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To shower at DPs

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Cocopogo · 18/05/2023 08:03

DP stayed at mine last weekend and due to various reasons, busy, tired, grieving, prioritising time with DP etc I didn’t shower for two nights nor put usual bath on for DD until Sunday. Cut to yesterday when I was in the office all day, I work in the city where DP lives. I went straight from work to his, then drove us to Waitrose and bought food in for dinner plus a few other things for DP.
Once back at his, I went to get a shower whilst food was in the oven. Except DP stopped me and said hang on a minute, you don’t need to shower here, I said I did, I felt grotty and didn’t want to eat feeling like this. DP said well you didn’t shower all weekend so you can manage until you get home. He then proceeded to point out the weekend and that when DD is at his I always bath her etc. Presumably implying that I freely run his utilities bill up but am more cautious at home. For context he earns 3x more than me and whilst we don’t go halves we general take turns to buy things etc. I know he’s trying to save money to pay a chunk of his mortgage off when the fixed term ends in 3 years but that’s got nothing to do with me.

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ForTheSakeOfThePenguin · 22/05/2023 22:37

Girliegurl · 22/05/2023 11:36

What a weird arrangement. 4 years and you're still swapping between homes. Either way, this doesn't sound like a healthy relationship and I think for your daughters sake you need to move on.

Weird arrangement? It is now recognised as LAT (leaving apart together) best of both worlds if you are a highly independent person. I have a friend who is married and they keep separate houses, it worked beautifully before they married and still dies so many years later.

They spend time at each other’s houses so it is pretty much like having two properties with different characteristics to spend time at. They have opportunity to have one to one time with their respective children too or get together as a big family group when they feel like it. Wonderful for teens too.

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