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Ladies my 3 year old son is obsessed with washing machine

He just wants to watch the videos and just wants me to daily put the clothes inside washing machine and would keep watching it . he wants to do everything on his own form putting the clothes inside the washing machine to activaing all the modes and Putting the detergent.He is also obsessed with hover these days. Is ...

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I need the courage to leave

He is the only proper relationship I have had as it started at uni. We have been together for 10 years. 4 years married. 1 baby 15 months old. He can argue for England and I just can’t do it anymore. He has hurt me a lot over the years. I’m still healing. How do I collect myself? I want to be able to have my son ...

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Betrayed

I feel betrayed by my husband, he is flirting around with different girls online, no respect for me, he picked there call when beside me, he doesn’t care about my feelings, no matter what I did to please him he always not satisfied, always nagging and complaining, he have never for once appreciate me. Have complaine...

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I don't want to be here anymore

Grieving the loss of my mother, I have no family left. The kids spilled apple sauce everywhere, they keep getting hurt, bedtime routine is in the shitter, screens are babysitting my kids, the meals I cook aren't getting eaten then I hear "I'm still hungry" I literally want to explode and my partner is working two ...

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Am I wrong?

I'm a stay at home mom with two kids, 2 year old girl and a 1 year old boy, my best friend and her fiance had to move in (trying to get their kid back cause of dcf or whatever) they help of course, well recently I had to drive 6 hours round trip to get 2 people because of a situation, and it was my best friend siste...

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So many excuses

Just venting! Im so tired of this! Always having to ask for help, ask for permission.. so incredibly frustrating! My husband was gone for work for a week last week, he came back home with the flu and got the baby sick, he’s been on the couch for the last 3 days doing absolutely nothing.. I get that he’s sick but com...

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What would you do?

So it’s happened several times, where my son’s father has melt downs and keeps us up into the late hours of the night. He always says it’s not going to happen again and he’s sorry. But of course it always does. I’ll be holding my son and he gets into my face yelling. I of course ignore it because I don’t want my son...

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I keep getting stressed out as sister in law keeps calling my baby her baby and how she will dress in matching outfits with it when it comes and how she’s going to not let it do this and this already setting rules i feel so stressed its my

First and I don’t want anyone getting in the way

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Just need to vent

So this morning was pretty normal, and I told my husband that he should come with me to my parents house because its been a while since hes seen them and he should come say hello. I have a very large extended family by blood, he's very anti social and hard-core homebody. I did tell him before that my family means al...

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almost 2yo son wants daddy instead of mommy now..

i just want to know if this is normal or if it’s something i’m doing wrong.. i’ve been a stay at home mom since i’ve had my son (may 2023) and now that ive started working and my son is going to daycare he’s been wanting his dad more than me.. i feel like ive betrayed him but it’s all of our best interests that i go...

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When is enough enough?

I’m tired of explaining to my husband I dont want him screaming cussing at me in front of our kids. He still does it every single day. My little 3y/o covers her ears and yells at him to stop yelling. Idk what else to do .. i communicate, i cry, i pray..if you’ve been in this position and have any advice or experienc...

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Baby with temper

I am hoping someone has experienced the same or has multiple children and can give some reassurance with no judgemeny as its something im really wuite worried about. My little one is 7 months and has always been on the grumpier side, had colic the first two months, shown a fiesty side when due a feed/sleepy etc, at ...

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Am I being to hard?

So me and my husband bump heads when it comes to who should do what. So today our daughter causes the dresser to fall (she’s fine) and everything on top fell I asked him could he pick it up for me. He refused to do it unless I helped so I got mad because I feel as though I have to do everything child related. So I k...

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Should I leave him ?

He barely comes home . This is my boyfriend not my child’s father . He says he’s always making plays at night but how he always making plays but always broke and when I call he’ll be at his friends house . Am I wrong for wanting to leave or is there something I can do to manage this ?

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FIL visiting immediately after traveling

So my FIL was out of the country for the week and immediately came over today once his plane landed. Didn’t tell me or my husband that he was coming over . He mentioned to my SIL that he was feeling sick and was in contact with someone sick. My husband is at work and I’m very uncomfortable that he’s here with a ras...

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Baby budget

How do you handle budget for baby with your partner? We had baby 2 months ago and we had first argument about that today. With us since beginning of relationship it has been pretty much 50-50. Now he is saying he is giving more then me. I never really calculated in a penny, maybe he is but difference is small. I sug...

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Heavy load on women‘s shoulders?

Do you guys ever wonder if the labor we women are carrying is too much and more than our men do? Having a baby or even multiple kids, entertaining them, keeping the house clean, prepare nourishing meals, planning for the family, while staying mentally stable, taking care or ourselves and our relationships? While bei...

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Upset first born!

Hey, I have a 15 month old and a 3 week old. Ever since the baby was born my 15 month old has been very upset crying a lot having tantrums and just generally not his normal happy self. I’ve tried to give him as much attention as possible but as I’ve had a C-section I can’t lift him etc so my partner is doing more wi...

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SAHM's how much money do you get?

Specifically, how much do you either get given to you or spend in a week or 2? What do you spend it on? If you don't mind me asking. My partner seems annoyed that he has sent me $950 in the last 10 days. $300 for my birth control procedure $250 for our $140 phone bill $300 because my account was overdrawn, and ...

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Anxiety with my husband watching our 4 month old for 6+ hours?

So here's the dilemma. I am the sole carrier of our 3 month old. I do like 98% of everything. My husband helps when needed ( like watching baby while I shower, going to the bathroom or he makes a bottle when I need it) my thing is i really need a break and I'm suppose to be going to a concert next month on the 19th ...

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