Your have a partner problem he sounds beyond useless Idk if his ex is a single mum to the 4 kids but I’ll say if she is then even if the kids are gone to their other parent for a night or two it’s not really a break. She probably goes out because the house feels quiet etc without them there and going out is her coping mechanism. I’ve been that single mum and I also went out whenever my kid went to his dad for the weekend - sitting in a quiet house alone for 48 hours is soul destroying :/ but it wasn’t a break! I do feel why you’re frustrated cos your partner needs to step up and parent but you’re angry at the wrong person - she is entitled to need a break regardless of how you feel
@Amy thank you she not a single mum I for sure know my partner is at fault. However she gives the kids too whoever she can whenever she can and then on the weekends she does have the children, she’s calling my partner saying she needs a break. But yes he is useless will take out the older kids and do things but would never use his initiative and plan anything for our child it’s always me. And then when I suggest him doing it alone for bonding time he gets arsey like I should go too
That’s a red flag if you don’t trust the father of your child alone with the child, surely? Why hasn’t he been home for 2 days? That’s not acceptable and quite frankly I’d be leaving. You sound like the issue is with dad not his ex