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To be bloody done with "D" H and thinking he's had more than enough chances.

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DivorceIsOnTheHorizon · 22/02/2020 19:34

We've been together 6 years this years married for 3 (the last two being rough as hell)

He's always been... useless however less so now than when we first met. He was by definition a man child (couldn't cook, couldn't wash his own things, use a dishwasher etc It got to the point when I had DC2 I had to write him pictures/details instructions on how to use the dishwasher/washing machine etc whilst I recovered from my section. Even then I was doing chores he refused to do less than a week later. Despite that I loved him and married him He then proceeded to get worse (believe it or not) and as well as doing nothing round the house he then added in sleeping all the time and by all the time we're talking 40+ hours over the span of 3 days if he wasn't sleeping he was lounging in bed or drinking.

I had enough in 2018 and said unless he changed that was it. He moved back into his mums and it seemed after a long while he improved. Living apart seemed to benefit us but he slowly started to slip.

It all came to a head yesterday Im currently pregnant suffering with PGP/SPD, being the main parent to DS1/2 as well as working. The midwife has told me the usual of no heavy lifting/take it easy etc but if I don't do anything it just doesn't get done. for example I went to see my mum with DS1, I asked him to take the suitcase upstairs when I got home. It sat there for 2 weeks before I finally dragged it upstairs, the washing I asked him to put on sits there until I do it.

He sits on his phone whilst I do dinner for everyone cause If I don't nobody else will. Finally yesterday as he watched me take 2 baskets of washing upstairs, supervise the kids upstairs, sorting out their rooms and he sat downstairs "reading the news" I told him if he wasn't going to help with the washing the least he could do was do the kids dinner. He kicked off saying it wasn't his house why should he have to do it and "fuck this shit" before he stormed off to work nearly 2 hours early.

It then came out unbeknown to me that when the kids were going to his he wasn't doing anything with them there! His mum is doing their washing, dinners/lunch/breakfast, tidying up after them. He forgets to wash them or to tell them to brush their teeth and they're confined to the spare room and his room in the upstairs of his house. DS1 doesn't even have a bed frame for his bed as he took it away saying it was "too noisy" and DS2 sleeps in bed with him (Despite myself, the SENCo team etc telling him that him doing things like that hinders DS2).

I told him I was tired of either badgering him to do the most simplest of things or having to just do them myself with no help which lately means Im struggling to walk by the end of the day, because "I'll do it tomorrow" really means never. Apparently I'm being unreasonable and its unreasonable and selfish of me to expect him to help me when he goes to work.

AIBU in thinking fuck this shit and applying for a divorce?

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Chesntoots · 24/02/2020 20:03

Well done!! I bet you've started to feel better already.

It must be a scary prospect doing it all alone, but the house is in your name and you are doing all of it anyway, the only difference is you wont have the stress of dealing with that tosser.

DivorceIsOnTheHorizon · 25/02/2020 16:47

@Chesntoots Its surprisingly not scary but a more joyous occasion, most likely because it feels no different, he wasn't doing anything to help anyway so I've been carrying on as normal doing dinner, baths, bedtime, school runs etc.

I received notification from the court, they've sent out the petition for him to respond to. Just got to hope he musters up the strength to sign it and get to the post office -or the strength to ask him mum to do it for him-

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RedPanda2 · 25/02/2020 17:02

Divorce him and please seek therapy so you don't end up with another cocklodger.

hazell42 · 25/02/2020 17:44

That is how many posts before some twat said, why would you have children with a man like this?
Good going.
Usually they get it in 3.
When a woman comes on here on her last nerve, desperate for advice, to get shit like:

Why would you continue to have children with a man-child who has no respect for you and gives zero shits about his existing children?! He hasnt suddenly become this.

its not only victim blaming, its kicking someone when they're down and then telling them they look stupid with a black eye
I'm so glad that your life is perfect and you have never made this mistake. Big round of applause for you.

HeadachesByTheDozen · 25/02/2020 17:51

and the tenancy is in solely my name so we don't have to go anywhere.

That is great, OP. At least you don't have to worry about moving. You should definitely divorce him, it seems like he never saw himself as part of a couple so you won't be missing anything. Has his mum said anything about the way her son behaves?

Gazelda · 25/02/2020 17:56

I'm bloody disappointed (but not surprised) at the number of posters who offer nothing but judgment on these types of thread.

Having said that, you sound like a strong woman who will get through this and thrive. All power to you.

DivorceIsOnTheHorizon · 25/02/2020 18:53

@HeadachesByTheDozen I have already received notice by the court that they sent out the paperwork for him to receive and return

I received notification from the court, they've sent out the petition for him to respond to. Just got to hope he musters up the strength to sign it and get to the post office -or the strength to ask him mum to do it for him-

He can do no wrong in her eyes. She won't care as long as he's paying for stuff at her house. She's still washing his clothes and cooking his meals and doing everything else for him shy of physically wiping his ass

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Greenmarmalade · 25/02/2020 20:58

AMAZING, OP!

KidCaneGoat · 29/02/2020 16:28

Hope it’s all going well still.

longwayoff · 29/02/2020 16:53

Pregnant? Oh OP, don't do this to yourself and kids. It DOESN 'T HAVE TO be like this. Think of a better life and live it. You can do it.

Flutteringsatlast · 29/02/2020 16:57

You rock op.
Just wanted you to know that!!
Grin

flirtygirl · 29/02/2020 17:16

I don't get why people thing op should not have her 3rd baby. She used contraception it failed and she does not believe in abortion. What is wrong if she is willing to love and look after it, it's her life not yours.

And maybe she was having sex with her husband as she thought that they were working out there problems. Maybe she just wanted to and after all even if he's a loser, he's her loser.

She asked about divorce or whether to give another chance. She did not ask about whether to have her baby as that's no-ones business but hers.

Op in your situation I would have been having sex with my husband and If I got pregnant after contraception failure, I would think oh well, it's meant to be.

I don't get the hand wringing over a grown women being pregnant by her own husband even if he is useless, especially as she is capable of looking after all her kids. He's obviously not useless in bed.

Some Mumsnetters on this thread have been complete bitches, just because you wouldn't have the baby, doesn't mean the op should not. Just because you wouldn't have sex with a lazy husband doesn't mean everyone wouldn't.

I'm sure there are men still having sex with their lazy wife's and women still having sex with their lazy husbands. And so what?

flirtygirl · 29/02/2020 18:09

Op congrats on getting the ball rolling. On the editors, I hope it goes smoothly for you.

Don't give the last baby his surname unless you are happy to all stay his surname.
You can change the others by deed poll if you decide to go back to your maiden name.

In fact you would probably only have dc2 name to change depending on what name dc1 has.

Either way, It's worth making sure you all have the same surname as it make things easier and travelling will be easier in years to come.

DivorceIsOnTheHorizon · 02/03/2020 16:00

@flirtygirl I've never and never will give my children a mans surname, all children have my surname as will this one. I have also/will also never take a mans surname so I don't need to change anyones names.

He's currently living up to and playing the pathetic loser card and withholding the children possessions

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ednclouda · 02/03/2020 20:03

when you knew he was this shit WHY the 2nd child …… don't moan now

DivorceIsOnTheHorizon · 02/03/2020 20:05

Learn to read.

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categoricallycrackers · 02/03/2020 21:21

Feels like you've done the right thing OP, onward and upward!

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