I 35m can‘t bring myself to leave a terrible relationship 35f (8months daughter) that drives me to the point of thinking of somekind of exit. I don’t want to get into details because I just know that i am terribly sad and even the smile of my daughter sometimes can’t make me really happy anymore. I try to tell myself that me suffering is OK because its all about the daughter right now and harmony is very important for me. So I try to not be offensive etc infront of my daughter

My question to other singledads is how did you bring yourself to get out of the relationship ? Its „only“ verbal abuse in my case. So the ones that got cheated on please don’t feel adressed.

Edit: we are in counseling and its not working in my eyes. I am on lexapro and almost never cried or shed tears usually. This week I cried several times.

Edit 2: My mind goes like this equation Leaving mommy equals 🟰 bad dad, bad person that keeps me blocked.

Thanks everybody!! I need to take care of my little angel 👼 now and will look later in more of your comments. I am so glad this subreddit exists

Edit 3: i am still living with my gf. We are going to counseling. We still have regularly fights and for one week now i have felt safe in our flat but the bad awakening came today. And after I was trying to keep my compulsure was told to fuck off and my parents raising me badly was brought up and then more insults about my mother came up. Btw she is helping us 3-4 times a week and does all the babysitting while we have counseling. Its just so fucking frustrating. I just cant bring myself to leave gf because I am afraid that she will lose it totally in a way that will be bad for my daughter. But when I hear that my parents are being insulted I just would like to punch her. Because I mentioned several times that this line cannot be crossed. For me it also destroys future family gatherings and so on.