I'm 32 and my partner is 32. We have been together 8 years this time round and 4 years from 17-21. We have 2 children together 8 year old boy and 6 year old girl.
I'm not sure what our relationship even is anymore.. I don't know if it can be classified as a relationship.
We both work, he works 6 days one week and 5 the next. Each day I wake up get the kids ready for school and he will stay in bed till 8am until he has to get up for work then just gets himself ready with no involvement with me or the kids. (I wouldn't have a problem with this BTW if this was the only thing)
Every day he comes home from work at just gone 5pm he comes in goes straight upstairs to in his words 'vape' he then proceeds to stay up there until I call him down for dinner. So again no interaction with me or the children. Then after dinner he goes straight back upstairs and stays up there until I get the kids ready for bed. In which case he just lies on the bed whilst I bathe them and get them ready for bed. Every day unless it's a day I'm at work and he's off this happens. We have to work alternate days to reduce childcare so I work one weekend he's off then vice versa.
Hes not interested in holding a conversation with any of us or spending time with any of us as in his words he's tired every single day. Once the kids go down there is no time together he proceeds to stay upstairs and I'm downstairs or opposite way round.
Next problem, there as you might of guessed it, no intimacy whatsoever. No cuddles on sofa, no kissing no sexual relationship whatsoever. He's not interested one bit. If I try and start something he always says he's tired. I've tried to say to him about this and that I feel like he's no longer attracted to me and his answer is its nothing to do with me he's tired and that at our age its not something to be interested in anymore. We are early 30s fgs! Like I say even having a cuddle he finds uncomfortable and can't wait to pull away each time I have tried.
He refuses to spend anytime with anybody other than us. If any family or friends come round he stays upstairs in the bedroom. He refuses to come out anywhere with us if anybody else is there. He has no social life whatsoever even with me and him. Which is tbh a problem in itself as no one hardly has our children for us 2 to do something. I'm a social able person and see friends and family which he then complains about that I go out too much or I'm staying out too late with the children if I come home at 8pm. Which I feel is because he's not seeing us but for one, he is invited and chooses not too and two, why would we want to be at home all the time when he ignores us and is always miserable?
Ive spoke to him about how it upsets me that he is so ignorant towards my family and friends and his response to that is they haven't come to see me. Its embarrassing that he acts in this way and looks so rude towards people!
Im at my wits end. I love him and we have 2 beautiful children together and have spent a long time together but he's not willing to put in any effort and I can't live my life like this. It feels like I'm living with a teenager who spends his life in his room. I want to feel loved and that I have a partner in life but I feel like I have a separate life as he doesn't want to do things with me and the kids. It sounds awful but the kids moan when it's his turn to have them whilst I work cos he's boring, he doesn't want to do anything he doesn't let them have any friends round and is miserable.
Any advice will be much appreciated!