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I need to take plunge and move out but I'm worried I won't be able to afford it

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summer90x · 04/01/2025 20:11

Hello

Lately in my relationship I've felt so down, not valued and just a mum. Not a partner anymore

I work full time, so does my partner, his mum has our son a lot for childcare, but she drops him back about 1 when I am still working, so I spend my lunch hour trying to settle him for an afternoon nap. I don't get any time to keep on top of house work, Altho I still manage to, my partner got a cleaner to come on a Friday to help. Yet he still expects me to work full time, look after our son, he goes to gym every night so I also do the evening routine for our son, cook everyone dinners!
Anyway lately my partner moans at me a lot, about small things, like why is there not a lot of food, you need to go shopping or the house is a mess, or accusing me of doing damage to something in the house even tho I haven't?

Tonight we was supposed to get a takeaway, but couldn't decide so he said he was going to cook something for himself and he offered to do something for me also but I said no don't worry, he then started moaning at me about a mark on the all and accused me of doing it, at this point I just felt like enough! Sick of him accusing me of things I haven't done, he got defensive and I got angry saying he doesn't stop moaning at me, and he said why don't you move then if I am that bad (this is also a common thing whenever we have a argument- tells me to leave, so I don't feel secure here) he then said how I don't make an effort with my self anymore and relationship is dead. He also has done a loft conversion so our son could have his own room, and keeps saying he done the loft for me and that I am so ungrateful for it. I said tbh that was for our son, so stop saying it's for me. The argument got heated and I ended up walking away crying and I left him to put our son to bed and I've been in spare room since.

I feel like enough is enough now and I should leave - I'm worried I won't be able to afford rent and childcare - I just feel trapped 😣 as his mum is my main sorce of childcare and I can't afford anymore near where we live. Where do I go from here?

OP posts:
Flipslop · 04/01/2025 21:13

summer90x · 04/01/2025 20:58

@Flipslop Yeah I wish I could make more effort and feel like myself again, I will speak to a doctor is a continue to feel like I do xx

Flip that, it’s not that you’re not making an effort, it’s that you’ve been completely trampled down and need to find yourself again. Don’t shame yourself x
id highly recommend getting some therapy to help you out x

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