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Would you be annoyed if your partner lied like this?

104 replies

luluxxx · 14/03/2026 09:11

So my partner is lazy
I do everything in our house
Washing ,cooking etc
He doesn’t even so much make a cup of tea.
I tell him all of the time he needs to pull his weight but falls on deaf ears.
Last night I told him again ,hoping for a change.
He said he would and this morning as we are out to the races today …he would make me breakfast in bed.
Woke up this morning,asked him to make me a cuppa and he said he couldn’t be bothered to do breakfast but he knows he’s lazy and he said “I’m sorry for being so lazy,I will give you £50 to treat yourself to a new top or something instead of making breakfast and to say sorry for how I’ve been lately.
So I said that’s fair enough
Got up ,made breakfast and said “oooh il see if I can find a nice top online for my girls night soon”
He replied “you would really take £50 off me for making breakfast ..wow…I was joking obviously”
”il make breakfast next weekend”

Would this bother you?
I feel stupid and a bit silly now

OP posts:
minipie · 14/03/2026 09:16

What a prince.

Omgblueskys · 14/03/2026 09:17

Bloody hell op,

AttilaTheMeerkat · 14/03/2026 09:18

Stop hoping he will change; this is who he really is.

What is the point of you two being together at all?. He is taking you for a right idiot here.

HereComeTheKazoos · 14/03/2026 09:18

Ugh, yes that would bother me. What a dick

rubyslippers · 14/03/2026 09:18

What grim behvaiour from him
why do you put up with it?
it’s not even lying - it’s manipulation because he won’t ever change but he wants you to accept his shoddy ways

Easterbunnygettingawrapping · 14/03/2026 09:18

Well say yes you will be taking the 50 quid.
Then go meet a nice man on your night out.

He's a lzy fucker. Who needs one?

AmandaHoldensLips · 14/03/2026 09:18

This has absolutely got to be a wind-up. Nobody in their right mind would tolerate such a dick head.

Rooroobear · 14/03/2026 09:19

Why is your bar so low??
I wouldn’t be doing a single thing for his lazy arse. He wants a brew he makes it, he wants food he makes it, he wants clean clothes he washes them. Stop enabling his cunty behaviour

shellyleppard · 14/03/2026 09:21

I would take his £50 then kick his lazy arse out the door!!!

Slightyamusedandsilly · 14/03/2026 09:27

I do think you go on strike with him, as others have said. And when he asks, tell him why. He's selfish and lazy and you're fed up with him.

Make it clear that male behaviour like that is relationship ending. Tell him NO woman wants sex with a man that treats her like she's his mother and he's actively turning you off with his laziness.

rainbowstardrops · 14/03/2026 09:29

Rooroobear · 14/03/2026 09:19

Why is your bar so low??
I wouldn’t be doing a single thing for his lazy arse. He wants a brew he makes it, he wants food he makes it, he wants clean clothes he washes them. Stop enabling his cunty behaviour

This

Mimicking · 14/03/2026 09:33

Rooroobear · 14/03/2026 09:19

Why is your bar so low??
I wouldn’t be doing a single thing for his lazy arse. He wants a brew he makes it, he wants food he makes it, he wants clean clothes he washes them. Stop enabling his cunty behaviour

What I was going to say.

Stop doing anything for this man.

IrishSelkie · 14/03/2026 09:39

What did I just read? He offered you £50 of your own money to get out of doing 1 breakfast in forever.

He knows he is lazy, he needs to do something about it.You need to stop putting up with it.

IrishSelkie · 14/03/2026 09:41

Slightyamusedandsilly · 14/03/2026 09:27

I do think you go on strike with him, as others have said. And when he asks, tell him why. He's selfish and lazy and you're fed up with him.

Make it clear that male behaviour like that is relationship ending. Tell him NO woman wants sex with a man that treats her like she's his mother and he's actively turning you off with his laziness.

He is not treating OP like any man should treat his mother unless by mother you mean house slave.

DreamingOfGeneHunt · 14/03/2026 09:41

Get rid. None of this gets any better.

SadieGreen · 14/03/2026 09:44

Is he 15?

Whenindoubthugitout · 14/03/2026 09:44

I wouldn’t have given you £50 either.
you have let him walk over you time and time and time again.
why would he do anything to change this situation.

the only person who can change it is you.

amprev · 14/03/2026 09:45

Ewwww.

TwistedWonder · 14/03/2026 09:47

Stop being a doormat for a lazy cunt to repeatedly wipe his feet on.

You’re not his mother or his servant. Is this really the life you dreamed of?

YellowDogg · 14/03/2026 09:51

Jeeeze, what has happened in your life to make you think this is ok?

Get some self respect OP!

Slightyamusedandsilly · 14/03/2026 09:57

IrishSelkie · 14/03/2026 09:41

He is not treating OP like any man should treat his mother unless by mother you mean house slave.

Edited

Yes! Good point.

Lugol · 14/03/2026 10:08

As the saying goes, when someone tells you who they are, listen.

He sounds dreadful OP.
He doesn't value you at all if he can't even be bothered to make you a cup of tea.
Are you financially tied to him? If not I'd be looking at my options if I were you.

You have one life and you deserve to spend it with someone who cherishes you, don't waste your life with someone who values you so little.

Endofyear · 14/03/2026 10:53

You don't need a new top, you need a new husband!

Tattybye87 · 14/03/2026 11:15

Why do you value your self so little to put up with that? If your partner brings nothing but stress to you, they are not worth keeping. Iv said it before and il keep saying it, being single is not a bad thing! Doesn't make you less of a person, it's liberating. Not having someone bringing you down daily. Of course some people have happy lovely partners, I'm all for it. But honestly if they bring nothing to your life why are you bothering? You're worth more than this waster.

metalbottle · 14/03/2026 11:15

Don't you mean ex partner?

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