'I just wanted to sleep': Pregnant Mother Comes Home After 12hr Shift, Stay at Home Dad Can’t Fulfill Her Simple Request to Keep Kids Quiet

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    Font - Posted by u/PlutonianEnergy 19 hours ago AITA for how I reacted to my BF not letting me sleep?
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    Font - First off I work 12hr shifts at night 5pm to 5am. He doesn't work he's a SAHD so he could get therapy (it took him a year just to do one appointment but that's a whole other story for another day). I usually let him sleep in and I did today as well. I
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    Font - have barely slept the past few days because of dental pain/work and I'm 14 weeks pregnant so I'm exhausted from feeling sick and tired all the time. So, of course, at 9:20 I storm out of the house (he's still asleep) and go get coffee/breakfast for everyone. I
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    Font - get back obviously still upset about being so tired and it's practically 10am at this point. I lock myself in the room (I'm in a 1 bedroom with 2 kids and he's not on the lease) to try to eat/sleep in peace. The kids will not
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    Font - stop screaming or sh ng toy gs. He's just on his phone on the couch curled up. I stormed out to sit on the steps and gather my thoughts and messaged him that when I came back he could
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    Organism - either keep the kids quiet and let me sleep, take them somewhere, or he could leave himself. I don't want to look at him when I'm so sleep deprived and he gets to sleep at night and sleep in cuz it's just gonna s
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    Font - me off. He stays up late playing videogames so it's not like he HAS to stay up all night/day. He said he didn't know the kids were 1 off saying he that loud and got p doesn't know where to take them (we
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    Font - also live in a big city and there's at least 2 libraries and parks near us, plus his mom and aunts). Mind you he could have just kept them quiet with a little effort and stayed here. Am I truly the as 'e in this situation? He left pi d off at me and
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    Font - yelling at the kids to hurry up. I also said if he's that di n mad to just go himself before he left but he refused. He wouldn't say "I love you" when he left which is his Hallmark being pi d
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    Font - off move. I didn't say it either cuz I don't want to play that game with him. I just want to sleep. When I wake up I'll read the replies on if I'm an as 'e or not and if I am I'll apologize. But right now I'm barely able to keep my eyes open to type this out. I'm so tired I might throw up.
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    Font - AMerrickanGirl. 18 hr. ago NTA, but WHY ARE YOU HAVING A THIRD KID WITH THIS GUY????!!??! 14.0k ↓ Reply Share
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    Font - OverRice2524 . 18 hr. ago Pooperintendant [51] Why on earth do you put up with this? He doesn't work, he doesn't help with the kids. He's not even in the lease? He stays up all night to game and then
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    Font - gets mad at you for being exhausted and upset? Honey, send him back to his mommy. You need a partner not another child. ΝΤΑ ✩ 4.0k Reply Share
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    Font - Interesting_Order_82 · 18 hr. ago Certified Proctologist [20] NTA. What is this man's contribution to the household? It sounds like he's living single in the home. Seriously. What does he do? 2.1k Reply Share
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    Font - Wandering_aimlessly9 18 hr. ago ESH. I'm sorry but you do too (not bc of what you said) but bc you're letting a lazy do best parent children and create at least one...when he won't work.
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    Font - You don't need to be a stay at home parent just to get therapy. That's not how that works. He can work a job AND go to therapy. Millions of people do it every day. That is
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    Plant - an excuse he's using to not be a responsible adult. And you are allowing it. You are allowing yourself to be treated like c ). Reply Share 1.7k
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    Font - fluffyhumanity 18 hr. ago Why did u think it was a good idea for someone this incompetent and lazy to be the father of your kids for the third time round 41.2k Reply Share
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    Font - JohnExcrement. 16 hr. ago NTA but I sure am tired of seeing posts from women who take on these fixer-upper guys and decide to procreate while everything is under renovation (I'm a woman). 4 294 Reply Share
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    Font - champers_curlygirl. 19 hr. ago NTA (ish). Sounds like you're exhausted and this was the straw that broke the camels back. You need to find a way to communicate with him when you've both cooled off and work out a way he can maybe
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    Font - contribute a little bit more to take the pressure off of you. You're 14 weeks pregnant so you know the tiredness is just going to get worse and worse from here, especially if nothing changes. 139 Reply Share
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    Font - BugCatcherCam · 16 hr. ago YTA, simply for how you are treating yourself, and are allowing yourself and kids to be treated.... 129 Reply Share

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