re: Is this normal in a relationship?

I've had two children and both times in the first year there was a period where my husband and I didn't like each other very much. It really wasn't that our relationship was doomed, just that we were going through a very difficult time exacerbated by being tired and emotionally exhausted taking care of a creature that can't do anything except take. We weren't taking care of ourselves or each other. It was temporary and we pushed through and we found our happy together again both times.

Does your girlfriend do most of the childcare? Because if so, she might be burned out. My husband has never been an infant/baby person so I naturally took on most the of the care the first year. It wears on you and it is very easy to slip into resentment because while the father may have had a big change in his life, reality is that mom's life/body/hormones/mental health has been through the wringer. If she hasn't been able to take care of herself (which is 99% of first year moms I personally know) and you haven't been taking care of her and been gradually taking on more childcare after the newborn phase, she is probably going to be cranky and not pleasant to be around. My husband took on more when our kids started walking and eating regular food (so a year old). Strangely, this is when we stopped hating each other both times.

TL;DR- Don't make permanent decisions on what might be temporary feelings/situation.

Postpartum depression.

If y’all like each other and wanna build a relationship it’s just as easy to do married or not married. Raising a kid is just as easy. Having dinner together is just as easy. The people claiming she needs a ring are just southern redneck hillbillies with a Louisiana education. Don’t fall for it.

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So nurse you think me proposing and putting a ring on it just erases all these issues ?

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You need to talk to your SO to get to the root of the problem, not something a message board can solve for you. Don’t go into it pointing fingers or telling her she always complains though.

Congrats on being stuck with her for the rest of your life..

Yeah I paid for a mani and peddi last week for her. I took her and our daughter to a nice dinner last night and the week before I surprised her and got a baby sitter and went on a very nice date. Having said that, in the past month I made a decision to try and do more things like that because something had to change bc it was getting so bad. So far I have not noticed any results but I’m going to keep trying and biting my tongue when she is being a bitch and not engage.

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Having a child out of wedlock is trashy

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It’s a bad deal for the parents, the kid, and the extended families.

Does she have any money of her own?


What did she do before she stopped working?

Nobody likes women. We just put up with them cause they own all the vaginas

Yeah there are a few things, with the biggest being her moving from Florida to Louisiana. Other being, I don’t treat her the same way I did in the beginning, and it’s hard for me too bc she wasn’t kinda a crazy bitch in the beginning which sometimes she can be. She says I make her that way etc. whole chicken and egg.

With regards to the move, I had a really good business opportunity that was my dream job available, our lease was up in Florida, opportunity to move into a brand new house, and my family is more supportive and better to be around. Her mom is an alcoholic, her sister is active drug addict, and her dad deported to Canada. Wasn’t much in way of family help.