It sounds like you treat him like a child because he behaves like one.
My older two got so attached to my last partner but that relationship failed miserably and the kids suffered a lot. I try so hard to keep us together for the kids. He plays computer games or watches telly most of the day. I love him but I can’t handle the fact he does nothing. I even pay him to take the older kids to school, as I don’t have the time – and I pay for everything else as well.
He does very little around the house and if I do ask him to do something he sulks and says I treat him like child. They’re not any naughtier than any other kids of the same age – they’re just normal! He also favours our two kids over my elder children, who he says are naughty and don’t listen to him.
So I guess we never had that time to really get to know each other. He has never contributed to anything – ever! We didn’t actually date each other in the usual way because I got pregnant very quickly. My problem is, I feel like I’m in a relationship with a man-child. I’ve been in a relationship for three years and have four children – the elder two are from a previous relationship and the younger two I had with my partner.