Does anyone know what effect it can have if you argue a lot when your kids are present? Will it change them as they grow up or affect them in other ways? I know it is not good to row in front of the kids but what effect does it have and how will this come out in them??
My partner and I are going through (another) bad patch but this time its a lot worse. I have said that I can't carry on like this - I dread him coming home from work sometimes even if we parted on good terms coz I know he'll find something to argue about later. My biggest worry is my girls. We do try now to wait until they have gone to bed before we "talk" but then we cannot even speak to each other at all. He says I am unbearable - but I don't think I am. Even if I'm feeling low I try to be cheery and have a joke with him. He does work hard so I appreciate that he is tired etc but life is for living isn't it? I always say that as long as we are all healthy any other problem can be put into perspective. But he seems to dwell on things constantly. When we do row he can be very aggressive (not so much in front of kids) and I am sometimes quite scared of him.
We have come close to breaking up a few times but when it came to it I couldn't bear to part him from the kids (I would fall apart without them if it were me and he is a good dad to them) and I told myself I did still love him and surely if we both try more we can have a happy future. Am i kidding myself??
Could go on an on but my head is getting a bit jumbled now (and the kids are running wild in the garden)
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