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A ladies point of view please im sorry its so long

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bigbear38 · 09/07/2014 16:54

I have been with my partner for 8 years now. We have 1 son. She moved in with me pretty much straight away. I have always been very sucessful and ran my own business own my own house and have a savi business head. She has never really had any great jobs that really brought in much money. When my son was born she wanted to go back to work part time and put my son in nursery but with the nursery fees she would be hardly earing much more money so i told her she should stay at home and help me with my bills and paperwork and i would giveher some money to help her pay for the bills but she wanted to go back as she wanted her own freedom and her own money so she went back to work. We agreed that when she isnt at work she would spent the other days dedicated to doing my company work but everytime i got home hardly anything had been done. She would make an excuse up saying that she had to clean the house or take car of the baby Or that i hadnt given her a list of what to do but anyone with half a brain would know to look on the computer and go through the accounts, do a bit of research but with her always a reason why not to do something.It would really annoy me because i would fall behind with sending out my bills and so therefore in turn i wouldnt get paid. She cant understand that its important to get this stuff done because its our family business, although she does pay all the utility bills, i still pay for the mortgage, repairs on the house and any little treats at the weekend plus buying the nice things for the house. She gets really angry when i call her up on it and says i shouldnt be pressurising her and making her feel inadiquate when i dont share my chores with the baby but at the end of the day i am working a manual job and running around all day (mostly after everyone else) she is just sat at a desk all day when shes at work. She also really annoys me because her idea of cleaning up is throwing everything into a cupboard instead of clenaing it properly. I told her the other day that she should do one of her super cleans in the kitchen bcasue it gets grubby from the toddler but she just find any excuse not to do it. Some days i get up to go to work only to find there are no clean work clothes what does she do all day?????? We had a huge row last week because i got home from a really busy day and she had made me soup i was so pissed off!! Had i have known she had made me soup i had got myself some lunch. I was starving and had to then go out to a shop and buy junk food. Another thing that really gets my goat about this person is she just isnt like a real women she isnt bothered about nice soft furnishings for the house like pictures and nice cushions etc if i call her upon it she says she cant afford it after paying the bills and the 2 sofas that she pays for but yet she can go out and buy coffee with friends. Other women make such an effort with their house and make sure that it well presented but its like shes just not bothered she would rather bury her head in the sand like a moron. I feel like she isnt being a partner towards me and that she is just taking and not putting in. I feel that she is not making any contribution or effort towards our home. I looked after my son the other afternoon for a couple of hours but was pissed off to find there was not any baby food for him. She said it was because he no longer has jars and she cooks him pasta or fresh food but to be honest i just thought it was an excuse because of her laziness. In the morning when she gets up and gets him ready for nursery she gets him ready on the bed where im sleeping its so annoying and disrespectful. I think she would rather lay in bed all day festering than do anything productive. She says im abusive towards her but im just telling her for her own good because she comes from a diferent back ground than me. She has come from a background where having a nice house and nice things isnt important hence the reasons of why i think she is lazy when it comes to the upkeep of the house.Can anybody offer me any advice as to what to do with this person or any similar experiences? i feel that i am gouing round in circles with her. She is ruining our family. Do i just cut my losses and find someone who can step up and be a women and appreciate the things she has????? Thank you in advance

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AdamLambsbreath · 09/07/2014 17:40

I made bouillabaisse the other day. Maybe that's why DH didn't come home from work yesterday.

Hmmmm . . . .

AdamLambsbreath · 09/07/2014 17:42

Oh shit. I've just noticed that one of my cushions has a coffee stain on it. And there are tissues jammed down the side of the seats!

He's never coming back, is he.

I should have heeded that bit in our wedding vows about loving, honouring and obeying the soft furnishings.

I am undone.

forumdonkey · 09/07/2014 17:46

Adam have you even got a table runner and soup spoons when you serve your soup? I think thats where you may be going wrong because I note you have cushions, albeit coffee stained.

Simplesusan · 09/07/2014 17:47

I had to throw one of my cushions away last week as it was covered in cat sick.

Hope this helps.

flappityfanjos · 09/07/2014 17:47

I maxed out my Mastercard buying cushions for the house but DH wasn't impressed. I don't understand?? Should I leave this person and find a savvy man who appreciates a real woman??!?

ballsballsballs · 09/07/2014 17:48
Hmm
Natalie98 · 09/07/2014 17:48

My opinion may differ from some here ;-)

When I was married I stayed at home with the kids but worked part time at a school, we agreed as a couple that as his job was long hours and physical work, I would do the housework chores etc, and yes that did involve going to a shop and buying nice soft cushions for our sofa. Nice bedding. Nice curtains. Orniments all the things that we could afford that would make our home look nice. For us ! Not just me or just him. Us both.

He would come home tired and see the kids before they went to bed, and 90% of the time there was a hot meal waiting for him, if not I would text/ring during the day and say " I can't be bothered today so it's takeaway or help yourself" and in no way EVER did I feel like I was being used. A mug. A helpless housewife, we we're a couple and we shared things, he earnt a good enough wage so I could be with the kids, which is what I wanted.

But......... It is hard work and time consuming all these things, therefore nice to go out for a coffee with friends, to relieve the sometime daily boredom of the same routine and keeps us mums sane !

I would either set aside an hour a day for any book keeping or bill paying then get on with normal stuff, I had 3 kids and managed to do this sometimes on my own as he worked away, yes it's hard but if you need to live earn work, then needs must, as a couple you need to talk about it, and if you both can't agree on what works, how things are managed then unfortunately people seperate.

Life doesn't run smoothly but to spend 60 years with the same partner, the basics have to gell. If not all the small things build to bigger things, then that's it !
Oh and I also used to have a single bed in the baby's room so if they woke during night then I could see to them in there ! So as not to disturb hubby.

Not that this gives you any advice I'm afraid, just my point of view on what worked for us at the time

Good luck

Lndnmummy · 09/07/2014 17:49

Dude, think you need another forum

slithytove · 09/07/2014 17:50

WHERE ARE THE PARAGRAPHS!!!

Must try harder, could do better.

AdamLambsbreath · 09/07/2014 17:54

Thanks, simplesusan!

I once had to throw away two rather nice silk cushions as one of DH's friends had vommed on them after a night out.

I didn't feel like a real woman until they were replaced.

forumdonkey: no!

AdamLambsbreath · 09/07/2014 17:57

Oh hi, Natalie98!

I love your username. And your refreshingly different opinions. It's always to good to get a discussion started.

Can you point me in the direction of any of your other musings? It's just that when I look you up this seems to be your one and only post. I'm confused!

NunsArePeopleTooDougal · 09/07/2014 17:59

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FuckYouChrisAndThatHorse · 09/07/2014 18:03

The fact that Natalie states, "when I was married" suggests it didn't turn out to be the perfect model, Adam :o

forumdonkey · 09/07/2014 18:05

Adam it's about you pulled up your Tena pants and sort yourself out womanAngry No wonder your poor, hard working DH hasn't come home yet. I bet you just sit behind a desk all day doing nothing too!! FFS Wtf are you doing on here shouldn't you be running his a bath for if he returns to you, but I wouldn't hold your breath.

greenhill · 09/07/2014 18:06

natalie98 you are very kind to have given the OP the benefit of the doubt. The OP is looking for someone just like you maybe he will turn on the charm when he returns but I doubt it.

fancyacupoftea · 09/07/2014 18:16

Mmmm soup

AllHailTheBigPurpleOne · 09/07/2014 18:22

Oh shit.
i think this is my dh.
We had a big row this morning about similar stuff.

Dirtybadger · 09/07/2014 18:25

Stop with the chit chat. Someone give it to me straight; is soup not a proper meal? Like...I eat soup for dinner. Is that not a thing? How long have I been massively underfeeding lunch/dinner guests (alright, I don't have them, I mean my family...)?

AdamLambsbreath · 09/07/2014 18:25

Shit!

Maybe I can get in a 'super kitchen clean' before he gets back.

AdamLambsbreath · 09/07/2014 18:28

Dirtybadger: Beware, lady!!!

Everyone knows that if you serve soup as an evening meal your DH will have to go out and buy junk food.

And then you will have a MASSIVE ROW.

I didn't realise this until it was too late. Save yourself while you can.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 09/07/2014 18:29

What a wankbadger!

FFSFFS · 09/07/2014 18:34

I've found some soup for the OP

A ladies point of view please im sorry its so long
forumdonkey · 09/07/2014 18:36

OP what flavour soup was it?

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Needasilverlining · 09/07/2014 18:45

I feed my poor husband soup several nights a week. I have a job of my own. I don't own a SINGLE CUSHION. Not one.

I am Not A Real Woman.

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