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To be so angry with DP?

182 replies

Rinmybell · 01/01/2017 09:27

Our 5week old DS was hospitalised this week and ofcourse it was a very sad/scary time. I stayed at the hospital with him - not leaving once.
(Good news) we came home last night and I was so excited too have a New Year's Eve in with the children and DP. The house was in such a state when I came home. But I chose to overlook it and decided I'd sort it today after DS2's hospital appointment.
However literally 10 mins of me walking through the door, I was ambushed with demands requests.
For example, the washing up, clean his work shirts, tidy the living room, etc. It really pissed me off as during all of this I was feeding, especially as due to being so poorly he was mostly syringe fed, so he's getting used to bf again so a lot of readjusting his latch etc.
Then comes bed time and ofcourse DS2 doesn't want to settle in his cradle. No surprises there's he's been cuddled non stop for a week, is still poorly still fitted with 2 canulas, so on.
DP was snappy and moody because in all honesty -I'm ashamed to say- he wanted to dtd and the attention I was showing DS2 was getting in the way of that.
I have woken up today so, so angry. And not sure if I even want to speak to him particularly. How can he be so selfish?
I don't want too 'LTB' but honestly his selfishness and lack of help is next level so maybe my choices are limited.
I can just about cope with the amount of housework and his stroppiness when both children are well Confused
Am I overreacting?!

OP posts:
Candlelight123 · 01/01/2017 11:08

Just reiterating what everyone else has said, his behaviour is appalling. I do hope you told him to fuck off and wash & iron his own shirts. The sheer selfishness of the man disgusts me.

Ethylred · 01/01/2017 11:11

As usual the Mumsnet hanging judges are out in force..

He looked after the well child while also providing support and care for his wife and ill child. Also the ill child is his too; just possibly he was and is under as much stress as his wife.

TheSparrowhawk · 01/01/2017 11:12

Are you fucking serious Ethyl?????? Who is it that gave birth to a baby five weeks ago???

TheSparrowhawk · 01/01/2017 11:13

Do you seriously think it's acceptable for a man to be grumpy because he's not getting sex from his partner who had a baby five weeks ago and who just spent days in hospital with a very sick newborn???

PaulDacresConscience · 01/01/2017 11:14

Yes, and as usual the Mumsnet Handmaidens are also here, to defend the lazy, the incompetent and the plain selfish.

The last time I checked, 'supporting' someone did not include expecting them to clear up my mess and iron my clothes within 10 minutes of them having arrived home from hospital.

ThePeoplesChamp · 01/01/2017 11:14

Ethyl come the fuck on. At what point is the going in a fhuff re DTD in any way acceptable????? The OP gave birth 5 weeks ago and has been through the ringer.

I can't concieve of a scenario in which that is acceptable

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 01/01/2017 11:14

Load of bollocks, ethylred - if he was under "just as much stress" he wouldn't have been thinking of her cleaning up his shit and then having sex, would he. Or if that's his stress response, then OP might as well ditch him anyway, as that's not a mature adult response to stress.

Poole5 · 01/01/2017 11:16

He looked after the well child while also providing support and care for his wife and ill child. Also the ill child is his too; just possibly he was and is under as much stress as his wife

Partner not wife

He was under so much stress he needed sex from his partner who gave birth 5 weeks ago and has an ill baby Hmm

Topseyt · 01/01/2017 11:16

Ethyl, he did an inexcusably piss poor job.

He is also pestering his wife for sex just 5 weeks after giving birth.

ThePeoplesChamp · 01/01/2017 11:16

Woooooooooo ethyl'Man looks after own child' makes Queens Honors list Hmm

Poole5 · 01/01/2017 11:18

I can just about cope with the amount of housework and his stroppiness when both children are well confused

He was like this before with just one child?

So good idea to have another child? Hmm

Candlelight123 · 01/01/2017 11:20

Ethyl, are you the OP's DH???

WilburIsSomePig · 01/01/2017 11:21

Woooooooooo ethyl'Man looks after own child' makes Queens Honors list hmm

Yep, get that man a knighthood, we all know it's so much harder for a man to look after their own child than it is for a woman. The fella deserves a good old seeing to for that alone eh?

Or maybe he needed to get his mind off his dick and try to help his partner.

Beth2511 · 01/01/2017 11:30

i would ignore the house stuff. my ds was in hospital at 2 weeks old for a week and between all the mayhem of looking afer toddler, the running around etc the hoise was least of our worries.

however the demands and sex sulking would have made me lose the plot

MeetTheMartian · 01/01/2017 11:33

Ethyl yes you re right. He has a child who was ill too and did look after his older child as well as supporting the OP who was in hosp. So he wasn't a completely useless twat during that week.

The question is though

  • does it mean that as he was looking after ONE child, who was well, he couldn't possibly do any HW and keep the house tidy? I mean he clearly expect the OP to do so whilst looking after TWO children, one of who is still unwell. So why can't he?
  • does it mean its OK for him to abdicate any responsibility in doing the HW/ironing etc... as soon as his dw is back from hosp, looking after HIS sick child? I mean at 5 weeks, I was still struggling to establish bfing. who the heck does he think he is to then demand for his work clothes to be ironed by the OP? Is she his maid?
  • does it mean its ok for him to be annoyed that his dw is looking after HIS baby rather than having sex with him? I men he wasn't worried said child coudn't settled, that maybe he wasn't well etc... Was he not wondering how to help the OP and HIS child so that they woudnt both be confortable and settled? Its not just an issue of selfishness towards the OP but also towards his child, a newborn baby who is unwell!!

OP from my own experience, I think you re naïve indeed about how bad it is.
I agree with PP about stopping to do his ironing etc... and insisting that he is much more involved in the HW/parenting his dcs. Not just for now but for later too.
I suspect that this is an arrangement that has been going on for a while. All the HW is your and yours only. However, this is also an good opportunity to change things :)

The sex stuff ... just say NO unless you really really want it.

TondelayaDellaVentamiglia · 01/01/2017 11:42

OP We unfortunately do not have a housekeeper

you may not have a housekeeper, but HE most certainly does and he has made it perfectly clear he finds her lacking.

isn't that nice of him?

Elendon · 01/01/2017 11:43

I would be seriously pissed off if I had returned with my five week old ill child to a house that was a mess. I'd be fecking fuming, if truth be told. Your newborn needs a clean environment to come home to. Your partner should have stepped up and made his child's homecoming a pleasant experience. To top it off, he got huffy because he was expecting a quick fumble? I'm angry just thinking about it.

Anyway, hope you and your baby reestablish the feeding. Baby and sibling have a loving and caring mum. Flowers

Fluffyears · 01/01/2017 12:00

He has two functioning hands, which can presumably manage tidying, cleaning, cooking, ironing and sorting himself out if he is horny....

Crumbs1 · 01/01/2017 12:23

Show me potatoes, you are right we no longer have a housekeeper because the children have grown and flown but we did when they were little. Because you don't does not mean I don't. I don't have a ski chalet but we have friends who do.....all of us have or do different things.

Poole5 · 01/01/2017 13:47

does it mean its ok for him to be annoyed that his dw is looking after HIS baby rather than having sex with him

It is not his wife but partner

Doesn't warrant the D part either from his shitty behaviour

But OP doesn't want to leave him because of his amazing redeeming qualities such as demanding sex while postpartum

Simonneilsbeard · 01/01/2017 14:03

So angry reading this! Saddened that here we are at the beginning of 2017 and women are still being saddled with entitled fucking man children.
Iv been stressed with sick children, family members in hospital, a dying father etc I still managed to wash my own clothes and certainly didn't fucking demand other people start cleaning up after me ..what utter bollocks! Isn't funny how these men are so damn incompetent in their own homes yet if they showed the same level of fecklessness outside the home or in work they wouldn't last 3 seconds!
As for the huffing about not getting his hole ..I haven't words strong enough.

DameDeDoubtance · 01/01/2017 14:03

You don't want to ltb but you're happy to bring children up with this misogynistic sex pest?

kissingJustForPractice · 01/01/2017 14:28

Quite apart from anything else, why would you be expected to wash up dishes for food you have not cooked or eaten and clear up mess that you have had no part in making as you were not even in the house? Completely bonkers that he would think any of these jobs should have been done by you.

AngryVagina · 01/01/2017 14:50

This is utterly appalling and OP your responses are so so sad. Please, realise that you're not obliged to be his housemaid and nanny with benefits. You have been capable of keeping the house clean and tidy with one child - he is too. There is no excuse for this behaviour.

Nanny0gg · 01/01/2017 15:09

Whoever called him a pig upthread has it spot on.

How dare he start demanding housekeeping duties the minute you walk through the door.

And even if you were up for dtd quite soon after birth, he surely should realise that with a poorly baby still under hospital care, you might not be quite in the mood right now?

Looking after your oldest wasn't exactly heroic, was it? What was he going to do while you were ironing and clearing up?

Do you have any (other) support in RL?