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Annoyed with husband

I’m just so annoyed with my husband and need to let it out. I understand my husband works hard and deserves to enjoy time to himself. But he does not help a lot with our baby. All he wants to do is play his stupid video games and talk to his gamer friends. While I’m alone and taking care of our baby who is going thr...

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My husband threw a drawer and broke it while angry.

I am by no means the perfect spouse. My husband has a busy job and weekends he has been spending renovating our basement. We have gotten to the point where he is doing the baseboard. 2 of the 3 rooms in our basement look pretty much flawless, but the last room has some huge gaps. Normally I keep my mouth shut, but m...

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Am I in the wrong?

Hello everyone so I just needed to have like a mini rant but at the same time I needed to ask if I’m in the wrong so currently due to financial situation we don’t live together but we are still together but we basically share custody at the same time so he does not tell me when he plans on bringing our son who is u...

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People pushing it

So, I went for dinner tonight with my in laws and my son was so upset. My sil was trying to console him however as I’m mum, I wanted him back as he was inconsolable (teething, colic and reflux baby 🥲❤️) Anyway, she then passed him back but wanted to take him a walk. I wasn’t comfortable but said yes because she…

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Dads

It's hard for me to sit back and let dad discipline, I just have other beliefs when it's comes to spanking a child .My baby is 11 months and he got his first pop by dad Am I wrong to feel this way ?

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Please help advise needed

My MIL calls me to check on our baby and her son , etc .. I get calls 2-4 times per week.. I have basically become the point of contact for her son and her granddaughter and any information she needs… I want my MIL to call her son and ask him for any questions she has. I don’t feel like it should be me all the time....

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Smacked my MILs hand away today 💀

Originally I felt bad about it but the more I think about it im like no fuck that! My 3mo is special needs, he has troubles swallowing and also has GERD, so his reflux episodes can be scary for us, and him, but we've gotten better at handling it without panicking and making things worse. Today we were out with my ...

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I’ve been living with my in laws for almost 2 years

I’ve been pregnant back to back while living here lol but my husband and I we buy our own groceries, we clean up our mess, our kids mess. She has her son in law living here, her brother in law living here, her other son, and of course us and her little family of 4. The guys living here are soooo nasty, they cook th...

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Asking too much

Am I asking too much of my partner, we have a 2 month old and a toddler, my partner is now back at work but I just like a little bit of help as I feel I pretty much do everything, the one thing that gets me is he can just go up to bed or will fall asleep on the sofa but I need to wait for the baby to go to sleep, I ...

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Practicing patience

Y’all being a mom is hardddddd work us women need more credit than we get.. I’m hear crying starving needing to pee with a nasty headache but don’t want to get up because my baby boy was cryin for 10 straight minutes and I don’t know why but I finally calmed him down and now he’s knocked out on my chest I haven’t sl...

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Toddlers

Anyone else's toddler (mine is 16m old) not like when you and your partner are being affectionate? My husband and I were just sitting on separate couches holding hands and our daughter freaks out anytime he touches me. He's never done anything to me. Not even once. However she starts crying everytime he tries to kis...

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Need to vent or just talk I don’t know

OK, my son has been staying with my mom for the last couple weeks because I’ve had Covid now that he is back home not really acting out. He just seems really depressed and the people at her apartment told her she’s not allowed to have him over there, and I don’t know how to feel about that, he doesn’t bother anybody...

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How often?

I have a 1 year old, I take her out to the park once a week. Should I be taking her outside more often or is taking her outside to a park once a week okay for her age?

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No childcare!

Honestly I need to rant or I’m probably going to loose my shit with my management! I have given them over 6 weeks notice I have no childcare on one of my shifts in… it’s been put off for 3-4 weeks now 3 weeks before they reject my request even though they know I have no fucking childcare are they thick?🤨 what am I…

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Controlling partner

My bf is controlling, and I don't think he even really realizes he's doing it. We've been together for almost 7 years. I moved out of state to be with him 5 years ago. I never really made friends, just a few acquaintances that I keep up with on FB, and one friend from back home that now lives about 30 minutes from ...

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Bank holiday weekend

It’s so sad seeing everyone spend their bank holiday weekends with family (own family or in laws). While I spend it alone.. I have my sister in law here in the uk (husbands sister) but she’s such an evil human being. We haven’t spoken in 1.5 yrs. if you have in laws who you speak to, can visit you are lucky!

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