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So confused my partner lives with me but won’t work …

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ShyLionesss · 07/06/2024 04:27

my partner or should I say boyfriend lives with me well we live together, he does not work and has not for the whole time I been with him , .. I provide 95% of everything,, I Keep him in clothes, food ,scents , plus I have provided our 5 months old with everything ! I mean everything even the furniture for her bedroom pram clothes food milk , he has only got her 2 tins of milk :(( he does old jobs for his family abd gets paid bits here and there, I even get his family Xmas and bday gifts each year,, I just can’t take no more but I feel guilty for some reason,, he didn’t even rub my feet or back while being pregnant, not even a bunch of flowers after having baby lol ,, I’m a fool ??

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HappyHolidai · 07/06/2024 04:28

Lucky him! Hope he has amazing other qualities...

therealcookiemonster · 07/06/2024 04:31

you have a cocklodger. get rid now.

he is not your bf. he is a fucking leech

you should not spend one more penny on him.

change the locks tomorrow morning

you will be miles better off

LargeSquareRock · 07/06/2024 04:32

He’s going to pretend to he will be a SAHP and send you back to work at 6 months post-partum to fund his lifestyle. You’ll come home from work each day to a tip of a house and a screaming hungry baby in a dirty nappy.

WiddlinDiddlin · 07/06/2024 04:32

I assume you're posting this for moral support in kicking the idle cock-lodger out?

Get rid. It will be significantly cheaper to be a single parent than it is to feed and support this pointless waste of skin. And likely a whole lot easier too!

ZebraD · 07/06/2024 04:34

Why did you get so involved with such a lazy bum!

JammyJellyfish · 07/06/2024 04:35

You had a child with this man!😱. You are essentially his mother as well, or is the agreed plan for him to be a SAHP?

why won’t he work? Unemployable, lazy?

get rid - you feel guilty as he will actually have get himself off the couch & do something (or just move back to his mums).

MumChp · 07/06/2024 04:38

Why do you accept this?

MyWhoHa · 07/06/2024 04:56

Yes, you are a fool

BuggeryBumFlaps · 07/06/2024 04:56

Why would you find this person attractive enough to have kids with.

SinnerBoy · 07/06/2024 04:59

You are a fool, I agree! He's a parasite, nothing more than a sperm donor. At least a tapeworm hasn't got a brain to realise what it is, unlike him!

DracoDormiensNumquamTittilandum · 07/06/2024 05:01

Yes. You're behaving like a mug. Why?

ControlShiftDelete · 07/06/2024 05:08

HappyHolidai · 07/06/2024 04:28

Lucky him! Hope he has amazing other qualities...

Wondering the same thing. Does he look after dc full time?

Aussieland · 07/06/2024 05:10

Tbh this is on both of you. Him for bringing nothing to the relationship, you for having such low expectations, being a mug and getting pregnant. Why is he still there and why have you not had some sort of conversation about this before he moved in

thelengthspeoplegoto · 07/06/2024 05:12

Sounds like you have very low self esteem. He's got it cushy.

Aussieland · 07/06/2024 05:20

And yes, leave. Feel zero guilt. If he wanted to be a partner or father he would behave like it so this is his choice to not. You are both giving a shit example to your child of what relationships and parenting is about

TellMeWhoTheVillainsAre · 07/06/2024 05:29

What are you confused about?

Sweden99 · 07/06/2024 05:32

This makes no sense. It is utterly bizarre.

Shoxfordian · 07/06/2024 05:32

Stop being a mug

Mummadeze · 07/06/2024 05:42

My partner had expectations of not working very much at the start of our relationship. He was with someone before who was supporting him. He didn’t have a career and just dabbled in things. I made it clear he had to contribute a certain amount per week, even though I am the breadwinner because I would have been resentful otherwise. He wasn’t really that happy about it, but has worked and contributed to our household for 20 years now in a minimum wage type job. However, he still resents me for asking for this contribution and will throw it at me during an argument. Our relationship is pretty rubbish, I think he would have been nicer to live with if I let him live how you are. So basically, I am also warning you to get out of your relationship as you can’t win. You either support him as you are now or you enforce a more equal partnership but get lumbered with a resentful partner. These entitled men don’t change in my experience. Best of luck.

SpringerFall · 07/06/2024 05:43

What is there to think about?

minou123 · 07/06/2024 05:53

Does he have a gold plated penis?

That's the only reason why I'd stay with him 🤷‍♀️

Itsallok · 07/06/2024 05:56

I call not real post. Or yes, I call you a gold-plated idiot. He showed you his true self and you thought it was a good idea to produce a child with this waste of space. Good enough for the Daily Mail now?

SheepAndSword · 07/06/2024 05:57

Just get rid of him and say you're not funding him anymore.

Calamitousness · 07/06/2024 06:00

I voted YABU as in you are being massively unreasonable letting him live off you like this. Why are you buying everything and for his family!! God no.

whyhavetheygotsomany · 07/06/2024 06:01

Yes you most definitely are

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