Before I start, I am a regular, but have namechanged. Judge Flounce. There you go.
Anyway, a couple of years ago, after I'd just had my first DC, money was really, really tight and we'd not got any of the weekly budget left for dogfood. We've only got the one dog - he's a Yorkie and I had him for ages before the kids. He's my first child in a lot of ways and I have a lot of love for such a small dog.
So, we'd got no food and nothing that we could give him as a reasonable substitute but then I remembered that we'd got a couple of bottles of expressed milk left in the fridge. DD wasn't a big eater and so she wouldn't be needing them and anyway, I could always express more. I put the contents of one of the bottles into a bowl and Pickles happily lapped it up.
After this, I started to feed him with breastmilk fairly regularly. It was cheaper than dogfood and he always had loads of energy.
I'm not the only person who does this at all - there is a whole forum of people who do it on the internet and they encouraged me to actually breastfeed without expressing. As expressing were making my boobs really sore, I decided to give it a go and he loved it. I felt that our bond increased tenfold and it made me feel that I had a purpose after DD moved onto solids.
The reason I'm writing this is because today I decided to tell DP (of four years - I've only been doing it when he's out of the house so far). We have an honest and open relationship and I don't see anything wrong with what I'm doing. Anyway, he flipped and said I was a freak. Now he's gone out in the car with his wallet and his phone. I don't understand - Pickles is just like a baby to me - why shouldn't I do something which I wouldn't do for my other baby?
So AIBU? Is it so wrong to share my love in this way?