I'm 5mths pg with our first baby. We have recently bought a house which needs alot of work - superficial, ie decorating and furniture rather than knocking down walls. The house is a bit of a tip while various tradesmen/parents come and go to help us sort it out. IMO it's going well, it's what we expected, but DH is not coping with it well. There IS a lot to do, and he is doing more physical work than me, but I am doing all the online and baby research, IYSWIM.
He gets so stressed with the house being messy and today has told me to off for leaving a splash of tea on the sink when we were rushing to leave the house for work. I was shocked but not as shocked as later tonight when he shouted at me in horrible language and complained about how useless I am. I am a mild tempered person and I don't shout back - I said we had to talk about it, not shout, and this seemed to make him angrier and he stomped off upstairs. I've said before that he has anger management problems but he blames it on me for being messy/not doing enough/not caring.
I'm worried that he will shout and swear and have this temper with the baby, and I don't want the baby to grow up in a household like that. What can I do?
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Help! How can I handle DH's temper?
notlettingthefearshow · 31/08/2011 20:44
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