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What time do you expect your partner home from a night out?

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Tiredmummyx · 17/12/2024 20:09

My partner has gone on Christmas do with his work mates tonight at some pub I don’t know where. He never goes out so I’m totally fine with this.

He has been working a lot of overtime recently (12 hour shifts) and I am home with DS (2 years old) all day every day and he clings me to constantly. We don’t have anyone to have him for us so I don’t get a break.

ive been out more than DP has throughout the relationship, but not much (I can’t remember the last time I went out) and was always home around 9PM after originally going out late afternoon.

He left for the do this morning at 10.50am, and is still out now. I text him at 7:40pm after I hadn’t heard a peep from him all day (I don’t expect him to text me all day long while he’s out, but one text would have been nice) asking when he expects to be back home because I have to lock the door if I go to bed (there’s only one key). He told me he will be back in another few hours and is audibly very drunk.

Just feeling a bit pissed off. I haven’t had a break without DS for a very long time and he’s very clingy (I love him to bits) and he’s been able to go out from morning till late at night drinking while I’m still home with DS. I understand he also needs a break but where is mine? Is going out in the morning and returning home late at night when you have a 2 year old and partner unreasonable?

Sure the brigade will be along soon to call me insecure and controlling (not sure how when I left him alone all day and didn’t call him until nearly 8PM).

Also pissed off he expects me to sit up and wait for him without giving me a time, clearly late though, to let him back in, when I’m absolutely shattered.

OP posts:
Tiredmummyx · 17/12/2024 20:13

H0TSUB · 17/12/2024 20:13

Under

how can I lock the door then put the key outside?

OP posts:
H0TSUB · 17/12/2024 20:13

Under

H0TSUB · 17/12/2024 20:13

Put the key u see the mat?

Nicknacky · 17/12/2024 20:12

The issue is you have one key. Sort that and then for the one night a year he goes out you can go to bed.

Its only 8pm, he might be home soon

chickenpieandchips · 17/12/2024 20:12

Get another set of keys asap. Arrange to go out when he's next got a day off.

Tiredmummyx · 17/12/2024 20:12

ApolloandDaphne · 17/12/2024 20:10

Why would you sit up and wait for him to come in? Just go to bed and let him come in on his own? Please tell me he has a set of keys?

He doesn’t, theres only one key at the moment as he’s left his in the house somewhere, so he wants me to stay up until whatever time he comes in, to unlock the door (or leave the door unlocked which is stupid late at night).

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H0TSUB · 17/12/2024 20:12

When he's ready to come home and hopefully had lots of fun

ApolloandDaphne · 17/12/2024 20:10

Why would you sit up and wait for him to come in? Just go to bed and let him come in on his own? Please tell me he has a set of keys?

Crumpleton · 17/12/2024 20:10

Honest answer is when they get here.
But that's the same whenever they go out.