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does anyone else ever resent OH freedom?

35 replies

mummy349 · 19/06/2012 22:40

Coz I do! This mood has started as OH is yet again at the pub, with hes brother and girlfriend, and another friend...but where am i? Yup at home looking after LO yet again while everyone goes out and has fun!

He goes to the pub about 3 times a week after work, plus does the gym in the morning and will find any excuse to get some time to himself. I understand he needs time for him, but where is my time??

I feel completly responisble for out LO, I do 99% of nappy changes, I cook all hes meals, wash all hes clothes, play with him..basically do everything! When hes around he will always find some excuse not to do anything and sit around playing with hes phone. I can literally count on my hand the amount of time he had looked after LO for me. Everything is down to me, including very important decisions i.e what nursery he should go to. Is it that hard to have a lil bot of support for once!

If I try and approach the subject of can I have some support please, can u plz not go to the gym this morning and let me rest for an hour and u spend some quality time with LO, I get brandeed a nag and 'all my mates think ur nuts and too possesive' I just feel like hea frigging maid and I dont ever get to do anything for myself. I want just a couple hours a week to myself, where I can be myself not just mother and doormat, IFLSWIM?

im sorry this turned into a full scale rant!! Basically does anyone else ever resent the amount on free time ur OH gets?

OP posts:
Squitten · 20/06/2012 09:00

He's a total twat. You know this.

But you also have a choice. You are choosing to be his domestic maid and are allowing him to use you. There's no point threatening him with ultimatums that you then don't follow through. It's evident that he doesn't take you seriously or care what you think or feel.

ACTION is needed. If you won't dump his useless behind, he'll continue to treat you like crap. You are allowed to be happy. Having a child does NOT mean that you are obligated to stay in a horrible relationship just so your child can see his Dad every day.

I hope you get the sense to act now before your son is old enough to start copying his father's charming traits...

ElephantsAndMiasmas · 20/06/2012 11:05

He sounds awful - a normal caring dad would rush home to see if their child is ok, not sit on a fecking bench up the road "until he stops sneezing". If he has hayfever he wants to be inside anyway, not outside where all the pollen is. Hmm

Mumsyblouse · 20/06/2012 11:32

This is really not a normal relationship, every one I know gets time to themselves at some point, or a night out with the girls. I have the same amount of lie-in's as my husband, and the opportunities for nights out etc. There's no question of one person having all the fun whilst the other does all the donkey work.

This a seriously unequal relationship, and if you don't like it, I would be looking to get out of it, as he doesnt seem to be taking your problems with him seriously and I very much doubt he'll change.

cory · 20/06/2012 12:47

I would certainly have resented a set-up like the one you describe- but it never happened. We parented together. We had the same amount of spare time. We took it in turns to give each other a break. We supported each other in times of crisis. That's what a normal healthy relationship looks like.

Just repeat to yourself that this is not what you have to put up with, or what other women put up with or what anyone should put up with.

noddyholder · 20/06/2012 12:49

You shouldn't have to stand up for yourself you should be equals. But my dp doesn't get more free time than me and nor should he

SpottedGurnard · 20/06/2012 13:48

What do you get out of the relationship?

I'm of the opinion that being with a partner shoukd make my life easier, not make it harder as afterall there are 2 people to do all of the work. Do you think life would be easier without his drunken rants?

Bellakins · 20/06/2012 19:26

He sounds like a complete waste of space. It is not normal behaviour and I'm so mad on your behalf.

Sorry, I have no real advice but want you to know that you deserve so much more from a partner and, as others have said, if you let things continue as they are your son may grow up treating you (and future wife/dp) exactly the same.

Malificence · 20/06/2012 20:15

He's not a decent partner or father, your life will be vastly improved without this selfish loser, you don't need him but he needs you, to play nice and be a doormat. Wink

sassy34264 · 20/06/2012 21:00

i resent my oh's freedom.

its not that he gets more time away or that he doesnt 'let' me go out. its that he sees to himself and i see to myself plus 4 kids. if he's watching the kids while im out, he knows they need food/drink/nappies changing.

but if im in the house, he goes into what i call default mode. im in charge of the kids and so therefore he doesnt think about nappies/drinks/food.

the difference is, i make it known in no uncertain terms how wrong he is about everything

he has improved no end, since we first had children. i think the fact that i already had a child made him think, i know better than him. but the majority of it, i think, is that he is a selfish, self centred pig at heart and just didnt doesnt see it.

he had a rare day off last week and had a lie in. i have to get up for school run of eldest. so after that, i went back to bed with the baby and left him with other 2 toddlers. i slept for 3 hours.

cue a face like thunder which i ignored until he couldnt contain it any longer. Grin

he asked me if i thought that when he has a day off that means he can help me!
went on about all the things he had to do (bank, sort insurance, pay bills etc)

W H E N ' S M Y F U C K I N G D A Y O F F ?

was my screaming retort.

and a much calmer- who gives me time to do my list?

why does your list of things supercede my list of things?

why is everything to do with you, more important than anything to do with anyone else?

and my parting shot was that when he gives a fuck about me, im prepared to give a fuck about him.

he came to me later and hugged me from behind and said 'do you hate me?' in a humble way, so i think he got my point.

whether you can get your oh to see your side of it, or not depends on him really.
my dp is a pia but i wouldnt consider him an abusive person.

i do agree though that if you threaten someone and then dont follow though, you've lost the chance to gain some control/ respect back.

dondon33 · 21/06/2012 12:36

Mummy, you need to change some things, as he does.
You are allowing him to continue his behaviour and because you said you have already had it out with him, It doesn't sound like he respects you nor your child enough to change and man up. To be honest, he KNOWS your threats are exactly that, nothing more than words.
Don't look at being a single parent as a bad thing hun, imagine the peace and the calm in your house if the manchild is not there. You won't be resenting him, stressed because of the arguing nor will you be donating any of your precious time or energy providing the useless twat with a hotel, which by the sounds of it, he is treating your home as exactly that.
With a good routine in place and some outside help with DC (mum,aunt,siblings) that could babysit for a few hours a week, you could be much much happier.
Good luck x

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