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To think this is abuse.

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Downandout21 · 21/09/2024 07:22

I love my job and I've always been good at it. Good contacted hours I've worked hard towards to fit around DD meaning no additional childcare, also good pay and I love my team.

DH always moans about it. I don't finished until 5 and by 4 he is moaning that I should be finished and my works stupid, won't look after DD as says I should be finished work and really puts me under pressure. Now my performance is declining.

I spoke to DH about this numerous times and he states he hates my job and he hopes I grt sacked so I have to apply for a new one.

I've eventually caved and have an interview for a new job today. Will mean having to work every other weekend, over Christmas and some nights. DH says we all have to make sacrifices.

I'm gutted, I worked really hard to get to where I am now and really do love my job.

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Conniebygaslight · 21/09/2024 08:49

Yes it is abuse and you should leave.

MumonabikeE5 · 21/09/2024 08:49

Don’t change jobs unless you want to.

your husband doesn’t want to parent.
he wants you to be at home.
Maybe he wants you isolated and dependent on him.
maybe he wants a housewife to care for him and so that he doesn’t have to care for kids and home .
can he afford for you to live on one salary?
(I’m not saying you want to be a SAHM)
if he can’t then that shuts him up .
he should have got himself a decent job if he wants to have a housekeeper and nanny.

if he can, but you don’t want to be financially dependent on him, well he needs to positively support and respect that too .

does he realise that when you divorce him he will be expected to be caring for your daughter 50% of the time?

is there after school club?
could your daughter do that?

Highlandspringg · 21/09/2024 08:46

Don't leave your job, leave your "D"H. And in the meantime stand up to the prick and tell him to fuck off.

Travelsalot · 21/09/2024 08:46

He just wants to control you and make you miserable. What a selfish horrid man.
You can move to a job you hate and he will still be the same.

Wanttobefree2 · 21/09/2024 08:46

Downandout21 · 21/09/2024 07:32

I wish it was. But nope absolutely true, I know I should stay at the job I want to do, but when you have someone moaning at you day after day for the last hour or so of your working day, it wears thin and it's easier to just get the new job.

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Wouldn’t it be easier to use childcare so you’re self-sufficient and not relying on him? Getting a new job doesn’t solve your problem.

AMRP · 21/09/2024 08:45

Please stay in your current job if you are happy. This is abuse, what a bastard….

Gonk123 · 21/09/2024 08:44

Why doesn’t he like your job?

Perimenopausalpenny · 21/09/2024 08:44

Whilst there is give and take in any relationship and a compromise is to be had it should be agreed by both parties and as I say to my DH - you don't have to walk the walk and do the actual work and likewise I support what he needs to do in his career as he is the one that has to go in day to day.

As much as I hate to say it, your other does not sound like a nice, supportive partner. I'm sorry that you are in this situation to have to make at least one difficult choice (change your job or ltb...)

sammyjoanne · 21/09/2024 08:43

Tell him your staying in your current job, and your going to switch off the phone for the last hour so he can stop pestering you to come home. He works 6-2 and cant be bothered to look after the daughter (and his son).Tell him he needs to put his big boy pants on and get on with being an actual dad.

billybear · 21/09/2024 08:42

my god what a total tool. lose the husband ,keep the job, who does he actually think he is,

rainingagainargh · 21/09/2024 08:41

100% responses say do not leave your job. Please do not leave this job that you love. It is rare for a person to find a job they love, I do not know many people at all that love their job so please stay.
He is a waste of space and adds nothing to your life apart from shares the bills. I agree with literally everyone on this thread, leave him.

4andup · 21/09/2024 08:41

Downandout21 · 21/09/2024 07:32

I wish it was. But nope absolutely true, I know I should stay at the job I want to do, but when you have someone moaning at you day after day for the last hour or so of your working day, it wears thin and it's easier to just get the new job.

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Is it easier because it sounds like more hassle for you. Is he jealous that you was in a job you loved and got paid good money to do. Why don't you tell him to f off and stop coercively controlling you.

Hellogoodbyehello4321 · 21/09/2024 08:39

Yes, he is abusive. Its good you recognise that so you can make plans accordingly.

I know many pp have already said it but please do not leave a job you love to plesse this abusive man. You will regret it. If you do end up leaving him, it will be far better to be in a job you love and are familiar with , that has normal hours.

If you do want to placate him, and I'd understand why, then the better option would be to change your hours to the 8 to 4 and share the costs of the before school care. I know you said you don't want to do this but that protects you far better instead of moving to a job which is an unknown quantity with difficult hours

betterangels · 21/09/2024 08:38

He will moan whatever you do btw. He's clearly an arsehole. He wants to break you to control you and is using your child to do it. Please don't let him.

softmauve · 21/09/2024 08:35

I can promise you he will moan about the next job.
Don't leave a job you love, just don't.

Coldautumnmornings · 21/09/2024 08:35

Absolutely do NOT leave the job you love. You will massively regret this decision. Yes this is abusive and controlling. Why on earth does he think you working weekends and nights will be easier?

betterangels · 21/09/2024 08:34

Why are you caving to a grown man having a toddler tantrum? Keep your old job. He isn't your boss. I'm angry for you.

Wheresthebeach · 21/09/2024 08:33

He knows you love your job which is why he’s trying to take it away from you. He wants you miserable

Skipsurvey · 21/09/2024 08:33

yabu to change your job that you love, stick to your guns

Katielovesteatime · 21/09/2024 08:33

He sounds like an absolute arse but obviously it would be ridiculous for you to quit your job. Just put your daughter in breakfast club if you don’t want to leave him and want him to shut up.

Sharptonguedwoman · 21/09/2024 08:32

Downandout21 · 21/09/2024 07:26

Well I asked hi hiw he would manage bed routine when I'm at work on weekends and he said he's not doing it and she will just have fun on the days she's with him

Please don't do this. I think he's undermining you and going to make you look like the fun-sponge after his nights which have no rules. Is he like this in other areas of your life? Find some child care for that hour if you possibly can and stay in the job you love. He sounds unhelpful, to say the least.

Lourdes12 · 21/09/2024 08:32

Its not about the job. If you quit he’ll find something else to moan about as a way to exercise control. Yes it’s a form of abuse

shockeditellyou · 21/09/2024 08:32

In case it hasn’t been said already:

DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE KIDS WITH THIS WASTE OF SPACE.

Kittybluecat · 21/09/2024 08:31

Keep your job, keep your power. Please don't cave in.

StopStartStop · 21/09/2024 08:31

Sirzy · 21/09/2024 07:26

Keep the job. Ditch the husband.

This.

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