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Too high to come home. AIBU to be pissed off?

37 replies

Bluespace · 26/09/2020 04:44

Partner of 5 years, father of 1. Smokes weed recreationally a couple times a month - always away from the house / never with DD is awake. Goes to a friend house and then walks home after.

Twice now in the past few weeks has he not come home, the first time he didn’t tell me until I tried calling him when DD woke me at 5. Last night a text in the early hours saying he was too stoned to come home.

AIBU in saying that a grown up father shouldn’t get to the stage where he can’t come home due to excessive drug use?

I’m more sensitive than usual due to no sleep as has bloody road builder people outside making a racket all night long!

OP posts:
seayork2020 · 26/09/2020 04:50

But you knew he was on drugs when you had a child with him? Or did he not tell you?

And I have heard 'but he is a father now' before many many times doesn't mean he is going to stop doing what he has been doing previously

So sure its expected he stop but are you really genuinely surprised he hasn't?

NiceGerbil · 26/09/2020 05:21

Sorry op but that's bollocks.

It's an excuse. He doesn't want to come home.

He's opting out of responsibility.

HappyDinosaur · 26/09/2020 05:24

I'm probably boring but I don't understand why you'd be with and have a child with someone who continues to use drugs on a regular basis. Doesn't sound like much of a person to me, would you possibly be better off without him?

MissCadoganTate · 26/09/2020 05:28

Having a child won't stop him smoking weed. It's clearly a habit which he doesn't want to give up. He's making a choice to stay with his friends and as pp said, opt out of parenting. Presumably he'll be fit for v little until late afternoon? He's a dick.

That said, you know what he's like as you've been with him for a few years. I can't imagine that he'll stop suddenly and make you and your child a priority. Whilst appreciating that he doesn't smoke near the baby, I would question what on earth its doing to his mental health.

marriednotdead · 26/09/2020 05:29

Another one calling bullshit. Nobody gets that high on weed alone that they can’t walk home. He’s either taking something else or he’s up to something else.
Think very hard about what your future looks like if you stay with this man.

NiceGerbil · 26/09/2020 05:29

Who wouldn't rather stay at their mates house and have a smoke/ drink/ fun and conk out rather than having to care for a baby.

NiceGerbil · 26/09/2020 05:33

'AIBU in saying that a grown up father shouldn’t get to the stage where he can’t come home due to excessive drug use?'

That's not what's happening.

He's ducking out of his responsibilities.

And without even the courtesy of telling you.

I'd read him the riot act TBH.

KatherineJaneway · 26/09/2020 05:41

Sorry, he just isn't interested in being a dad. The weed is an excuse.

But you knew he was on drugs when you had a child with him? Or did he not tell you?

And I have heard 'but he is a father now' before many many times doesn't mean he is going to stop doing what he has been doing previously

Agree

BookWormBitch · 26/09/2020 05:52

He’s lucid enough to make that decision and to text you, so surely he’s not ‘too high’ to come home. He just doesn’t want to!

It’s strange that a grown man goes to a mates house like a teenager to smoke weed! Not judging anyone who smokes weed, but the fact he goes to his mates house leaving you with a baby is odd and concerning

squeekums · 26/09/2020 06:17

Too stoned to walk?
BULLSHIT
more whats her name..... or he is smoking more than just weed

I smoke, a lot by many standards, never been too stoned to walk and i dont know anyone who has been lol

LagunaBubbles · 26/09/2020 06:30

You must be very naive if you thought he would stop just because hes a Dad now.

FippertyGibbett · 26/09/2020 06:39

I agree. It’s either a woman/man or he’s on something more than weed.
I feel sorry for your DD having a father like that.

willloman · 26/09/2020 07:06

Sorry OP, he's treating you like a mug and will only get worse over time.
Put an end to his ridiculous user behavior or bail now.

SunshineCake · 26/09/2020 07:10

I think you are asking the wrong question. Why is a grown man and father doing drugs at all. Is this the lovely life you imagined for yourself and child? Deal breaker for me as not what I would want ever mind want for my child.

022828MAN · 26/09/2020 07:11

I don't understand why he isn't coming home though? My DH has a smoke at the weekend, he doesn't drink alcohol and uses it recreationally. Never has it stopped him doing anything. Why couldn't your DP get a taxi home and go to bed?!
Also I'm not buying that he'd still be up at 5am after smoking weed all evening... Something tells me there's more to this. Coke? Ecstasy? Another woman?

Livelovebehappy · 26/09/2020 07:14

Because you didnt pull him up on it when he didn’t come home the first time, he clearly thinks it’s an ok thing to do and has done it again. You need to let him know this is absolutely not acceptable. This is the behaviour of a teenager not a father with family responsibilities.

pilates · 26/09/2020 07:16

Loser, get rid of him

Singinginshower · 26/09/2020 07:34

Too stoned to walk, but can compile a lucid text? I don't think so.

LoisLanyard · 26/09/2020 07:37

I suppose the question is, how does this fit into the wider context of his behaviour? Is he otherwise a loving, supportive partner? Are there other things that are happening that are making you question things? I'd suggest that when he is back home, recovered and has had a good nights sleep that you sit down and have a conversation. Let him know in advance that you want to do this, and chose a time when your DD is asleep so you won't get interrupted. Listen to each other, and give each other time to explain how the other person's behaviour is making them feel without interrupting, and without trying to counter their thoughts until they have finished. It could be that he is struggling mentally, or that he hasn't realised the impact of his behaviour, or that something else is going. A lot of posters on mumsnet seem to thing that people are perfect and never do anything to upset anyone else, or that if they do its because they are an awful person. Life isn't like this, we all make mistakes. Honesty and forgiveness are part of a relationship.

NotABridezillaToBe · 26/09/2020 07:39
  • you knew he was on drugs when you had a child with him? Or did he not tell you?

And I have heard 'but he is a father now' before many many times doesn't mean he is going to stop doing what he has been doing previously*

I get a bit tired of this line. Perhaps they discussed it before and he said he would stop if they had children. Plenty of people grow up when they become parents. DH and I regularly used to go out all night before we had children, now we are in bed by 10pm most weekends.

Responsible people adjust their behaviour according to their commitments. It isn’t OP’s fault her DH hasn’t done this and comments implying it is her own fault aren’t particularly helpful.

YANBU and I would have a strong word with him about what is and isn’t acceptable behaviour.

DanglySpider · 26/09/2020 07:58

I've been here, and although with hindsight I can say that what everyone above has said is true, when you're in a relationship like that, it's tantamount to being emotionally, mentally, sometimes physically and financially abused.

I don't say it often, but LTB. I would consider your future very very carefully. I chose to split with my dope-smoking and heavy drinking wanker XP in the end after he stayed out on three separate occasions and switched his phone off. He was obviously sleeping with someone from work too, who was herself a complete mess. He was and still is a manchild.
He first insisted on 50/50 custody (fine) but because he didn't drive, me (and eventually my new partner, who became wonderful, sane, caring, brilliant, won't-take-any-bullshit DH), had to do the school runs on his days of access, pay for 100% of DS nursery fees, and continually replace lost school equipment and uniform.

As they grew, and school demands grew, I was never listened to regarding attaining stability for the children - living in one house one day and another the next was exhausting for them, but he wouldn't hear of them spending one week at each house, (because it didn't suit his lifestyle or convenience), so eventually, when I said that for the sake of DD's GCSEs, they ought to have one main home, and one secondary one, they chose their dad's (after years of him whispering in their ear, monitoring their texts, and asking them about what went on here).
Eventually, DS decided he wanted to live at his dad's - after his dad had had a mental break episode - and we didn't see DS` for a year but DD came around every other weekend. This has almost killed me emotionally over the years. Things are better now - DD is at uni (far, far away from him, thank god) and DS is 18 now, and visiting every other weekend and half the holidays - but it damaged my relationship with them, and that of their younger siblings, stepdad and my parents, forever. We know they're not at fault, but when people do a lot of weed, they often get paranoid, they sometimes develop mental health issues, and that has ramifications.

If your P can't sort himself out, then prepare yourself for a very long and horrible ride until they turn 18. I wish I had done what I'd wanted to do at the time, and move with the dcs somewhere very far away and stopped all contact. But I tried to do the honourable thing in enabling them to have contact with their df. I know it's not the pc thing to say, but it wasn't like dealing with a sane, normal, logical person. If he's not living up to his parental responsibilties now, he's not going to in the future, so you'll probably all be better off if you cut him out of the picture.

FortunesFave · 26/09/2020 08:01

I am afraid that I'd assume he was with another woman.

Catsarelush · 26/09/2020 08:06

Agree with pp he is getting out of his responsibilities. It’s probably just easier to stay with the mate, continue to smoke, crash out and not have to get up with his own child.

I personally would not want to be with a man who does weed regularly as I don’t like the lifestyle (or the smell) that accompanies it.

nosswith · 26/09/2020 08:07

I'm doubtful it's just weed. Either stronger drugs or another woman.

Fedupoftheworld · 26/09/2020 08:12

He has another woman or he doesn’t want to come back for another reason.
Even the most light weight of smokers would still be able to walk home.

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