Becoming a stay at home mom again.
This is going to be a really long story, you can judge me all you want but I just need someone to tell me it’s going to be okay. I (23F) have been with N (25M) for 3 years, we have a (2F) together. I initially was a stay at home mom for about a year and a half, along with while I was pregnant due to being risk and needing constant bed rest. I was miserable, I hated every single second of it. Don’t get me wrong I love my daughter more than anything but I am horrible at staying home. I’m the type of person who can’t physically sit still. My daughter’s dad wasn’t much help as he would pretty much just come home, and go to bed. I remember begging him for help when she was a few months old because I was so exhausted I could barely stand. He said “I’ll just quit my job and we’ll live in a box, but at least you’ll have the help you need.” Well basically we grew apart over the last few years and he progressively got worse and worse about helping, wouldn’t come home until almost bedtime, and just have the general mentality of “she’s home all day and I work so it doesn’t matter.” Well about six months ago I had the opportunity to go through his phone (I know I know) and he wasn’t even trying to hide the fact that he was cheating on me for 2 years, with dudes. 😵💫 so we put our daughter in daycare and I got a job but neither of us can afford to move out so we’ve just been co-existing together. He moved to the basement and I kept the bedroom. Well today I got into an accident and it totaled my car. We only have one car now and neither of us can afford to get a new one and insurance won’t cover it. He makes a lot more money than me so at this point I’m just stuck being a stay at home mom again. Don’t get me wrong I love my daughter more than anything but without having a car, I can’t go to work (my boss is amazing and is letting me have the time off and whenever I’m able to work again I can let her know) but in the meantime I’m stuck in what feels like a prison. 😵💫 he claims that he’s going to help but he’s made those promises for 2 years. Someone please give me ideas on not loosing my mind 🥺 my daughter loves going to daycare and spending time with her friends but she can’t go for the meantime and I don’t know how long that’ll be 😔