He bought them everything at his place and I can't compete

Same boat, Surrey side. Reach out anytime — this community got me through. A counsellor on here offered a free first session and it genuinely changed the trajectory of my year.

ugh i know this feeling so well. dollar store craft nights at my place somehow beat the fancy gadgets at his. kids are weird and wonderful like that.

Counsellor perspective: kids consistently rate feeling known above being given things, and the research on that is genuinely comforting. Your presence is the one asset he can't buy. It's still okay to grieve the unfairness.

you're not competing, you're parenting. the stuff wears off. you don't.

been on this exact ride. happy to compare notes if you ever want to message me, the guilt spiral around it is its own beast.

mine did the disney dad thing too. two years on, my kid talks about our pancake saturdays, not the console. they know where the steadiness lives.