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Bad Mum

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NewMama25 · 19/06/2025 09:36

Hi,
My partner called me a bad mum yesterday and it has destroyed me. It’s not the first time my partner has called me it, and I guess it won’t be the last. I do everything for my little one, and I’m not perfect but my little one is happy, cared for and so loved.
My partner claims that he is the one that looks after our little one most of the time, despite going away a lot of business, both in country and internationally (recently was away for weeks). If I complain that he doesn’t help out much around the house when he’s here, he throws it back at me with “I’m watching our little one”. Yes, because I’m doing all the housework. He rarely buys her anything that she needs nor does he pay for days outs/soft play sessions, yet claims he pays for everything.
He complains that I’m poorly all the time which, is true as I’m currently awaiting 3 appointments at the hospital due to endometriosis, my heart condition and an upper GI tract issue.
There is so much more but I’m exhausted and just don’t know what to do anymore. I’m not perfect but to be told that I’m a bad mum is just heartbreaking to me

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Mrsttcno1 · 19/06/2025 11:48

I’m sorry OP this does sound really tough. Could you have a chat with him about it and how it makes you feel not in the heat of the moment? Do you work? Is there a way you could, together, rebalance things a bit? Is it possible you both don’t quite see what the other does?

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