AITAH for making my husband pick up our daughter from school and take her home with him

AITAH for making my husband pick up our daughter from school and take her home with him

I F32 asked my husband M30 to pick our daughter F4.5 from school since he was leaving work early. He’s not sick or anything he just “doesnt want to be there”. I normally pick her up after school on Mondays and I have to bring her to my work with me since we’re normally both still working when she’s done.
My work is pretty cool about it but I try not to take advantage of it. My husband works 2 miles from her school and has to basically drive by to go home so I asked him to just pick her up since he’s leaving work and planning on going straight home. He got upset and asked if he could drop her off at my work and I told him I was pretty busy today and it would be super helpful if he could just take her home. He got upset and then stated that when I got home from work he has to leave and “do stuff”. When i asked what he needed to do he didnt want to tell me and then said he needed to return things to home depot.
I told him there is no reason why he wouldnt be able to do that before grabbing her or even while he has her as she loves doing things with her dad and he started ranting about not wanting to take her with him. Now he NEVER takes the kids alone to do anything. It is SO frustrating. He also stated he cant clean the house with her there and how im ruining his plans. He has probably gone to the store alone with the kids maybe 4 times. I literally have to do everything with the kids, even work. I work from home 2 times during the week to take care of other daughter 2F. I feel like I’m asking the bare minimum right now of parenting. AITH?

Here’s what people had to say to OP:

Bro your husband is acting like a child not a father. What kind of dad doesn’t want to spend time with kids? Not cool man

‘He also stated he cant clean the house with her there

He also can’t go fuck his side piece with the kid in tow.

Oh my ex pulled this all the time. Once we divorced his house was a pigsty and that was his excuse. Funny how I manage to do it though….

Sounds like you might be better off as a single mom. You basically are anyway. If your husband doesn’t want your daughter with him, he is probably doing something he shouldn’t be.

I just want to share in case OP considers this route, I left my husband for similar reasons. We had three kids, I was already doing it alone, plus he acted very much like he hated me so why would he care if I left?

Fast forward nearly 10 years later – we’ve gone through three highly contentious court processes (our 2+ year divorce, plus two attempts on his part for significant custody modification). He wanted the kids with him full time, despite never paying them any attention when we were married. I’ve spent nearly 100k in courts due to this. He makes coparenting hell, and I find myself counting the days until it’s over

I don’t regret getting divorced. My life IS better. But it has not been easy. He made sure that he still got to punish me for leaving him.

it’s a little odd with all the pushback of him not wanting her with him. sounds shady like he wants to do something she can’t be there for, not saying he’s cheating but something seems off.

Did anyone on here watch “All Her Fault”? This is reminding me of Jenny’s husband lying about working so he could seat in a parking lot and have me time smh. OP might be married but she’s far from being in a partnership in my opinion.

NTA. At best he is a lazy partner and husband. At worst there is something shady going o

NTA at alll!!! You are having to do the job of a single mom when he’s there and able just not willing to help. I cannot comprehend how he thinks it’s would be ok for him to drop off his daughter with you while you are at work just because he doesn’t feel like being a parent and taking her with him to Home Depot.

One, Do you ever get solo time?

Two, children are smart and pick up on these things. This girl is going to know her dad doesn’t like spending solo time with her even though she likes it and it’s going to crush her.

 

what do you think ??

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