When my son was 18months old my husband of 10 years traded me for a younger, more attractive model. We lived apart for a year but he came to the house every day to see our son before going back off to hers. We eventually got back together and all was well until six years later I found out he was still in contact with her and they'd met a couple of times. I was really angry and felt very stupid but again, we talked and shouted and he promised to break all contact. I decided to stick together for our son. (I know!) I decided Iwould sacrifice my happiness for my son so he had two parents and again all was well.
But now, our son is a teenager who dotes on his dad and I am always bad cop. He shouted at me the other night thst I was the reason nobody got on in the house. That hurt a lot. I wanted to scream that actually he had no idea what I had sacrificed to keep the family together.
Dad is the good guy all the time. I feel he doesn't support me (although he argues that he does). I'm always tired, I work full time but I do all the housework (trust me Ive battled with this. He says I just need to ask, but when I do it's always "later".
I've really started to resent the fact that after all that happened, he's come out smelling of roses and I'm always the bad one nagging our son to revise for his exams, walk the dog, put his plates in the kitchen.
Im at my wits end. Ive always been very fair with my son, allowing his friends to stay over all the time, feeding them, giving them lifts but my son shows me little respect or gratitude. This is a crucial time for my son with his exams but Im really struggling to keep it together and I have the overpowering urge to move out and leave them to it...but we've got so far. What do I do?