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Originally Posted by onetime2
Everything (cooking, cleaning, paying bills, taking care of pets, maintaining the house, laundry, etc) fell on to me no matter how many hours I also had to work. I knew we couldn't go on like this. Asked (hell, almost begged) for help with those things for the last 5 years and would get a little effort followed by a return to me taking care of everything.
I love her and she loves me but you just can't have a healthy relationship when one person shoulders 99.9% of the burden.
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Freeloaders are the worst. What makes it worse is when it's accompanied by the, "oh but we get along oh so well" scenario.
But in the end, they don't contribute much to the relationship and generally at that point it's time to move on with life! Mental baggage doesn't help things either. It's pretty much impossible to carry on a normal functional relationship with someone when they can't even get past the personal issues.
Congrats in your new freedom! It sucks to end a relationship if you're attached to the person, but you now have a clean slate and no worries.