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I needed to rant really, I am 10 weeks pregnant & partner is being selfish

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xTTCTamsterx · 16/09/2017 09:30

It might be a long post so apologies in advance.
Partner and myself both decided to "try" for a baby 8 months ago. We are now expecting and i am 10 weeks. Since finding out he has been on nights out drinking every weekend for the past 5 weeks and sleeping at his moms, friends ect without letting me know in advance. We sat down the other week and i explained how its unfair for him to be doing this every weekend. The problem i have is that he will say a certain time to be back, and then i won't hear off him until i ring him & only then does he inform me hes staying out later & it will go on like this for a few hours until his phone dies or until i give up ringing him. Sometimes this happens when we have plans. Now here's my issue today, yesterday he lay in bed with "man flu". I got up, took my DD to school and came home. He didn't feel upto going anywhere i left him to it and did my own thing. I came home after 2 hours because i was feeling nauseous and wanted to have a chill with him before picking up DD from school. When i got back he informed me that he had messaged his friend and was off to the pub for a few hours. I was feeling like I'd been took for a total mug in all honesty, we had a few words, i got told i was weak, pathetic and to piss off. He stormed off out the house about half 1. I rang him about half 2 and we smoothed things over. He said he'd be back for 7 so i said to have a nice catchup and that I'd see him later. Well, 7pm came and no sign of him. I text him and asked him where he was and he said "sorry babe my mate only just got here I'll be a bit later". So again same thing with shifting the time again even after our chat. I asked him to come back he said no he didn't want to yet and said it would be 9pm instead. At this point he'd had a fair few to drink and once he drinks all logical reasoning goes out the window.

9pm came and went, i rang him to see where he was, he said he was leaving and would be 20mins max.

10pm no show. I ring him again, he's in a club somewhere as i can hear music ect so he hadn't left when he said. At this point he denies ever telling me he was leaving. (Alcohol related memory loss "again")
On the phone with me he continues to state how i shouldn't worry and that I'm being a fairy (i was crying at this point) he said he'd been back whenever then hung up. I text to ask where he was and he didn't reply so rang him again. He didn't answer the phone and then it kept going to voicemail.

I know it sounds bad of me but i then rang his mate to ask what was going on. His mate put my mind at ease slightly and assured me he was okay and that bf loves me bla bla bla.

Half 1 this morning his mate rang to say he's bringing him back, he came in steaming drunk. Staggering all over and stinking of booze.

Now, rightly or wrongly of me i asked what he'd been doing all night.
Heres where my problem lies.
He told me (drunk) that he had a dance/boogy with a girl last night and that he asked for her name. I was pretty upset so questioned further into this, managed to get it out of him eventually that they danced, she told him she was single and made a move and that he explained he was in a relationship with a baby on the way. He then tells me he spent a bit of time with this girl having a heart to heart with her and giving her a hug to make her feel better. He then explained it was more of a cuddle, i said what's the difference he said "a cuddles more meaningful". Now at this point I'm fuming mad!! I asked why he felt the need to cuddle her and he told me it was to make her "feel better" as she was upset!

What about me being upset??? Not meaning to sound harsh but did i not deserve a bloody cuddle! I was upset and needed him but he was having little heart to hearts with a stranger instead. It makes me feel worthless.

Am i overeacting??

OP posts:
Bananalanacake · 16/09/2017 09:56

So is he looking for a job so he can support his child?

NewIdeasToday · 16/09/2017 09:58

Sorry that you're having a hard time. But neither of you have a job and you already have one daughter. Why on earth did you decide to try for a baby together? And how do you expect to afford to bring up a second child?

HeavenlyEyes · 16/09/2017 09:58

so a cocklodger who puts you down and criticises your cleaning while you are ill - gosh, ain't he a peach? You are going to get rid of him yesterday aren't you. And while your self esteem is so low you will continue to pick utter losers like this so counselling to work out why on earth you tolerate such utter shite is absolutely necessary for you too.

Akire · 16/09/2017 10:00

If neither of you are working the make t his JSAbrings in is for the household. If your child is at school
Is it joint JSA claim? Different if he was living at his mums
And using it alldown the pub but that's your family income. How can you stretch to feed him and
Pay all bills if hes drinking so much?

Since your both at home you are doing most child care and pregnant it's mean of him to moan at you about tidying. He dosnt sound very supportive.

As for hitting on other women, drunk or not that's not on. Sounds like
Part of him firstly telling
You then telling you your silly for getting upset. Means he can do
What he likes, you have no reason to complain, if you don't like it. This so isn't normal.

MsGameandWatching · 16/09/2017 10:02

This isn't going to stop or even reduce, it's going to get worse and worse until your life is in utter shreds and all the while your children will be caught up in it. I had an ex just like this "only one of lives had to change when baby arrived and it's not going to be mine". He actually said that to me when ds was a few months old. Yours is saying the same by acting the way he is.

ComputerUserNotTrained · 16/09/2017 10:02

Job seekers might cover a few rounds in a Spoons, but no more. His piss ups - the ones where he cuddles girls Hmm are costing you money.

Kick him out. He'll come crawling back claiming he's changed his ways, especially when the baby arrives, but fuck that. You and your children deserve better.

babybels · 16/09/2017 10:02

As well as the other issues, the cleaning thing also worried me. If he's complaining you're lazy yet he's not working!
Presumably you do most of the work for your child, you study ,you volunteer and you are pregnant. In that situation he should be doing the bulk of the housework in my opinion!
I had issues with my ex being inconsiderate and lazy after my first child was born. I didn't leave him as I'd thought I could change him and I regret that. We went on to have two more kids and he didn't change one bit. Now finally divorced! 😊
Could you try and develop a support network of people who you can rely on- friends, family, neighbours or join a group for pregnant women?

xTTCTamsterx · 16/09/2017 10:04

Sorry should have clarified, my DD is not biologically his. My self esteem is probably due to my past relationship, it was dv related and children's services got involved. House is all in my name, it's rented via a housing association and i drive (he doesn't). He was living with his parents before he got with me. Laughable really that he literally had nothing to offer me other than a few months of "pretending to be a perfect bf" he got himself a job when we first got together to "prove how much i meant to him". That lasted a month or so. Since then he hasn't held down a stable job for longer than 2 weeks at a time.

OP posts:
BlondeB83 · 16/09/2017 10:06

He is an absolute arsehole and sounds like my vile ex who made my life a misery.

peachybeachy · 16/09/2017 10:07

Trying for a baby is fun, it looks like the realisation has set in.

BlondeB83 · 16/09/2017 10:07

Get rid!

Tiddlywinks63 · 16/09/2017 10:11

Kick him out ffs op!
He's a feckless, lazy yob.

differentlife · 16/09/2017 10:13

Get rid of this complete waste of space now or spend the rest of your life suffering from his dismissal, neglect and disrespectfulness.

Bear in mind your children will suffer too.

WickedLazy · 16/09/2017 10:13

"I feel so lost and alone right now."

That's because your partner isn't there for you. But you can't date, or look for love elsewhere, because you're commited to him, and hope he'll change. Everyone will tell you to leave him, but you're so afraid of being totally alone, you can't face it. And the more you disclose about him, the more people will get frustrated with you, until they don't want to hear it anymore. Makimg you feel lonlier than ever. He chooses to spend his free time in bars, drinking money you probably need for other stuff, and doing god knows what with god knows who. It sounds like he's using you.

I've been there, my ex used to pick fights all the time, so he could storm out over something trivial I'd said, and feel justified in staying out all day/night in various bars. He would also say "I'll be home at 8, I promise". Then stagger in at 1am, telling me about his fabulous night "what did you do", "I sat here like a fucking idiot for 5 hours waiting to spend a bit of time with you!". He's a bastard, and you deserve so much more. I feel lonely now I'm single, yes, but it's much much better than the mind fuckery my ex put me through for years. A different, easier kind of lonely.

Notreallyarsed · 16/09/2017 10:14

He's unemployed, bone idle in the house, doesn't treat you or your DD with any respect and can't/won't stop going out on the piss and chats up other women?

Fuck me OP, why are you still with him? He's a cocklodging arsehole.

Guiltypleasures001 · 16/09/2017 10:14

He probably wanted a baby for the benefits, he can be stay at home cocklodger and you can go to work
He's led you up the garden path and stuffed you big time, he's used you for your house and house keeping skills, I will say what others might be thinking

Are you sure you want to have a baby with him now? 💐

HeavenlyEyes · 16/09/2017 10:16

so you got rid of one abuser and now you have chosen another. So you have had counselling and done the Freedom Programme too - or did you sleep walk into this relationship and choose another dreadful man?

AnnieAnoniMouse · 16/09/2017 10:18

What was it about the situation that made you think TTC was a good Idea?

Maelstrop · 16/09/2017 10:18

Kick him out. He is adding nothing but stress to your life and clearly doesn't give a shit about you. Sorry.

xTTCTamsterx · 16/09/2017 10:19

I'm going to leave him. Your all right and I'm glad i wrote this post. I just don't know how to approach the situation in a calm and collected way ... I want him to know it's not fair and understand but tbh i don't think he will x

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AnyFucker · 16/09/2017 10:19

You have chosen very badly who to have a baby with.

No matter. It's not too late to remedy this. Get shut of the dickhead.

xTTCTamsterx · 16/09/2017 10:22

Iv had counseling however it's something I'm very open to trying out again. My friend mentioned a freedom course which shes willing to sign me up to. She's friends with the lady who runs it which is great! :)

OP posts:
gamerchick · 16/09/2017 10:22

So you can ask him to leave then. It doesn't sound as if you're claiming jointly (which you should be really).

Then you can work out what to do with the pregnancy.

Next time don't plan babies with a blatant loser. Set the bar higher.

Youcanttaketheskyfromme · 16/09/2017 10:23

I'm pleased to hear that - the more you write the worse he sounds.

Please look after yourself and your DD and the baby.

Guiltypleasures001 · 16/09/2017 10:24

To be honest op

With a prick,like this giving him advance notice and crying and begging for any kind of understanding of your hurt over this, is a waste of breath.

He got you pregnant so as he has a place to live other than his parents, he's linked to you now for life, he's not going to want to give that up easily. Just pack his shit up and drop it outside his parents, engaging with him invites either rage or begging, you want to avoid both.

Don't tell him what your doing just do it. 💐

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