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At a loss of what to do.. Please help x

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Anon2021x · 01/01/2021 08:27

I just need advice and different perspectives because I am just feeling so lonely in this situation.

I've been with my partner for 5 years almost, we have a young daughter and live together. When I met him it felt like we fell in love straight away and we were inseparable since, but since she was born its been well.. a complete sh*t show.

I don't know how to explain how lonely he makes me feel in this relationship. Examples of things that make me feel unvalued.. Not once in this whole year of 2020 have I had a lie in whilst he gets up with DD (I'm not exaggerating not even on my birthday). He doesn't cook very often, never washes up etc. I do all the cleaning and on top that he is always so angry about everything.

A few weeks ago, DD wanted to play something with him and he said no he was very tired so I ended up arguing with him because he was being unreasonable. He ended up going upstairs and punching several holes through a door which DD saw him do.

He never wants to do anything - even before this pandemic he would never suggest going out on a date night or anything. Never initiates being intimate, he has said before that he hates the weekends because he has to be at home and everyone's up early etc.

I feel like he resents us and the life he now has. I feel he has everything that alot of men would appreciate - our daughter is so wonderful, I'm a good person, I would do anything for my family. We have spoken about how I feel many a time and nothing has changed.

He shows he cares in other ways I suppose, if I needed him to get me from anywhere or if our daughter needed anything then he would drop everything. But I don't know if I've set my bar so low now that that sounds pathetic.

I'm so scared of the future alone, but I feel that maybe that's the best thing.

Can anyone offer any advice? Am I being unreasonable?

OP posts:
vintageyoda · 02/01/2021 21:36

Well done Anon, you are doing such a good thing for your daughter as well as yourself. Stay strong.

Schehezarade · 03/01/2021 09:36

I have a family member trying to reduce contact with an alcoholic parent - it's hard, the courts want children to see their parents. They make the rules.
Is the OP really able to 'bring the baby up alone' as others are posting? Perhaps if he is happy with that but that's unlikely in the long run surely. He or his family may want to see the DD.

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