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AIBU??

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lgalla1985 · 30/05/2018 21:03

OK so this will be a long and ranting post.
I have been with my OH for 11 years we have 2 sons 6 and 8. I am currently off work recovering from an operation. I am writing this because I am extremely pissed off and I really want to shout but I don't know if I am being irrational and easily annoyed because I am in pain or not.

My OH has stated since we first started dating that he does not wish to work. We were on jsa after ds1 this went badly with him getting us sanctions twice during the first few months after having ds1. Finding this very frustrating and completely sole destroying I decided when my youngest was about 2 months old I would be the one to go out and work however I also wanted to get my qualifications so I went back to college and university and worked part time. As well as being the person who dropped off picked up kids, did house work as he prefers to sleep all day and apparently need 12 hours sleep. When I first brought up these issues with him he claimed that I would not be able to cope/ do any of this without him. My parents DO NOT AGREE with my decision to be the only one who is working and have made this extremely clear to me ALOT. This has caused a huge issue between myself and my mum as she sees this as me being taken advantage of just now I am at the point of agreeing with her

As I said at the start of the message I am currently off sick from work. I recently had an op to remove an ovarian cyst op got complicated. After a few days recovery he has taken it to mean I can do everything this is not the first time this has happened before after previous ops he then complains when it reoccurs like I have willed it to happen. This is the fourth operation I have had for the same thing this op did not go very well and I have already been told there will be another as I had anaphylaxis during my surgery.

He literally hates my mother he always has he wants me to stop going to her house with the children to see her. At first it was because I was visiting a lot while my gran was ill then it got worse when she passed as it effected my mum really badly and she wasn't coping well so I did check on her a lot.this caused huge arguments between us until I finally gave up and stopped visiting at all leading to my mum not seeing her grandsons often as she has mobility issues and can't get up the stairs in my close. However this led to him claiming that if his mother could visit then so could mine she doesn't have the mobility issues mine does.

He has started smoking weed again he does this alot. This is fine if you are paying for it with money that you have earned and aren't staying up till all hours then sleeping till after 1 pm everyday when you have responsibilitys.

He is constantly lying to me not always big lies sometimes just little ones then tells me I am wrong I didn't listen to him or I just didn't hear what he said. For example In November last year I was phoning a taxi from his phone as I had missed my bus and needed to get to the train station to go to work when a message pooped up on his phone from his ex girlfriend who he has been messaging with for a while. The message was very inappropriate for two people who are "just friends". He claims I read too much into the message but he talks in his sleep. Apparently she is just his best friend who he sends sex messages to.
I am really really not happy. I just want an out or a reasonable solution before I go nuts put him out and change the locks.

OP posts:
KirstenRaymonde · 30/05/2018 21:05

What on earth does this man bring to your relationship? I don’t understand why you’d even date someone who openly said they didn’t want to work and happily sat around on JSA for years, but I suppose what’s done is done. Just kick him out and get on with life.

TheShapeOfEwe · 30/05/2018 21:05

Oh my god, LTB. What would you be losing except a PITA?

dinosaurusrex9 · 30/05/2018 21:06

LTB. No brainer

Oysterbabe · 30/05/2018 21:07

Just leave him. Tbh I wouldn't have made it past date 1 when he said he didn't want to work.

Thehop · 30/05/2018 21:07

Jesus love get rid.

isseywithcats · 30/05/2018 21:08

And you are still with him WHY ? this guy sounds like the biggest cocklodger ever, you would be so much better off if you sent his sorry arse back to his mummy so she can look after him, he dosent treat you right, dosent work and dosent intend to, dosent help you with the children he contributed towards creating, he would be out the door so fast his feet wouldnt touch the ground, your life would be a 100% better without him in it

rollingonariver · 30/05/2018 21:08

Leave him? What is he teaching your children?

Popfan · 30/05/2018 21:08

Sorry OP. I think you know it's over, you want it to be over but are finding it understandably difficult to make that final step and make the break. I'm sure others here will have great advice about how you can make that happen but for now Flowers.

AmazingPostVoices · 30/05/2018 21:10

Ask yourself this question:

Would my life and my children’s lives be better or worse without him?

Pfftlife · 30/05/2018 21:10

I have never said it before on here but you would be better off without him. You don't want your kids growing up thinking that's normal behaviour. Your a saint for putting up with him for so long, I would have kicked his lazy arse out long ago

jaseyraex · 30/05/2018 21:11

Bloody hell, how have you managed to stay with him for 11 years?! I'd have lost the will to live a long time ago. He sounds utterly useless and your mum is right, he is taking advantage of you. Get rid of him and set a good example for your children, they're learning nothing of value from this dead beat man.

MrsHathaway · 30/05/2018 21:11

My OH has stated since we first started dating that he does not wish to work.

I got this far, and realised he was going to need some INCREDIBLE mitigating circumstances or redeeming features.

He doesn't have any. You'd be better off without him because you'd be doing everything including all the earning, but with lower costs and less resentment.

student26 · 30/05/2018 21:13

Wow. He sounds like an absolute twat. Get rid of him ASAP. He clearly brings nothing to the relationship. Don’t let him destroy your relationship with your mum.

Domino20 · 30/05/2018 21:14

Please go and live with your mum. You've lost all perspective as to how normal people behave. He's a fucking massive cocklodger and you need to fuck him right off. Seriously.

Panda81 · 30/05/2018 21:15

My OH has stated since we first started dating that he does not wish to work.

Why does any woman find a man like this attractive?! So what did he actually do to support himself whilst you were dating? And you chose to have children with a man like this?

Dumbfounded Confused

BananasAreTheSourceOfEvil · 30/05/2018 21:17

The only place that 'man' belongs is on the Jeremy Kyle show. I don;t think he even deserves Graham.

He doesn't wish to work? And you procreated with this?

I feel sorry for your situation but what did you expect?

If this is what you want to put up with for the rest of your life (a dope smoking, feckless layabout) then that is your decision; but if you have the drive to go back to college, university and work then I think you know that you are worth more than this.

SmartyPants0 · 30/05/2018 21:20

I don't usually coment on relationship posts as I think other posters are more elequent than me but you have my first ever LTB.
I think you would also benefit from counseling to improve your self esteem and help you understand why you put up with his behaviour and stop you making the same mistake next time Flowers

lgalla1985 · 30/05/2018 21:23

I do but I literally at this point feel drained mentally. On the one hand I actually do love him he does have good things about him on the other hand I want to slap myself for being a complete and utter moron for thinking that he would change grow the f##k up get a grip of himself get a job and support his f##king family instead he sits about while I am at work playing video games and has now started picking the kids up from school and dropping them off if I am working early. I want change I can't any more

OP posts:
Whatshallidonowpeople · 30/05/2018 21:23

What is wrong with both you?

MrsHathaway · 30/05/2018 21:25

he does have good things about him

Name three. Seriously. I wonder if he's conditioned you to a very low bar.

Miranda15110 · 30/05/2018 21:26

Three words - kick him out! There is no discussion to be had.

ReservoirDogs · 30/05/2018 21:26

You let him do drugs around your kids Confused

Emojijoji · 30/05/2018 21:27

LTB

(been on mumsnet years and this is my first LTB. I don't say it lightly)

Good luck op

lgalla1985 · 30/05/2018 21:27

I actually don't think I can Blush.

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Merryoldgoat · 30/05/2018 21:27

FFS. This man brings NOTHING to your life. The fact you procreated with such a feckless man is dumbfounding.

Just get rid of him. Right now. Then you get a lovely weekend free of him.

What on earth possessed you to get into a serious relationship with such a poor example of humanity? I ask as you state he was upfront about his laziness right at the start and most other women would run a mile.

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