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To regret moving DP in to my house

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JadeySmiles · 17/04/2025 22:30

Hi all, the previous topic isn’t accepting new posts so I thought I’d update here.

We have had the conversation about split of
chores, DP said he can chip in ‘as and when needed’ but he didn’t have a suggested split as I hoped which was frustrating.

He says he feels a bit awkward with getting stuck in given he doesn’t own the house and thinks he will be more comfortable once he is on the Mortgage and asked me when that will be. I said I want to wait and see how things go over the next few months as we get used to living with each other.

He was a bit funny with this and suggested I’m backtracking on an agreement. But we didn’t ever set a timeline. He says his Mum has
told him the funds she/his Dad are gifting are currently in a low paying interest account and if he doesn’t take them soon they’ll fix them for a year so he needs to hurry up if he wants them.

I said this doesn’t change my feelings and we need to see how things go. He seems to be sulking now and has been on his games console in the spare bedroom since dinner, which he criticised and said he’s getting fed up with the same vegan meals. I told him he’s welcome to cook for us tomorrow!!

OP posts:
Gimpee · 18/04/2025 07:48

I wish I had got this support when I met my husband. When he was violent he convinced me that it was my fault I got beaten told me I was fat lazy and ugly every morning used to joke with sons alarm call, he hardly worked

Zonder · 18/04/2025 07:41

@JadeySmiles please listen to what people are saying. Even now you are going to have to mother him to get him to do any chores, and it won't last. If you go on to have children with him you will be the one carrying everything and getting upset because you have to ask him to do any little job to help you, rather than him seeing it as a partnership.

He really has shown you his deep rooted belief that household stuff is a woman's job, as learnt from his mum.

Remona · 18/04/2025 07:38

Why not go the whole hog and just sign your house and its contents over to him now?

This is about a whole lot more than a bloody housework rota.

You put him on the mortgage and I’ll give it six months before you split up and you lose the house or have to buy him out to keep it.

If you don’t get rid of this lazy, dirty, manipulative twat, you’re an absolute fool.

ShouldIEvenBother · 18/04/2025 07:35

Isthisit22 · 18/04/2025 07:30

Sorry but this is a troll. No one could be this desperate. Reported

Yeah I'm starting to think the same tbh. It reminds me of the 4-part thread a few weeks back that ended up getting deleted...

Gimpee · 18/04/2025 07:35

We have all replied as we have been in same situation only few months in rose tinted glasses
We don't want to see faults think things will change for better but 99% of times it gets worse. My partner like yours nearly broke me I am in better place but deep down the damage he done will never mend

FlakyCritic · 18/04/2025 07:35

JadeySmiles · 18/04/2025 07:13

Sorry forgot to add - I have met his Mum, she is really caring and supportive. She can be a bit OTT sometimes, but it comes from a good place.

Of course she is really supportive. She no longer has to clean his house, laundry etc.

Her shifts are over. She's happy he's moved in with you, because now she's free. You're her replacement. And she's grinning from ear to ear. She has never taught him to clean or do laundry, so she knows he won't be doing housework at yours. Why do you think she is so supportive of this?

ThisFluentBiscuit · 18/04/2025 07:34

Welcome to your uphill battle, OP! The talk did not result in him seeing that doing chores equally is the fair thing, only that he'll "chip in as and when." Men like this NEVER change.

And in addition, even though he's proven how little respect he has for you, he wants to be put on the mortgage!! And then he'll do more chores!!! And if he doesn't, what then?

It's really disappointing when an issue like this crops up in an otherwise promising relationship. You weren't to know he was a secret Neanderthal.

TiredCatLady · 18/04/2025 07:33

@JadeySmiles I urge you to read up on lovebombing/abusive relationship dynamics.

What you’ve written about how amazing he apparently was and you’re compatible in every way… then the absolutely shitty way he’s behaved once he’s got his foot in the door, is the abusers playbook.

DARVO

He’s been pulled up on not cleaning. It’s a woman’s problem (can’t possibly be his fault), then he fucks off the football instead of talking to you (that’s him punishing you, making you wait on him). Then when you do talk, he’s putting it back on you. You need to make a list (he’s making this about you not him). Then he’s complaining about the food (that’s a direct dig at you). And he’s fucked off gaming in the spare room (so you can think about what you’ve done - he’s making you the bad guy).

He's a malignant toad.

Throw him out. Do it today.

Santasbigredbobblehat · 18/04/2025 07:33

He won’t get better. Why would he?

Lovelysausagedogscrumpy · 18/04/2025 07:32

JadeySmiles · 18/04/2025 07:13

Sorry forgot to add - I have met his Mum, she is really caring and supportive. She can be a bit OTT sometimes, but it comes from a good place.

Caring and supportive to whom ? She’s already taught him that housework is a womans’ responsibility, so you can thank her for what’s happening now. Trust me, if the shit ever hit the fan, the ‘support’ would be for her baby boy, not you.

Sandunesandseashells · 18/04/2025 07:30

You’ll have to be more firm?? So you are nowhere near the end of this? You are careering towards a parent/child relationship and one in which as the ‘parent’ you will be permanently disappointed with your lazy ‘child’.
It will be like living with a teenager forever.

Isthisit22 · 18/04/2025 07:30

Sorry but this is a troll. No one could be this desperate. Reported

FlakyCritic · 18/04/2025 07:30

Christ, you really are dick-matised, aren't you OP? Wake up! He never had - any - intention of doing any housework! This is at 2 months? He should be impressing the socks off you, not sulking or playing on his game thing! Will you wake the f up and throw him in the gutter where he belongs. You are literally brainwashed by this worthless pos! Or utterly desperate for a f*ck. Or both.

MadeInGrimsby · 18/04/2025 07:29

It's going to sound corny, but please work on your self esteem. Why would you let a man treat you like this?

Namechangedforspooky · 18/04/2025 07:28

Honestly dump him. Been there, done that , got the divorce.
i wish I’d listened to other people. I’m so much happier second time round and I never have to ask DH to pull his weight.
Trust me, you will find someone way better. It shouldn’t be this difficult at this stage.
Good luck!

MadeInGrimsby · 18/04/2025 07:28

MeAndMyGhost · 18/04/2025 04:12

Come on OP this is your second thread about this guy/situation and the feedback has been unanimous.

What are you going to do about it?

This ⬆️. Please listen to the good sense on here.

FortyElephants · 18/04/2025 07:26

JadeySmiles · 18/04/2025 07:11

Thanks for all the replies, I’ve read back. Had a awful nights sleep thinking about what to do next, I really don’t want to but I think I’m going to need to approach him with a list/split today and if he outright refuses then I’ll have to be even more firm.

I appreciate all the advice re. Mortgage and can assure you that he won’t be added to this until we’re in a good place and he is pulling his weight. I will look after myself in that regard as it is my home and I’d never want to lose it.

It’s hard because DP has always been such a caring and supportive partner, we had the best times before he moved in, and we’re compatible in every area. He is the only man I’ve ever imagined being able to have babies with and I just want him to be on a similar page as me with the house work.

You also believe that cleaning shit and housework is women's work? Well, good luck then

Gundogday · 18/04/2025 07:24

“. Had a awful nights sleep thinking about what to do next, I really don’t want to but I think I’m going to need to approach him with a list/split today and if he outright refuses then I’ll have to be even more firm.”

Sorry, I know it seems like mn is bullying you, and I know it’s not easy but how are you going to be ‘more firm’. Shut down any mention of mortgage.

angieloumc · 18/04/2025 07:23

He sounds like a big man child, get rid of him.

femfemlicious · 18/04/2025 07:23

JadeySmiles · 18/04/2025 07:11

Thanks for all the replies, I’ve read back. Had a awful nights sleep thinking about what to do next, I really don’t want to but I think I’m going to need to approach him with a list/split today and if he outright refuses then I’ll have to be even more firm.

I appreciate all the advice re. Mortgage and can assure you that he won’t be added to this until we’re in a good place and he is pulling his weight. I will look after myself in that regard as it is my home and I’d never want to lose it.

It’s hard because DP has always been such a caring and supportive partner, we had the best times before he moved in, and we’re compatible in every area. He is the only man I’ve ever imagined being able to have babies with and I just want him to be on a similar page as me with the house work.

It won't work. He probably won't all out disagree. He just won't follow the rota. It's going to be a miserable situation. He will call you a nag. I guess you want to see with your own eyes. Just make sure you dump him when he doesn't change. Don't keep trying to make him do stuff if he doesn't keep to the rota. Don't let him ground you down.

Gimpee · 18/04/2025 07:23

So for couple of months he was caring until he moved in then changed to get half your house made you feel don't leave me

KateShugakIsALegend · 18/04/2025 07:20

Not a keeper, based on your replies.

Sulks to try and get part ownership of your house.

It is not your job to direct his efforts in the home.

He is literally telling you who he is. Believe him.

Lovelysausagedogscrumpy · 18/04/2025 07:16

OP why are you planning to be with a man who is only interested in his own comfort ? The house is yours. He’s using that as an excuse not to pitch in with the chores because he doesn’t feel ‘comfortable’, and now he’s come up with some issues with his funding to try to rush you into putting him on the mortgage.

So when he’s actually on the mortgage and you ask him to do stuff you will be ‘a nag’ - he’ll eventually force a split, and you’ll lose your home. As previous posters have pointed out most women would be running for the hills with any one of the behaviours you’ve described here, so why are you still invested ?

Wake up and find your anger. Recognise him for the lazy, moody, entitled, coercive, cocklodging man child he is and kick him out before you lose your home to him.

PeggyMitchellsCameo · 18/04/2025 07:16

God bless you. You are such a lovely young woman.
But you are literally sitting with a begging bowl.
A grown man who loves you wants to provide. He wants to prove he is a good partner. He wants to step up.
He does not treat you like this.
Its great having fun dating but it’s not the same as building a future with common goals.
Please don’t waste your time. So many of us have and it never works.
Build your self respect. There is someone better out there. It took me a while but when I did, the difference. An equal partner, someone who proved himself worthy.

ConcernedOfClapham · 18/04/2025 07:15

JadeySmiles · 17/04/2025 22:50

I originally thought if living together this early didn’t work then he could move out and we’d continue with the relationship and try again in the future, but I don’t think that’s realistic now. If I suggested going back on this I think he’d dump me.

What a mess 😫

WHYAREYOUNOTDUMPINGHIM?????

Get the fuck rid of him, what an absolute prick. 😩

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