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Maggiemaggie332 · 17/08/2021 22:54

I want to visit my parents every 2/3 weeks in London from Newcastle (by train) and I’m paying for my own train ticket not my partner. But my partner doesn’t agree and if I do he will refuse to rent? What do you think ?

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Givemebackmylilo · 18/08/2021 09:39

@Maggiemaggie332

Doesn’t matter if I’m alright or not . I don’t want you to comment on my post is that to much to ask for ?
I mean, yes, on a forum where you've asked for opinions, you can't police the responses
joystir59 · 18/08/2021 09:40

Stay close to your parents if that's what you want to do

Givemebackmylilo · 18/08/2021 09:40

@Hadenoughofthisbullshit

I reported your post at 9am *@Givemebackmylilo*. Why are you calling the op names and replying rudely so often? I agree with the op, you don’t seem ok.
Because people who have a baby in order to not work are a new level.
Maggiemaggie332 · 18/08/2021 09:41

I never said I want to work! You are just making pure judgements

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Motnight · 18/08/2021 09:42

Op it is quite difficult to work out what's really happening here.

From what I can tell, you have a young baby with a man that you aren't married to and you aren't currently working. This puts you in an incredibly vulnerable position. You are concerned that your baby's father isn't committed to family life, you also have concerns that he is going to find another partner and you are worried about moving far away from your own family. Running through this is the lack of finances. Is that it?

Maggiemaggie332 · 18/08/2021 09:43

I have always worked! Since I finish uni so why are judging? And I never said I don’t want to work ?

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Bortles · 18/08/2021 09:43

I agree witb your thoughts on nursery. Not really a benefit even at 2 actually. Stay with your parents op. He chose to move. Appreciate the time you have with your parents.

EileenGC · 18/08/2021 09:43

He said he will see how things are and if they are not good we will just separate. Would you be annoyed if your partner said this would at least give you some doubts

Yes it would. It’s like moving into a house for which your rental contract says ‘let’s reassess in 2 weeks/months and see how it goes. We might kick you out or we might not, who knows…’. I couldn’t live like that and I definitely couldn’t stay in a relationship with someone who didn’t seem to love me that much, or be that committed?

What happens if/when you ‘just separate’? What happens with the baby and your housing situation?

I also wouldn’t be having babies unless I had a job to provide for them. As an adult it would be my responsibility to house, clothe and feed them, not that of any related adults around me.

Howshouldibehave · 18/08/2021 09:44

Most people need to work in order to support themselves, whether they want to or not. Are you married?

Howshouldibehave · 18/08/2021 09:45

And I never said I don’t want to work

I never said I want to work!

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ineedaholidaynow · 18/08/2021 09:45

Why weren’t you living together before you had the baby?

Hadenoughofthisbullshit · 18/08/2021 09:45

You have assumed that’s the op’s intention. You’ve also assumed that the only reason the op’s partner moved hundreds of miles away was to provide for the family. Both assumptions seem a stretch to me.

Plenty of people think under 2 is too young for nursery. Some have family who can take care of the kids and others just decide they have to do it whether they like it or not.

Hadenoughofthisbullshit · 18/08/2021 09:46

Sorry meant to quote this in the above ^^

Maggiemaggie332 · 18/08/2021 09:46

That was a typo ! Please don’t miss understand

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EileenGC · 18/08/2021 09:46

@Bortles

I agree witb your thoughts on nursery. Not really a benefit even at 2 actually. Stay with your parents op. He chose to move. Appreciate the time you have with your parents.
They are good thoughts if the family unit is in a stable financial position to afford a stay at home parent. My own mum kept us at home until the age of 4 so I have nothing against mums who don’t work.

But the OP’s situation doesn’t sound financially stable if she can’t afford train tickets herself or to split the bills with the ‘D’P. If I didn’t have money to live off and a young baby to provide for, I’d be getting myself into work ASAP, young toddler or not.

Hadenoughofthisbullshit · 18/08/2021 09:47

No idea why my quotes don’t work.

Disrespected · 18/08/2021 09:49

Wow this hurt my head reading this. Constant changing story.
If guarantee your much younger than you say. You sound very immature. Your relationship is going no where. Stay put with your parents /move out locally.
He obviously isn't keen on you going or he wouldn't of said if it doesn't work then you can move out! That would be upheaval for the child.
Sorry to be to the point but this is all very bizzare

Howshouldibehave · 18/08/2021 09:49

They are good thoughts if the family unit is in a stable financial position to afford a stay at home parent. My own mum kept us at home until the age of 4 so I have nothing against mums who don’t work

Absolutely. I would never do it without being married though.

Howshouldibehave · 18/08/2021 09:50

@Maggiemaggie332

That was a typo ! Please don’t miss understand
Which was a typo?

Honestly, your posts are so difficult to understand. Don’t tell people not to misunderstand when it’s you making things so confusing!

ineedaholidaynow · 18/08/2021 09:51

If you are not married it is not a good idea to be financially dependent on the father, and at 28 I wouldn’t like to be financially dependent on my parents either.

Maggiemaggie332 · 18/08/2021 09:56

Yea of course I understand what you are saying

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LIZS · 18/08/2021 09:57

Is there a reason he took a job so far away? How long have you been "together"?

ineedaholidaynow · 18/08/2021 09:58

If you split up how will you manage financially?

hocusspocuss · 18/08/2021 09:58

@Maggiemaggie332

Yea of course I understand what you are saying
You need to quote the person you're replying to. Like this.
Maggiemaggie332 · 18/08/2021 09:58

It was a sponsorship job . Been together 3 years

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