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AIBU?

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Aibu to give dh an ultimatum?

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Nina9406 · 10/11/2020 23:58

Dh and I have a 3 month old son. We don't have family near and he works shifts so I'm always taking care of ds alone. On his days off he says he needs to rest and does the minimum (make his own food, do his own laundry) . I have expressed to him countless times how lonely I am and that I worry about pnd, since I spent pretty much every night crying with a baby that won't sleep. I'm shattered and I would still be okay even if he just spent some time with us without helping instead of being all day and night in the living room playing fifa. He has his holidays now, two weeks starting today . We had a huge fight when I asked him to come sit with me and the baby and talk since I miss adult conversation so much. He told me "what I'm going to do here?"
So now I told him that ds is his responsibility for a week, so we both get a week of holidays. He said there's no way he's doing that, and I told him if he doesn't I'll take ds and go to my parents. Aibu?

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IdblowJonSnow · 11/11/2020 01:12

Yanbu
What is the actual point of him?
You and your child way better. You're in a good position that you rent and have somewhere to go.
Just walk away. Wouldn't bother with the ultimatum part!

SandyY2K · 11/11/2020 01:17

He's ignoring you because you told him you'll go to your mums. Well its best to go if he continues ignoring you...because that atmosphere is stressful.

I'd go till the end of lockdown...he needs to buck up or he'll come home to an empty house every day. Perhaps then, he'll appreciate you and step up.

Anordinarymum · 11/11/2020 01:19

How old are you both Nina ?

user1468538201 · 11/11/2020 01:26

The fact that he is now ignoring you instead of talking makes me think he's as big a child as the one your bf'ing. Go to your parents, tell him you need to think and he's not to contact you, that you will text him with a daily update on how his baby is, take the time to relax a little, baby will probably chill a little too in a different atmosphere and if your parents are like mine were with my son you will have more help than you need. I ended up going from the maternity hospital back home to my parents, my boyfriend decided to tell me he was shagging the receptionist where he worked two days after I gave birth but it was a mistake,he loved me and wanted us to stay together, my parents were fantastic and I would have struggled without them. Take their help, the time away, the rest and the headspace will aid you to decide what you want. My son is 28 now, I'm married to a lovely man I met when my son was 8, I'm so glad I went home to Mam and Dad when I did, take some time out, sounds like you need it.

grassisjeweled · 11/11/2020 01:27

Just leave

Ilady · 11/11/2020 01:29

I go to your parents house. I am sure you will be up some night with the baby before going to your parents. Why don't you see if you can set up a new code for internet use in the house. I don't think he can play FIFA without the internet. If he can bring the FIFA game with you.

When you get to your parents ring his mother and tell her all about his lack of help. Tell her you never get a brake because if he is not working he needs to rest and play FIFA. I also tell her he is on 2 weeks holiday but refused to help you or give you a brake.
Because of this you decided to stay with your mother as you hope to get a few hours unbroken sleep.
I am sure his mother won't be to impressed to hear this. Let him sit at home with no internet, FIFA and getting a much needed earful from his mother.
Having a small baby is hard work. You need a brake and the odd few hours sleep and you don't want to get pnd.

LordLancington · 11/11/2020 01:30

Could you both work part time and share parental responsibilities? You might be less lonely and him less worn down from working long shifts.

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LaBodDelMed · 11/11/2020 01:36

FFS he’s a useless waste of skin.
Just go to your parents Op. For two weeks.
At the very least you’ll give the arsehole a massive wake up call. And you’ll get some downtime / help too. Win / win. Who knows, you might not want to return.

Nina9406 · 11/11/2020 01:36

@lordlancington he says that unless I find a job that pays as much as his he's not changing his hours. He makes £10 per hour for 12 hours. No job will pay me that much especially now

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Anordinarymum · 11/11/2020 01:36

[quote Nina9406]@Anordinarymum I'm 26 he's 36[/quote]
He's got no excuse for being so cold and horrible. If you were both 20 I could sort of understand it, but he's not a child and he is behaving like a teenager.
I could not live like this Nina

LordLancington · 11/11/2020 01:47

@lordlancington he says that unless I find a job that pays as much as his he's not changing his hours. He makes £10 per hour for 12 hours. No job will pay me that much especially now

Hmm, that's a difficult one then. I can certainly see how he could be worn out working 60 hour weeks, but my gut reaction is that he needs to be more involved.

It sounds like he may be coming home desperate to unwind and you may be craving human interaction. Basically on different wavelengths. I once worked as a case manager for a large probate company. I spent almost the entire day on the phone, usually having difficult conversations with clients as the company was hugely underperforming and had a backlog. I really didn't feeling speaking to people when I got home, which is the opposite of how I feel now that I spend most of the day on my own.

But fact is he has a young child and shouldn't get to 'sign out' when he feels like it.

PyongyangKipperbang · 11/11/2020 01:47

A 36 year old man who acts like this will still be like this in 30 years.

He could have become a father at 20 or 50 and would still be a selfish shit head.

Get out now.

Wondering, was the pregnancy planned?

LordLancington · 11/11/2020 01:49

'Feel like' not 'feeling'.

Nina9406 · 11/11/2020 01:56

@lordlancington he works shifts so 48 hours a week and he just has to be there and be awake (meaning he takes his tablet with him, watches movies etc)

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Nina9406 · 11/11/2020 01:57

@PyongyangKipperbang yes it was planned, I didn't want to have a baby yet but he kept saying that he wants to be young enough to play with our kid when he/she is older, that he will help me all the time etc

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PyongyangKipperbang · 11/11/2020 02:05

Ah....so had this idea that you would have this baby, his life wouldnt change and then reality hit in the form of.....oh big surprise....a baby!

My first husband was like this. He had one weekend off in three and decided, when our DC was 6 weeks old, that hw would join the TA on his "free" weekend. I am sure to this day he cant work out why I got rid of him.

Doesnt work in security by any chance does he?!

Nina9406 · 11/11/2020 02:15

@PyongyangKipperbang he does yes. I'm sensing a pattern here

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PyongyangKipperbang · 11/11/2020 02:17

The way you said "just has to be there, awake" gave it away! If it wasnt for the fact that my ex is 10 years older and remarried (to someone who is happy to be the traditional "do it all" wife) I would be wondering if it was the same guy!

PyongyangKipperbang · 11/11/2020 02:18

He wanted it all,FAST btw. Our total relationship, from dating to seperating including having DD, lasted slighty less than 2.5 years.

Nina9406 · 11/11/2020 02:20

@PyongyangKipperbang 2 years here, yup that's the pattern I think

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PyongyangKipperbang · 11/11/2020 02:22

Would have been 3 months less but his father died less than a week before I planned to leave so I didnt feel I could.

Anordinarymum · 11/11/2020 02:24

[quote Nina9406]@PyongyangKipperbang 2 years here, yup that's the pattern I think[/quote]
Nina, why does he do his own laundry? Why does he do his own food? It's as if he resents you don't you think ?

Nina9406 · 11/11/2020 02:25

@PyongyangKipperbang how old was your dc when you left ?

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Nina9406 · 11/11/2020 02:28

@Anordinarymum when I was pregnant we had this tradition, I would make crepes and he would make sandwiches during his days off. Now he doesn't want to look after ds for me to make crepes, but doesn't want to make sandwiches for me either since I don't make crepes (logic??). Tbh I think he does, there are times I break down asking him to help me or talk to me and he just stares at me with no emotion

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