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Am I the only one who feels this way?

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Maymin · 04/02/2024 23:06

I just need to know if this feeling is normal. Since having our gorgeous baby boy me and my partners relationship doesn't feel the same. We absolutely have fun days and still have a laugh with each other but lately we're always nit picking at each other. Me more so than him ngl. He's such a brilliant dad to our son I have nothing to moan about him there, and everything we do is equal (housework etc). It's a build up of things that has annoyed me overtime

  1. I'm always the one to make sure I prep recipes for our son (hes 8 months old now) So he has lots of different things other than a pouch.
  1. A few weeks ago the baby came out in hives/a rash ALL over his body. It was a Sunday and I had work 8am-4pm. That morning I had noticed the back of his neck was a little red but put it down to heat rash. I came home and saw this had spread literally everywhere. I of course worried and called 111 and he called me over dramatic and proceeded to go on his bloody xbox
  1. His parents. I dont have a great relationship with them especially my MIL. Shes has made some awful comments about my weight over the years and repeatedly made fun of how big I used to be and her words were "do you think he'd love you even if you looked like that" surprise! I'm back to the way i used to look after gaining weight from pregnancy and motherhood. Shes whispered about me in my own home, and numerous other crazy stories about her. My partner just doesn't seem to understand why I feel so resentful of her, because what she said was "joking" and in the past??
  1. Hes xbox obsessed.
  1. I'm always the one to make plans for us, or take the baby out on my own (soft play, baby classes, library etc)

And honestly a few more things which I cant put into words. I just wanted a big rant really and get all of this out

I'm absolutely not at all perfect and can be moody, snappy and annoying a lot of the times too. He reckons I dont love him anymore and questions me why I'm still with him if I dont love him anymore. Not the case whatsoever. I'm just always exhausted and he doesn't seem to understand

OP posts:
TheShellBeach · 04/02/2024 23:09

Has he only got obsessed with the X Box since you had the baby?

Shoxfordian · 05/02/2024 08:45

I wouldn't be surprised if you don't love him, nothing to love about a manchild

Boymum1995 · 05/02/2024 19:50

Hi, I totally feel the same. The difference is that my partner is a workaholic, so I feel like I can’t moan because he’s working hard for our family, but then it leaves absolutely no time for us and our connection is gone.

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