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Unpaid nanny to DSD Part 2

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seasonofthebitch · 18/01/2026 16:18

Just wanted to update the previous thread…

I’m about to get on the train home after lovely weekend with my sister. I’m more certain now of my boundaries and what I will and won’t accept. I expect this will lead to the end of the marriage.

DP called me this morning and said he was “so tired, with another full on day”. He’s taken DSD AGAIN to his gym for 3 hours and will be going to take her again tonight for 2 hours as I’m “not back in time”.

Youd think for one weekend he’d have sacked off the gym. Poor DSD.

When I was sick after Christmas, he spent everyday in doors with her. Didn’t take her the park, shops, walk, play centres, swimming - no where. Because I was not doing it too!

Im having a conversation with him tonight about our future. Feeling ok about it but also prepared for some backlash… coming back here to keep me focused!

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SheilaFentiman · 18/01/2026 20:59

Why am I not surprised that he’s produced more shitty behaviour??

GrooveArmada · 18/01/2026 20:57

Leaving a bathtub full is a safeguarding issue too if DSD is 5, pretty sure this father of the year wasn't with her all the time, was he.

Was his back aching from exercising or what exactly prevented him from unplugging it? Oh wait, no, another abusive tactic against you. C*nt.

GrannyAchingsShepherdsHut · 18/01/2026 20:57

seasonofthebitch · 18/01/2026 20:55

Sorry was typing quickly, I meant he’d left the dirty clothes on the floor and the bath tub full!

Ah, ok that makes more sense! 😂

Still shitty, lazy, entitled behaviour, but not as aggressive as I was imagining!

seasonofthebitch · 18/01/2026 20:55

GrannyAchingsShepherdsHut · 18/01/2026 20:54

Poor child. He's an absolute waste of space.

btw do you mean he's put her worn clothes into a bath full of used bathwater and left them there?!

I get he's not cleared up after himself re dishes, etc and is a lazy sod. That's one (unacceptable) thing. But the only reason I can think he's chucking clothes into dirty bathwater is to make an inconvenient and dramatic mess that he expects you to clear up. It's not something that can be labelled 'lazy' like the dishes, it's calculated and malicious.

Does he think this shit will win you back in some way, put you in your place or something? He sounds spectacularly stupid as well as incredibly selfish and a crap father.

Sorry was typing quickly, I meant he’d left the dirty clothes on the floor and the bath tub full!

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ThejoyofNC · 18/01/2026 20:54

My god he's so selfish it's unbelievable. He's gaslighting you too.

He's made his child spend what little time she has with him, sat in a fucking gym. And he has the CHEEK to blame you?!

What a terrible, terrible father.

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 18/01/2026 20:54

This is awful, Op, what a total shithead and waste of space he is.

GrannyAchingsShepherdsHut · 18/01/2026 20:54

Poor child. He's an absolute waste of space.

btw do you mean he's put her worn clothes into a bath full of used bathwater and left them there?!

I get he's not cleared up after himself re dishes, etc and is a lazy sod. That's one (unacceptable) thing. But the only reason I can think he's chucking clothes into dirty bathwater is to make an inconvenient and dramatic mess that he expects you to clear up. It's not something that can be labelled 'lazy' like the dishes, it's calculated and malicious.

Does he think this shit will win you back in some way, put you in your place or something? He sounds spectacularly stupid as well as incredibly selfish and a crap father.

arethereanyleftatall · 18/01/2026 20:52

I think in years to come you will be able to unemotionally analyse this relationship and think ‘what the absolute fuck was I doing.’

Reallywhatonearth · 18/01/2026 20:51

seasonofthebitch · 18/01/2026 20:23

Walked into a shit heap of a house - toys everywhere, crumbs, dishes piled up in the sink. No toilet roll or bread/fruit for DSD packed lunch. Clothes from bath time still in the (full) bath tub.

I can’t even look at him. I’ve said he needs to go the shop to sort out DSD lunch and clean up from today. In spare room seething.

He clearly doesn’t see you as being a partner, he sees you as a servant and his DD as a hindrance.

amazed at his disrespect

bet as a gastro registrar you have been bank rolling his gym work

GrooveArmada · 18/01/2026 20:50

Take photos of the state of the house and note all his crappy behaviours for SS record.

Doubledenim305 · 18/01/2026 20:49

Go and stay with a friend for a few days so you don't have to look at him or his mess.

TheBlueKoala · 18/01/2026 20:49

seasonofthebitch · 18/01/2026 20:23

Walked into a shit heap of a house - toys everywhere, crumbs, dishes piled up in the sink. No toilet roll or bread/fruit for DSD packed lunch. Clothes from bath time still in the (full) bath tub.

I can’t even look at him. I’ve said he needs to go the shop to sort out DSD lunch and clean up from today. In spare room seething.

Good. Sorry OP but I was afraid he was going to play perfect dad/husband for a couple of weeks to reel you in again. But no, he's showing his true colours which is good. This will make you able to clearly see things for what they are: shit. I just wish this little girl was in the middle of it 😥. But don't let that stop you from leaving this piece of shit man. Do contact SS though when you have left.

canklesmctacotits · 18/01/2026 20:49

He’s an incompetent, irresponsible, angry, vindictive, immature person. If you have the opportunity to leave, take it. I don’t know why anyone would choose to stay with such a person.

GrooveArmada · 18/01/2026 20:49

JFC, OP.

I read the final updates on your previous thread and now this and I'm mortified.

Your husband is a shit human being. Shit father, shit husband and a selfish prick in general.

I honestly cannot see any other way than to report both parents to social services, it's not just this poor little girl's mother who is an abysmal parent. It's your husband too.

You can't stay and sacrifice your life and chances of having a happy family in the future. You have to leave and not even consider having children with that prick.

I honestly think the best option for your DSD would be a foster family that would actually show love and interest in her, her so-called parents are nothing else than an waste of space incubator and sperm donor.

How sad, for you and for her. You need to be free, and she needs heavy involvement of SS.

MummyofTw0 · 18/01/2026 20:48

Welldone OP for not just accepting this

Blondeshavemorefun · 18/01/2026 20:48

Glad you are done

I know it’s not easy leaving a marriage. I found it hard tho I had dc and I’m now a single parent

you can walk away

tho sure you will worry and wonder what will happen to the little girl

Thisismynewname23 · 18/01/2026 20:47

Good for you hold firm

Dunnocantthinkofone · 18/01/2026 20:47

That smacks of deliberate incompetence to put you back in your place.
The bastard hasn’t been IN the house most of the weekend to even make it messy. He’s been at the bloody gym!

CleansUpButWouldPreferNotTo · 18/01/2026 20:46

‘I’m done with him’

Good for you, OP, but I feel for little DSD with a father like that.

Shedeboodinia · 18/01/2026 20:46

Ahh so you are maid as well as nanny.
So sorry this is happening. The only silver lining is that you are addressing it now and not 5 years down the road with two kids of your own plus DSD to contend with while he swans about doing fuck all at home.
He sounds completely imcompetent. It's not normal, many men do not behave this way.
I hooe you don't wash and pair his socks and put away his pants too :((

BettysRoasties · 18/01/2026 20:45

Good for you op.

pictoosh · 18/01/2026 20:45

Hope you're OK there. You sound pretty annoyed. Deep breaths.

Heronwatcher · 18/01/2026 20:45

Sounds awful OP- stand your ground for all your sakes.

What does he say when you ask him “why gave you taken DSD to the gym three times this weekend instead of doing something nice with her”. Or “if you’re so knackered why don’t you do a quick home workout instead of the gym and then sort the house/ do an online shop.”

I could almost forgive it if it was just haplessness but it’s the utter selfishness towards his own daughter who seems like she might be having a difficult time that I couldn’t forgive.

WhyamIinahandcartandwherearewegoing · 18/01/2026 20:44

The Shit-tip house when you get home? Punishment.

What a weapons grade wanker he is.

arethereanyleftatall · 18/01/2026 20:43

seasonofthebitch · 18/01/2026 20:39

I am done. Im not standing for this.

Good for you op. You will be approximately 1 billion times happier without this arsehol dragging you down. You have a good job, you are financially independent, no children of your own to consider (don’t let your innate kindness towards children keep you there, you could maybe approach her mother afterwards and see if you could keep in touch if you wanted to. You never know, she might enjoy the solidarity of knowing both your exes is a cunt). You are free. I’d honestly file for divorce tonight.

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