Anonymous
06/14/2026 15:36
Subject: How to deal with resentment
Is he also not paying for things for the baby?
Anonymous
06/14/2026 15:18
Subject: How to deal with resentment
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why do women have babies when they have absolutely no idea of what they are doing! Babies are not fun. They are a hell of a lot of work because they are helpless, useless creatures for a very long time and demand all of your life. There is no "me" time unless you can afford to hire help.
This! It's maddening to me people don't plan ahead. All of this is completely predictable.
"My husband has a hard time with follow through."
"He always has before I even got pregnant"
"My biggest fear when I was pregnant was growing to resent my partner and it’s starting to happen"
This outcome was 100% expected. This is your man. I'm sorry for OP but, this is your man. I do feel for the child.
Anonymous
06/14/2026 12:59
Subject: How to deal with resentment
Anonymous wrote:Why do women have babies when they have absolutely no idea of what they are doing! Babies are not fun. They are a hell of a lot of work because they are helpless, useless creatures for a very long time and demand all of your life. There is no "me" time unless you can afford to hire help.
This! It's maddening to me people don't plan ahead. All of this is completely predictable.
Anonymous
06/14/2026 12:54
Subject: How to deal with resentment
Anonymous wrote:OP you had a child with a person you knew would suck at being a helper. Why in the world would you do that?
Now you have two choices stay or leave?
He is not working his full "contracted hours" according to you hence he can dam well help.
Start becoming independent. Your kid sleeps you sleep. Your kid sleeps you research jobs or going back to school. Plenty of women before you have worked and taken care of their kids with no man.
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