So done

How are you all communicating with partners? Especially the ones who don’t seem to be interested in being a parent? My babies dad has always been like reluctant? I have to ask him to do things, or else they won’t be done unless I do them. Like I get you’re exhausted after a 10 hour work day, but I’m home alone 6/7 days a week with no immediate support system, and I would like my own break ya know? I’m really getting to the point I just want to call it quits in this “relationship”

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This is my husband exactly. His phone is more important and when I ask him to do literally any small task he rolls his eyes and sighs. After 2+ years of this I flat out told him I want to leave. How he acts is making me not love him and I’d rather co-parent than have my daughters watch me be treated like a maid and ignored themselves. He obviously cried and said he’d do better but we’ll see. I know everyone says not to make any major relationship decisions in the first year after having a baby and #2 is only 4mo so I’ll probably give it until her 1st bday and if nothing has changed I’ll just leave like I said I would.

My husband does this during the work week cuz he works 14 hours days. I tell him you get to be alone and have a break and I’m always here with the kids. I told him if he pulled the crap he pulls at home he’d be fired. He says he has no excuse and will step up. He’s great on the weekends tho

My boyfriend watches our son on the weekends for a few hours while I work, but as soon as I come home it’s my responsibility again. Like I have to ask if he minds keeping an eye on him so I can go shower, because god forbid I get up without saying anything he throws a hissy fit saying “you didn’t say you were gunna shower”

When our son was about 9 ish months old, I snapped and told my husband that I will not be a married single mom. And as much as I want him to be a partner, if I’m doing it by myself I’d rather be by myself. He works a lot, and a lot of the time it’s long days, but when he’s home, he’s home. He’s doing dishes, putting away laundry, taking our son. He knows I’m serious, so he’s willing to do the work and step up-but he also realized he should’ve been doing better all along

@Hannah my husband is exactly like this. I almost want to break his phone sometimes because he can never look up from it when I’m talking and when he’s done ‘helping’ me he goes right back on it.

@Samantha god I feel that on a daily basis. I’ll literally be changing a diaper while the other one is screaming and he’ll choose then to shove his phone in my face and show me a stupid FB video. He should really be thankful for how much willpower I have to not beat him with that damn phone.