Hi, I'm married 14 years now with 3 young kids to a man from a different country/culture. I'm from the UK. He is constantly on the phone/What's up talking in his own language to family or friends for hours. It would be all weekend. First call in Saturday morning at 8:30am for at least 2 hours. Usually calls most evenings and he would suit himself and eat his dinner around calls.
Apart from being mentally tired of listening to another language I don't understand especially during mealtimes. He's talking and laughing sitting or lying on the sofa in open plan apartment. The talk would mostly revert to money, how to get visas for different countries or cultural family problems. These topics my family or friends or I wouldn't talk about or have an interest in talking about at all.
In the beginning of the marriage, he said it was important talk sorting out family problems, building a house for his family, arranging money for funerals/sick relatives, arranging his sister's wedding etc. So, I didn't mind as much but it is not the case now. After, 14 years now, I'm drained listening to another language all the time in the small apartment. He talks more in his own language than English.
Anyone else in the same situation?
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Yazkiz · 16/11/2020 21:05
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