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Oversharing because feeling sad and low today 🥲

I am a SAHM of 3 month old. We finally had our first baby by girl after 7 years of being married and 3 miscarriages. She is beautiful and perfect in every way but what’s heartbreaking is that i feel like I am grieving my marriage these days and I find myself missing my husband a lot even when he is around. He is an ...

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Grandparent favours one grandchild… anyone else in this situation??

For context me and my boyfriend have 2 kids 2 years old and 4 months old. My boyfriend’s brother has a 4 year old. These are my boyfriend’s mother’s only 3 grandchildren. She has my boyfriends brothers child 2 days every week as childcare for them while they work. She also takes visits down to see them some weekend...

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I'm tired

I want to start by saying this is venting. My husband is a great husband and father. Right now we are going through it. My husband and I are both sick and like any man he acts like he has the plague. I had to leave for work travel and the house became a mess. Every time I leave we get into an argument. This time it ...

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At this point I’m honestly begging for someone to help me, please!

I posted this exact post below about an hour ago and I honestly get why most wouldn’t even acknowledge this but right now I’m throwing my pride away and asking that someone could please help me help my daughter😩😩 My daughter has a fever and unsettled as I think she’s got a chest infection now from the slight cough…

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Girls girls only pahahhah

So I know my husband is cheating he has a history of it. I don’t have any solid proof, but girl I KNOW he is. He’s had every single sign of it every single one! I also know that they go to the gym together while I’m at home with his baby. I know it! I don’t want comments giving him the benefit of the doubt. He’s a ...

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Who runs the world? Girls.

Men are such p*ssies. My guy works 7-4:30 everyday and is so affected by his work day, it’s unreal. I run the house, manage all things kid (90% of the time), and also do 3-4 month free-lance high paying projects in between it all. My dudes responsibility is himself and walks to the park with the baby every afternoon...

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Mother in Law

Does anyone feel feelings of jealousy or possessiveness when it comes to their mother-in-law sharing time with their baby? I didn’t want to admit it, but sometimes I feel it and I wonder if anyone shared the same feeling. Don’t get me wrong. I love her to pieces

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Should I leave??

Things got physical for the first time he threw me on the floor and left. He has been so mad lately is like he just wakes up mad. I ask him why is he mad and he just starts talking shit to me. So of course I defend myself. I just feel so lost I’m not working and have 2 kids. Really thinking about leaving because I d...

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Marriage and Babies

Speaking to a long distance friend of mine and I was shocked to hear she is now single momming (I always looked up to them as a couple, he was originally my friend). Apparently he cheated and moved out to live with his now girlfriend. They have two kids. We are all mid thirties, this just so seems like problems o...

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I’m so lost 💔😞

Me and my husband got into a hugeeeeeee argument about something so small and fixable, he turned it into something that I may no longer come back from.. He refuses to help me get anymore milk for our 1 month old baby boy!!!! I have no extra money coming in yet till my mat leave sets CAN ANYONE HELP PLEASE!!! I’...

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Need advice on what to do with my life

When I was 3 weeks postpartum my in-laws came to stay at our house. It was their first time in America (they are Turkish and live in Germany). At the same time my mom and brother were already staying with us (they live in Eastern Europe and I wanted my mom here as this would be her first grandchild). I agreed to ha...

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Fed up! fed up! fed up!

Me and partner have been together 8 years, engaged for 4, our own place for 2. We have a 4 year old who has additional needs - speech delay, social communication difficulties and autism. For the past 2 months things have been really tough for us about a month and a half ago he says he resents me for getting his vac...

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anyone else?

ladies, me n my boyfriend have been so rocky since having our son, we argued bc our son was crying n i asked him to make him a bottle but he went back to sleep so i told him in a more stern tone to go make him a bottle cos our son was hungry, n he’s now telling me that all i do is just tell him what to do constantly...

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Boyfriend saying i’m selfish

I have a son who is almost 2 and a daughter of 3 month old so I’m a constantly running around after them, my boyfriend is constantly asking me to play Minecraft even if my daughter is screaming and crying so of course i go see to my daughter cos priorities yknow and he keeps calling me selfish. I have told him that...

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Blippi/Meekah

I know im going to get a lot of judgment for this. That's okay, im trying to get advice on how to break the habit. So my daughter LOVES blippi and meekah. And personally, i dont think its a bad show. Sure hes gay or whatever it is nowadays but theyre not teaching it on the show so im fine with it. My problem with i...

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Thinking of leaving him

My baby daddy provides a good life for us. He begged me to be a stay at home mom and I feel so blessed to be the one raising my daughter and not having to send her to daycare or a nanny - but he’s not good at being a partner. Doesn’t do anything for our daughter, barely acknowledges her until asked. He doesn’t do an...

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