What do you expect from your partner?

[rosygirl13]

Hi everyone, I was just wanting some opinions / experiences of what you all expect from the father of your child. I just want to know if I’m getting the bare minimum, or being ridiculous in terms of expectations.
If you care for your child full time and don’t work, and he works full time - what does he do to care for you? Support your family? Make you feel good about yourself?

Even if you don’t have children with your current partner, how does he treat you? I feel like men these days are the complete bare minimum!

My husband is current cooking dinner for us after sending me to have a rest upstairs in bed.
Our children are content in their rooms after a big afternoon walk with him while I got on with some work. He does the washing, cooking, cleaning, dishes and food shop as well as working full time throughout the week. He also does every afternoon school run and makes breakfasts and lunches for us all. He is very affectionate and makes time for kisses and cuddles, even if it's just a cheeky bum squeeze on the way out a room. He tells me he loves me umpteen times a day and always makes me laugh too.
We have been married 15 years and have 2 children. I couldn't imagine it any other way, So no, it's not "men these days" it's people's choice of men and what you are and are not willing to accept in a partner.

What do you do? 🤔

My DH is amazing. We've been together for 8 years, married for 5 and 2 DCs together. We are a total team, completely joint finances, we share house jobs, life admin, childcare. He's very affectionate and tells me he loves me several times a day.

What do you expect/need/want from your partner and what was his reaction when you told him?

Did he meet your expectations when you got together? Did something change, if so what?

I expect love, respect, sharing etc. I don’t see how you can love/respect someone if you don’t pull your weight.

20 years together and we are a partnership.

I’ve also just woken from a nap while he was with our DC, I’m now on the sofa watching telly while he folds and outs away laundry (I’m pregnant, but he usually does this bit of laundry as I hate it and he doesn’t).

It depends but I would expect him to do his best to be compatible personality wise with the child.