I'm not in an abusive relationship let me be clear/. But we do bicker a lot, and at the moment stress levels are high with me looking after 2 yo and 3 month old baby, no sleep for months, and I am on verge of mild PND.
Today we were out for the day and I was b/feeding. 2 yo had a tantrum which DH found it hard to deal with. Everyone was frustrated including me as I felt stuck and helpless to do anything as I was feeding. Eventually 2 yo bumped his head a bit, DH very frustrated so took a swipe at my shoulder at which point I completely lost it and stood up and screamed at him not to hit me. It didn't hurt a lot or leave a mark but I felt he hit me. He says he tapped me. 2 weeks ago in a similar situation he 'tapped' me on the leg with a big umbrella and a week before in an argument he grabbed my wrist even when I screamed at him to let go of me. I have raised this in discussion with him and he always says I drive him to it etc, but I say he has to have more self control, as to me it feels as if he's hit me even though it's a tap to him. I have told him if it happens repeatedly I will not put up with it. I know I am not easy to live with at the moment but still. we are a normal middle-class professional couple and we can both try harder, but to me this is a No-No. What do you think?
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Thatsnotmyfigure · 06/12/2014 21:27
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