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Aibu to expect my partner to get a job and stop playing xbox?

106 replies

lonelylou09 · 18/08/2020 10:29

So... Been with my partner 18 months. Its all been mostly wonderful until now.
He was new to my area when I met him so he was out of work but looking and it meant we had a lot of time together.
He got a job an hours drive away and moved in with me and my 21 year old son and started contributing to the house costs. All good.
With lockdown he was off work on furlough, as was my son, while I've worked part-time all the way though and now I'm back full time, and I haven't had a week off since January.

We've had words because I expected him do more chores ect but he would mostly sit on the xbox all day.
When lockdown eased he decided to quit his job and go to work for a mate for less money.
I wasn't happy but it's his life right?

So for a month it was OK, he was happier and I was happy to have him doing something and some money still coming in.

Then he had a week off, then another. Now he's not been to work for a month, xbox all day and no money for 2 weeks.
He was meant to go back to work last week but didn't. Meanwhile I'm working 2 jobs plus doing nearly all the chores and paying for everything.

I've tried talking to my him about work and he said he would look for a different job but he hasn't. He does help out around the house a bit but I still do most of it.
He says I'm always moody but I'm so physically and mentally exhausted from work and stress that I come home and I don't want to be near him.

I love him dearly but this isn't what I signed up for. I feel like a broken record saying the same thing over and over again.

OP posts:
Zaphodsotherhead · 18/08/2020 12:16

In other words it improved until he felt he'd done enough to shut you up.

He won't change. I have been there (you can probably tell) and the attitude to my kids was what really did for it. It was bad enough with the kids fighting over 'not having to clear up XXX because brother/sister wasn't cleaning up another XXX and anyway they didn't make the mess and anyway they don't care if it's messy and anyway they pay to stay here so they shouldn't have to do anything, and anyway....' ad infinitum.

Nanny0gg · 18/08/2020 12:18

Get rid and don't move anyone else in unless they are equal.

Must be in work and be living on their own and able to fend for themselves first.

Rainbowqueeen · 18/08/2020 12:22

Op I hope you’re going to ditch him.

This guy will never change. This is definitely who he is
And lose the idea that if you love someone then that’s enough. It’s not enough. A healthy relationship has team work, love and respect on both sides. Don’t waste your time on anything less

ScrapThatThen · 18/08/2020 12:25

Back to his dad's then until he can adult.

NancyNoNickers · 18/08/2020 12:25

My god seriously just make him leave, imagine coming home to no gaming noises, no mess he had left, all your own washing to do and no plonker pawing all over you. Absolute bliss!

Grobagsforever · 18/08/2020 12:28

Yup, you're his meal ticket. Change the locks and don't look back.

KeepingPlain · 18/08/2020 12:29

Why did he move to a new area without a job?

This. He sounds like he's someone who moves around, looking for women to take him in and keep him. Dump and send him on his way.

TeamLannister · 18/08/2020 12:35

YABU to call him your partner. He's a lazy selfish squatter that you sleep with, he's not a partner!! Buck him out and change the locks.

Enderman · 18/08/2020 12:35

Oh OP you have essentially moved another child in. So what are you going to do about it?

jojobar · 18/08/2020 12:37

The gaming of itself is not the issue, it's the not paying his way or contributing physically or financially to the household. That isn't on.

What also concerns me is the fact you say you've had no time off since January. That isn't right at all - any responsible employer should be ensuring all staff are using their annual leave entitlement throughout the year, especially in the current situation. We've been told that we must use a minimum of 10 days leave (from a total of 25) within the first 6 months of our holiday year. Time off is really important for physical and mental health!

CodenameVillanelle · 18/08/2020 12:39

He hasn't 'changed' he's now showing you who he is. Please tell us you're going to dump him?!

Regularsizedrudy · 18/08/2020 12:43

you love him dearly? Don’t be a mug

thepeopleversuswork · 18/08/2020 12:43

Yeah he has to go. No question. Put our minds at rest on this point.

lonelylou09 · 18/08/2020 12:48

@jojobar
Yes no time off since then. I work part time in my local shop, 2 days one week, 4 the following and also have several cleaning jobs I fit in around the shop.
I was due to have a week off in March which because of covid the colleague who was covering me decided he couldn't cope with the stress so my week was canceled and instead I agd to cover for him. So out of a staff of 6 we were 2 down due to them not wanting to work because of covid and then another member of staff was caught helping herself so we were short staffed by half. I did a post on that!
All throughout lockdown we've been short staffed and more busy than normal so no one to cover. Boss drafted in family members to cover the absent staff.
Now summer hols is our busiest time of the year and we are not generally allowed to take time off in July and August so it will be late September before I can book time off. I'm also flat out with cleaning jobs now restrictions are lifted and because everyone is home 24/7its so much harder.
So yep.. I need a break!

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Lambster · 18/08/2020 12:50

There is something deeply unattractive about anyone who sponges off others. It's the height of disrespectfulness and it's showing your adult son how to treat women.

sophiestew · 18/08/2020 12:52

Cocklodger.

Bin him.

Burnthurst187 · 18/08/2020 12:55

I think a lot of people will struggle going back to work in November after furlough ends. Your guy hadn't even been on furlough that long but it sounds as though he's really enjoyed dossing around the house doing nothing. It sounds like you've inherited a young teen

He needs to ship up or ship out

angelfishrock · 18/08/2020 12:56

goodness. Do you even need to ask? Get rid.

Yeahnahmum · 18/08/2020 12:57

You know what to do...

kazzer2867 · 18/08/2020 13:00

Another vote for cocklodger here. So your son pays you £50 a week, whilst you have a lazy arsed grown man living for free who dares to make comments about your son. There's something really unattractive about a person who is prepared to sponge off a partner (and in this case your son also). No way would I put up with that. You're being a mug OP. You need to get rid.

justanotherneighinparadise · 18/08/2020 13:01

So he’s really morphed into your second child hasn’t he and I suspect you’re mothering both of them?

BrowncoatWaffles · 18/08/2020 13:05

Definite cocklodger. Do you think if he got a job and went back to how he was prior to lockdown you'd feel happy with him again? Or are you done?

Cause if you've got the ick it's time to send him back to his Dad's and just reclaim your home - I guarantee you'll feel less exhausted!

VettiyaIruken · 18/08/2020 13:10

He's a sponger. He needs to leave.

Higgeldypiggeldy35 · 18/08/2020 13:10

Disrespectful lazy cocklodger. Get rid

TwentyViginti · 18/08/2020 13:24

Basic cocklodger.