You married a man-child. There is no "fixing" a man-child. A man-child won't grow up. Plan to end this soon.
What's the most disturbing part of the story is your daughter saw his reaction that he had to take her. It's heartbreaking. I doubt he was nice to her in the car or waiting there either. Did you let him get away with this? |
Wow, women who stay home with kids don’t need sleep? Amazing revelation! |
You would have thought in the four years OP had with just one kid she would have realized this but then she decided to roll the dice and have yet another. Why? |
Child support is to gain mom more income. Both are neglectful. She’d rather bf a toddler too old to bf than take her kid to the doctor |
He is a total wimp. |
Was there a custody battle? |
Why in the world fix you have more kids after the first one with this garbage? Stop complaining on social media and divorce that crap |
True. This is why it is important to distinguish between poor parenting and parenting you disagree with, and physical/emotional abuse, as well as understanding what triggers your DH’s behavior. In my case, my xDH was definitely increasingly abusive towards me (shouting, throwing things near me, not letting me leave the room during arguments) but it was triggered by our disagreements. I observed that while I did not love his parenting and thought he could be harsh, he was not abusive towards our child. xDH was a jerk but not a monster. And importantly, no substance abuse or serious mental illness involved. And for better or for worse, as our child got older, he learned how to manage xDH. I held off divorce until DC was 11. Prior to that, I had well founded concerns that xDH might be so inattentive as to be dangerous - but 11 was more than old enough to be sure, eg, that kid was not going to run into traffic or fall down the stairs, can put on his own seatbelt, can entertain himself without needing adult care, can call me in case of emergency. I was well aware that nothing xDH did warranted a claim that he was not due 50% custody. But I was also well aware that xDH actually did not want 50%. So kid is with me enough time that I give him a stable and happy life. Although this is not ideal, it is much better to have a major source of household conflict removed, for me and kid (and xDH I believe). |
His behavior is abusive (verbal/emotional) and neglectful to you and your children. I would never leave my kid in an abusive situation, because that makes me complicit and an abuser myself.
Why would you reproduce with him? Your only (major) fault is reproducing with an abuser. Don't make the second major mistake of not protecting your children. If you do, just know you too are an abuser. |
Nope. See post just above this for my story. |
Did you miss the part about him verbally abusing a baby?! He should have enough emotional control to ask them to let him sleep, but he chose to abuse his child by shouting and cursing at child who was bleeding, scared, and stressed. If he cursed at his employees (I hope he doesn't have any) when they were bleeding, stressed, and scared instead of helping them - that's a sackable offense. But somehow it's ok if it's a toddler?! |
Why did he have another child if it's all so stressful for him? |
Because he has a wife to pick up the slack. He takes the path of least resistance. OP doesn’t have a lot of good choices. If she divorces she still has to quit breastfeeding the toddler because it will be all on her to take both kids to the ER next time. Breast milk and rigid bedtime routines be damned. |
Well clearly, it's because he's stupid and lacks self control. We are assuming that OP is not stupid.. maybe she is - she did have a second one with him |
Someone warn OP's STBX!!! |