Breaking up and job loss

[Venice1989]

My partner has found out he is losing his job in 3 months. He will get a payout equivalent to a year's salary but the job prospects are pretty difficult in the market. I've been feeling for a while that I'm unhappy and evaluating the future. He's a very negative person and I feel like he argues about everything and I don't like how he disciplines our 1 yo dog. I'm now feeling very trapped as I don't want to add the break up on top of redundancy but feel I will be compromising on what I need. Can anyone offer advice on how to approach this? We own a home together so it would make his life difficult trying to get a new mortgage with no job and I feel terrible.

Firstly a years salary is an excellent cushion and he should be able to find something in that timeframe. Have you told him how you feel? How is he disciplining your dog?

Definitely, I just worry about the mortgage side if we had to sell the house or he wanted to remortgage without me without a stable job. I haven't told him how I feel but we have both been aware that we are generally unhappy, trying to fix things but nothings really improved and still keep bickering. I'm terms of the dog, he is very strict and will shout at her for walking one step in front of him for example. He also uses some dominance techniques which I disapprove of but can't get through to him to stop.