DP and I - like several other quichesters - have had issues during some exceptionally stressful periods of our lives, and I have vented on here. At one point M spent months sleeping for a macimum of 20 mins on one of us (day and night) and lack of sleep brought a lot of problems with it. However, we have worked through many of our issues and I would have liked to have thought that we could be here for each other through better times too.
If you were a RL friend, for example, you would see I had portrade a very one sided story on here as I am sure most of us do in moments of rage. The reality is he is a wonderful father, tries his hardest to love an impossible woman (my mother's words..) and since returning to work has been an absolute star. Not once does he moan about doing night feeds or coming in from a 12hr shift and having to do housework or cook dinner. He supports me in all decisions and I firmly believe he always has my back.
We just clash when we are both under a lot of stress. This does not make him a bad man. His family have always been weird and given his emotionally abusive upbringing, it is a miracle he is as normal as he is.
Their lack of interest in our lives has been an ongoing thing for years. We thought M would change that but no luck, it is however their loss.
I hate justifying myself and know I am being an oversensitive twat here, but nonetheless I am going to take an extended break from MN.