I am a single full time working mother and met another man when my DS was 2, we moved in together near his home town (he lives in the countryside and I was from the city). He helped me with DS in that he would look after him in the evenings and put him to bed if I had to go into the office which would be once a month. Other than that, I did all parenting, nursery/school runs, we shared cooking and housework but it was largely me say 70/30 split as I WFH. We broke up as I felt unloved/unsupported and he felt unappreciated - plus he hates my family which put a big strain on us and caused lots of arguments - I am really close to them and they are a big support to me. I have since moved out, bought my own place and am quite content living with my DS. He wants us to try again but I am unsure. If I do, I wouldn't want to live with him again but have more bf/gf relationship rather than live in partner. I feel like anyone I know has a biased view on this situation so asking here. BTW my son now has a really good relationship with his birth father and sees him every other weekend so has a good male role model in that sense.