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To stay or not to stay

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summerxo · 05/05/2025 17:46

Me and my fiancé have been together around 7 years. We have 2 young children together and have been through quite a lot in regards to child loss (4 miscarriages and lost our son at 19 weeks)
for around a year maybe longer we just bicker constantly. Our second son was delivered early and had to be in Nicu and then he had health problems for around 6 months after. It was a very stressful time. Ever since then we just do not get a long. We have had couples counselling etc and nothing is working. It’s got to the point where we are both miserable and I feel like it’s having an affect on the kids. We aren’t intimate. I don’t have the feeling to be affectionate etc with him and I don’t know why. He works during the week and gets in around 7pm. I have the kids on my own (we don’t have a ‘village’) which I know is very common. I also work part time and weekends and sort the house out. I know this is all very common things for couples but it also causes a lot of stress too. I just feel so miserable. All of my savings went into our house and I now do not have any money saved to be able to leave and get a place with the kids if we split up but I also don’t want to stay just because of that reason if that makes sense? We haven’t said it to each other but I don’t think we would be together if it wasn’t for the kids… I just don’t want them growing up with their parents arguing etc. I just don’t know how I would be able to support the kids financially on my own. I really don’t know what to do i feel so alone and have nobody to talk to about it.

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getearnow · 05/05/2025 21:54

Wow you have had a really difficult time, I’m so sorry for your losses.

What are you arguing about? You don’t seem to have any quality time together, not for sex, but just to date and talk. Do you feel like you’ve completely checked out now or could you both make a last ditch attempt for the kids? You’ve been through so much

summerxo · 06/05/2025 11:32

Everything! Silly little things tbh. I go to work at 6;30 Sunday mornings and I put a wash on and when I get back later on it’s still just sat there. Literally stupid things like this that we have spoke about a million times. We’ve got to the point where we just talk to each other like crap.
i do think it’s just everything we’ve been through and the stress of day to day life it’s just taken a toll but we have the same conversation about it all every 1-2 months and nothing ends up changing. I just don’t want it affecting the kids and we are clearly both miserable. It’s just difficult 😓

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