused. Kick him out, tell him it doesn't work for you, any of it.

He sounds like an idiot, 26 and living off inheritance. That money should be going towards something not being flittered away.

Your teenage girls are very vulnerable with him in the house too and I would not be one bit comfortable with it

Ladyritacircumference · 04/07/2024 21:42

He will be in his best behaviour at the moment having just moved on with you…

Gettingbysomehow · 04/07/2024 21:41

YABU for asking if YABU. Chuck the loser out.
Don't have such low standards in the future.

YourRubyBee · 04/07/2024 21:34

CowTown · 04/07/2024 21:18

What were his behaviours when you stayed at his parents’ house? Did he cook you meals in their kitchen? Do the washing up? Lie in bed/on the sofa a lot? In the past 12 months, has he done any paid work?

Yes he cooked for me all the time, cleaned up after himself afterwards etc. He has worked yes.

OP posts:
Merryoldgoat · 04/07/2024 21:33

I don’t want a pile on @YourRubyBee but I just don’t understand how you thought this was a good idea. It’s really peculiar.

solerolo · 04/07/2024 21:28

What an utterly depressing yet not at all surprising thread.

Another desperate woman making terrible choices just to have a boyfriend.

Be a better role model for your daughters, please.

oakleaffy · 04/07/2024 21:26

TwattyMcFuckFace · 04/07/2024 17:53

Christ, where's the fire?

You and this unemployed man have only been together a year, and you're moving him into your kid's home?

Just why?

@YourRubyBee This.

He sounds like a complete waster.

Skilled Trades are always in demand- he should be rushed off his feet with work.

Please get rid now- before he moves in with a vengeance.

Grammarnut · 04/07/2024 21:25

Tell him to leave.

Despair1 · 04/07/2024 21:22

YourRubyBee · 04/07/2024 19:47

Have never used mumsnet before, but what a horrible place it can be. I asked for advice, I realise I've been an idiot here and I'm going to resolve it this evening. Yes, I've not handled this whole thing the best. I thought I was doing the right thing not having him at my house around my girls which is why we started with going out bowling, days out, food etc so they could get to know him. I have obviously missed a very important step of having him stay over occasionally and then building it up from there (if things went well) but I will resolve this and learn from it in the future.

I wasn't taking my children to stay at his house so that I could have sex or 'choosing dick' over my children. I only stayed over at his house when my children were with their dad other than the one time we went to his house for a bbq and my kids were enjoying spending time with family members of his the same age as them. They were making friends and enjoying the hottub, cinema, horses etc. They wanted to be there and I allowed them to stay over that one night.

I am not saying I haven't acted stupidly here, I obviously have but I'm not denying that fact and some kindness wouldn't go a miss.

Hi OP, don't beat yourself up. We've all made errors of judgement and you clearly have the wellbeing of your children at heart. It would seem that your BF has nil experience of household commitments /family responsibilities/financial responsibilities and budgeting etc. From what you've described, you have sought a gradual introduction of him into your children's lives.
It seems that an honest conversation is required with him as to what he envisages resident family life. Wishing you and yours all the best

PyongyangKipperbang · 04/07/2024 21:20

The fact that he is the age he is compared to your DD's would have me very worried. He already has you in "mummy" mode to him, but they are not his sisters so I would be very worried about him living in the same house as them.

Sorry to be blunt, but for your DD's well being, you need to get him gone asap.

CowTown · 04/07/2024 21:18

What were his behaviours when you stayed at his parents’ house? Did he cook you meals in their kitchen? Do the washing up? Lie in bed/on the sofa a lot? In the past 12 months, has he done any paid work?

GrumpyPanda · 04/07/2024 21:16

Julyshouldbesunny · 04/07/2024 17:58

Congratulations on your new teenage ds...

Pretty sure she wouldn't take all their meals up to a teenager with a sore throat.

MeinKraft · 04/07/2024 21:13

'He is independently wealthy. He isn't working at the moment because he is using inheritance to support himself. The house he lived in with his parents is not small by any means, it is in the North West and is currently on the market at just over 1.2 million - not that any of this matters, but emphasises that he wasn't 'forced' to stay upstairs due to the house being too small. '

Great, he won't mind going back then. Rip off the plaster OP.

Teentaxidriver · 04/07/2024 21:13

I get the impression that he is good looking and charming, and that you have been impressed by the value of his parents house. None of which is the basis for an enduring relationship. Move him out and focus on your teenagers. You are setting a poor example to them.

beatrix1234 · 04/07/2024 21:11

Nuts. He should have spent time with you at home as "transition time" before he moved there so you knew what you were getting into. He was living with his parents FFS, so he's gone to one mommy to another. You have a third child now and another mouth to fed.