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I have 2 kids, 3yo and 4m. My husband complains that I spend too much time with them and saying kids ruined his life and my relationship with him and wish he was single. Me and my husband had past issues with his parents mainly his mother trying to tell us how to parent, wants to always see the kids she has said pre...

My partner pitties himself constantly. He works out of the office and I work from home with our two kids, 9 months and 2.5 years. He works and then we have a market garden business on the side that we both help with but he does the bulk of the physical work, which he loves. I do back office stuff mostly since I watc...

My hubbys grandma, swings so far left she’s taken it out on my daughters. Let’s preface this by saying we have very opposing political views. I don’t let that cause me anything. I’ve set a boundary to talking politics with her. Though, she’s taken it a step too far. Our states governor has banned fluoride in the wa...

Has anyone else’s partner ruined their first Mother’s Day? My Partner started the day off by starting an argument over me going to see my mum with the baby this afternoon because we don’t see his mum a lot (who btw is on a cruise atm) he then gave me my presents(which he used my money for) and turned round and sai...

So today we went to the zoo for mother's day, it was hinted that we were going to be doing this the other day and I said at the time it's mother's day not kids day but oh well. Anyway it was quite a stressful day at times as it's a lot of walking and we spent a lot of the day queuing for food and toilets as it was e...

Anyone else take holidays to heart? My daughter wants to have an egg hunt but she has no cousins her age to do one with and I have a feeling I’ll be on major baby watch that weekend so I don’t have any energy to find a park doing one and chase her around. I feel so sad, like do I get her an outfit? Our in laws aren’...

I’m against this - I don’t want to tell my parents or in-laws (or anyone else) when I go into labour. My mum wouldn’t be able to keep it to herself and I don’t want to be inundated with messages/calls throughout. I want to just tell them when baby has arrived and we know everything is okay. My husband seems to think...

My daughter is 2 years old now and my husband and I are talking about having a second within the next year. We are so unsure though. We don’t have much help as family live far away and my husband and I work opposite shifts so we often feel like a single parent. If i’m honest, my daughter is the sweetest little gir...

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Get over yourself, Trump. You messed up the negotiations because you don't know what you're doing. Putin doesn't respect you. Nobody else does, even your allies think your a joke. You will eventually get migrants back to fill up the roles Americans don't want to do, and offer aid as it's a way to maintain good di...

I feel like I am mourning who I thought my husband would be as a dad. He is constantly on his phone in her face if he is around. He used to help with bottles and he gave her a bottle aversion by being too forceful. I am exclusively pumping and giving all her bottles and I do all her naps so I have no personal time a...

For context me and my MIL have never gotten along and are now contact for over a year. Anyway..my partners brother has a new gf, his third in 3 months..anyway, MIL is obsessed with her and they’re all over each others facebooks. I know sounds petty but I never had that with her and feel it’s all for attention to mak...

Please help, my man is constantly looking for free stuff and getting it, our yard is already a raging mess beacuse of all his shit, and when I try and say something he flips out on me or says it can make us money, but with all the shit he has it ends up just sitting in our yard, im always telling him I want a nice y...

Is this normal? Basically myself and my partner are both no contact with MIL. long story short she is a nasty women who has no respect for us and we needed to protect our peace! We’ve been no contact for over a year now. She has sent him a horrible text message that he didn’t wish her a happy Mother’s Day. The last ...

I am 11 days post partum. Had emergency c -section not in my plan , im tired and overwhelmed and ive been feeling very emotional, yes i cry a lot over anything but i cant help it . My partner just gets angry and annoyed and tells me to grow up and get on with it. He is not supportive at all. I tried to speak to him ...

I’m curious about how different couples approach the division of parenting responsibilities. Do you have certain times of day or week when each of you covers child care to give the other a break? Do each of you always take the same tasks or rotate periodically? Is it formalized or more decide as you go?

Any tips to help get through a divorce? My husband asked me for one 2 days ago & I’m so heartbroken. My world feels like it’s falling apart. I want to be strong for my kids.

I genuinely don't even know what to do. Am I overreacting? I am absolutely furious with my husband, and thinking if he can't make an effort on Mother's Day, then when will he? Backstory -- we have been stopping with my parents for a few weeks now, whilst in the middle of a house move, and my husband has made no ...

I am a stay at home mom and thankfully my husband is able to make that happen, I do everything mostly in and around the home, he works about 12-15 hours a day with 2 days off, I make sure he eats, I try my best to have the home cleaned by the time he gets home, but with a toddler and an infant it can be difficult so...

So long story short I was very fortunate to have 2 years off with my little boy, but it was just me and him 99.9% of the time so he is very attached to me, he’s in nursery now and has ups and downs. I said to a relative if I were to have another I would send that one to nursery at 1 as I think it would help massiv...