I need some help/advice on this one. It's been slowly getting worse and worse.
So basically DH & I both have quick tempers. We also have 3 small children and are often very stressed with that. We have just had a month's holiday together which sounds divine but in truth, it wasn't. The kids are so small (4,3 & 1) and so were doing a lot of moaning and complaining and just being extremely demanding so for me having DH around it was like dealing iwht another child. It's impossible to have a conversation with the kids around so we end up getting really narky and often it escalates and we find ourselves really cross with one another and then taking that out on the kids, just a vicious circle really.
I know it's the stress of having the kids that trigger it as come evening when they are all asleep in bed (bliss), we get on well and are warm towards each other. Still I can't help but feel resentful of DH and I know he is resentful towards me too of the nasty exchanges we have when the kids are around.
Worst of all is that the kids are witnessing this bad communication between us and I really want to knock that on the head asap.
They rarely see us cuddly and warm together or having a laugh, holding hands etc. Mostly they see 2 very cross parents who behave like they can't stand one another.
We are going to a parenting course in October, but that is a long way off.... I need some tools to help us before then!
Does anyhone have any suggestions or experiences to share?
Thanks for reading : )
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DH & I at each others throats in front of kids...
OnlyMe1971 · 07/08/2011 13:18
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