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Am I being sensitive

Honestly he’s grating on me not sure if it’s hormones or he’s just a #%# So I went for afternoon tea today with a friend and I sent him a pic of the set up and said it wasn’t worth £20 he said do u get tea/coffee with it so I replied yes unlimited but I can barely hold my bladder 5 mins lately so won’t be able to h...

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Resentment towards husband

Did anyone else feel any resentment towards their husband after having a baby? My little girl is currently 6 days old and my husband thought it was acceptable to go to the pub with his friend for a couple of hours. I was absolutely exhausted and I feel embarrassed to say this but i fell asleep with her in my arms. H...

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My LIAR IS AT IT AGAIN!!

My partner and I work at the same place, I’ve been having this weird feeling for the past couple of weeks now, decided to log his location on my phone, apparently he said he was still working but on the app he was in a completely different place, I called him most of the time and his phone was switched off, other ti...

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Venting

I’ve been feeling really alone in my marriage lately. I asked my husband if we could have sex at least once a week to feel more connected. He agreed, and we did it once. Since then, he hasn’t initiated again. When we do have sex, it’s okay. Sometimes even great. But I find myself getting emotional during it because ...

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Justified or abusive

My BD bought my child a blanket and saw a photo of another baby with it. He asked if it was her blanket so I lied and said I didn’t think so, knowing he wouldn’t like that. He said he knew I was lying so I said sorry that I shouldn’t have played dumb and said I didn’t know. He threw the blanket in the bin, he later ...

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Help

Hey mama idk what to do we have tried taking my daughters toys away from her for being bad but this the second time she has gotten a referral from school for doing something bad at school and she also keeps peeing her pants does any mama know what I can do to help her not be bad so much and we token away tv time and...

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Keeping baby entertained

How are you keeping your babies entertained during the day? Especially when it’s not great weather. I can’t spend all day at a shopping centre surely? For context, she has just turned 6 months, and now hates everything we do, cries 2 minutes into all activities, and please no suggestions of “sing songs, read books” ...

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What can be done when they "fire" you from 1 position

So when i got to work last night I got pulled into the office again 😒 they said it was due to poor performance what's a lie the new chick has poor performance and flirting with all the guys 😒 and got off at 6 one day and stayed just to flirt with them 😑 and if I or anyone did that we would of been told to get the…

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Would this bother you?

I live in a different city to my mum and she visits me and my son infrequently, maybe once every couple of months for a day or night. I have two older brothers who live closer to her. Today she came to visit us and she mentioned casually that she has booked a holiday with one of my brothers later in the year, and th...

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Am I bad mum? I feel awful.

My 2 year old fell down our stairs today (top to bottom) and got off lightly with just a cut in her lip. I called 111 just to be sure as I was panicking due to the height and her age, but she has no injuries, not bumps, cuts a bruises and is totally normal within herself. 111 advised to go to a&e anyway to be checke...

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HELP

My son is 19 months old and is currently experiencing a massive amount of separation anxiety. I’m usually the one who baths / does bedtime however at the moment I read him a story whilst he has his milk and the second his milk is finished he’s standing up in the cot screaming for me to pick him back up. I absolutely...

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In-laws not seeing baby.

What’s the longest your in-laws has gone without seeing your LO? My boy is nearly 9 months and they haven’t seen him since… BEFORE CHRISTMAS!!

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Missing bedtime for the first time

Sorry, this is really stupid but I just need to talk... for the first time I'm missing my LO's bedtime. I'm stuck in hospital because the Drs are keeping me here for tests and stuff and I won't be home for her bedtime for the first time ever. My heart is so heavy right now. I barely spent any time with her today bec...

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Overwhelmed

Im sat here absolutely balling my eyes out, my emotions have been crazy lately but I feel so fed up. Im 27 weeks and 5 days pregnant and I am struggling so much now. I wasn’t before but now I just went from a high to a really low. I cant cope, Im so overwhelmed. The closer it gets to giving birth to more I just feel...

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Bad husband

My cousin constantly complains about her husband to me and I’m starting not to know what to say. They have two kids together, he barely provides for them. He also has another kid outside their marriage he does nothing for. Her husband disrespects her, he has cheated before and lied about it but she had proof. Of cou...

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IEP

My children are 4 years old twins who will be going to kindergarten in September. They currently have an IEP , and a meeting was hell today to see if they need to continue service ( speech & OT ). When their godmother heard that they're will be having an iep for kindergarten, I could hear it in her voice that she ...

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