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I’m getting totally disrespected - I want out

57 replies

KAYlett · 03/01/2025 20:11

Hi, I hope some of you will feel similar or be able to give me advice.
im having a Shirley valentine moment.
I am a mum of 2 older children that expect me to wait hand foot and finger on them. I always did when they were young ( mistake of course) but now and for over 13 years I’ve had a job and still do the same chores I did before. I love looking after people and I’m happy when they are happy.My mum is now living with us and I am looking after everyone. I know that I’ve made a rod for my own back, yes in some ways I have but I’ve done it out of love. I just wish my family respected me and I am thinking about leaving the lot of them.
im also menopausal and my husband is a dick !

OP posts:
KAYlett · 03/01/2025 20:20

Well my own mother said that I was too good a mother. Obviously a back handed compliment. This is coming from a mum that left her family. That is probably my hang up and I tried too hard.
It doesn’t warrant being treated like a doormat though does it? Maybe I’m too naive?

OP posts:
SanctionedBreak · 03/01/2025 20:18

Go on holiday, just you, and let them cope while you’re gone. And when you come back implement a rota system.

Quinto · 03/01/2025 20:15

Well, I love my family, but I don’t bustle around after them. It’s perfectly possible to be a loving parent and spouse and do the minimum of housework, cooking etc.

ConsuelaHammock · 03/01/2025 20:14

Go on strike !

OurDreamLife · 03/01/2025 20:13

Stop doing it all.

CheekyHobson · 03/01/2025 20:13

What would happen if you just… didn’t wait hand and foot on them?

Scutterbug · 03/01/2025 20:12

Time to make changes!