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To leave DH if he loses his second job in three years?

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Joness2 · 11/08/2025 20:22

My DH got dismissed (walked before he was pushed) from his previous job 3 years ago. It was set to go to hearing but his Union representative advised him he was likely to be dismissed so he resigned in order to not have to declare a dismissal when applying for future roles.

I was furious, I was in the early stages of pregnancy and could not believe he would be so stupid. It was a very worrying time for a while with finances etc.

He found a new job about 2 months before our child was born so had minimal paternity leave (he would have had 4 weeks had he not left his job). It caused a lot of resentment and I struggled to get over it.

He has remained in that job without issue until now. He told me after work today that he has been informed of disciplinary action due to inappropriate comments towards (female) colleagues on a night out. This is the exact reason he had to leave his job before. He promised me then he would not go on nights out with work again, something he has mainly stuck to only waning if it’s something where there isn’t drink involved.

This time, he is convinced that he will get a warning and is not at risk of dismissal. This is his opinion rather than factual.

I am so bloody angry with him doing this again and told him that if he loses his job, we are over. Infact, I’m considering leaving regardless having been told the vile comments.

He says I should be supporting him and that we are a team and to threaten to leave is making it ‘about me’.

Do you think I should try to support him through this and how to handle any hearing or would you leave him to clean up his own mess?

OP posts:
Bambamhoohoo · 11/08/2025 22:16

DoAsYouWouldBeMumBy · 11/08/2025 22:15

After you leave him, I suggest that you have some therapy to find out why your bar was so low.

Talk about kick a women whilst she’s down. Surely posters can resist the snidey comments for once?

Xyloplane · 11/08/2025 22:16

Joness2 · 11/08/2025 22:03

It’s embarrassing to type out to be honest.

Previous job - he made drunken comments to a senior manager. Summarised - said she isn’t good at her job and must be a cracking shag which is why her male line manager kept her on. So inappropriate. Union advised that there’d be no chance of him staying as the manager would influence the hearing.

Current job - three comments involving one colleague as well as a manager (not his own). Colleague works remotely and met team for the first time in person.

He commented (saying he was surprised) on her having a nice bum and not being able to appreciate it through a screen. ‘Joked’ about starting a gofundme for her to move nearer to the office so the men could see her more regularly.

Other manager, comment was not made directly to her but to a colleague who reported it. Basically, it was said that this manager is quite strict and pulling people up on performance. He said that he wouldn’t mind her disciplining him and suggested a sex act she could perform (basically using a toy on him)… so fucking gross

I’m sorry but I really don’t like the phrasing here. The union said the manager would influence the hearing? That sounds like victim blaming to me and if the union rep said that they should be out of a job themselves.

These are not inappropriate comments. It’s sexual harassment and he should be fired.

DoAsYouWouldBeMumBy · 11/08/2025 22:15

After you leave him, I suggest that you have some therapy to find out why your bar was so low.

Aur0raAustralis · 11/08/2025 22:15

If you truly were a team, he would have been doing everything in his power to support you during pregnancy, not losing his job. At the very least, he would have made sure he was never in that position again. Yet here you are.

He doesn't get to act against the interests of the 'team', then bleat when you do the same.

BufferingAgain · 11/08/2025 22:14

He’s like someone from a Carry On film - how on earth can he have that little awareness. And these are just the things you hear about because they become part of formal gross misconduct hearings. What other stuff does he do inside and outside work that does unreported

LTB so you can start rebuilding your life asap … Seriously please don’t be embarrassed - it’s all on him.

Btowngirl · 11/08/2025 22:14

I thought you were being unreasonable until that little nugget of why he is being disciplined got thrown in at the end! LTB

Echobelly · 11/08/2025 22:13

Ok, my DH has lost a few jobs in his time, sometimes interpersonal (not as in disciplinary, but as in falling out with people) but not for that reason which is a bit of a red flag to say the least.

LeavesOnTrees · 11/08/2025 22:13

As everyone else is saying, plus he must be spectacularly stupid to say these things to and about his managers.

Francestein · 11/08/2025 22:12

I would leave him because he’s too stupid to realise that his “Bantz Pantz” behaviour is unacceptable in a professional environment, disrespects you entirely and proves that he is a boarish, sexist oaf who doesn’t learn from his mistakes. I hope your baby isn’t exposed to this man.

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 11/08/2025 22:12

Just seen your update OP how grim! Don’t be embarrassed for yourself you’re not responsible for what comes out of his mouth. He’s an idiot and a loose cannon, you cannot trust him.

Darragon · 11/08/2025 22:12

Jesus Christ the update. Are you married to Greg Wallace?

FairKoala · 11/08/2025 22:12

I would leave because of the comments. Whether he gets sacked this time or not is immaterial. He is too stupid to learn that you can’t go around making offensive comments and not have consequences.

If you are a team then each team member works for the benefit of the team.
Making offensive comments and losing his job then repeating the same scenario means he is working against the team he thinks he is a part of

Gcsunnyside23 · 11/08/2025 22:12

Get rid of him, throw him in the bloody bin. Op you deserve much better than this creep

Cinaferna · 11/08/2025 22:11

I was all set to say 'for better for worse, for richer for poorer' but it's not about him losing his job. It's about him being a completely unreconstructed sex pest. It's about whether or not you want to be married to a man who embarrasses you, who you would feel repelled by if he were a stranger or colleague making those comments to you while you tried to get on with your job. The first time should have been a wake up call to him to mature and learn to respect women and recognise what they have to deal with.

However I do agree with a PP who said, make all decisions with a cool head. Ensure you are financially stable alone, and mentally, physically, emotionally in the right place to become a single parent and endure a separation. It's very stressful.

niadainud · 11/08/2025 22:10

What an utter knob. Did he think he was being funny and totally misjudge (I have a friend like this, although he wouldn't say anything that would get him fired), or is he just a real creep towards women?

CatMummyOf3 · 11/08/2025 22:09

YANBU to consider leaving him.

He says I should be supporting him and that we are a team and to threaten to leave is making it ‘about me’.

Why the hell should you be supporting him? He created this mess with his "vile comments", that's all on him. You should be making it about you, and your child.

If his behaviour is so bad he's facing disciplinary action (again), is that someone you want to be with? As said by others, there are probably more instances that weren't reported.

Only you can decide whether to stay with him. Personally I wouldn't, but I don't know your circumstances; can you financially support yourself and your child if you leave - can you support all 3 of you when he loses this job too?

charlieandthechocolatfactory · 11/08/2025 22:09

Ewww
was he always like this?

I wouldn’t stay married to that especially having a child..do you have a daughter?

gingercat02 · 11/08/2025 22:07

Don't be embarrassed just kick him out. He's a disgusting misogynistic creep.
Do it for your child if not yourself.

slipperypenguin · 11/08/2025 22:07

He has no respect for you

HouseofDreams · 11/08/2025 22:06

He is disgusting. How on earth can you think twice about staying with this man.

Bambamhoohoo · 11/08/2025 22:05

Oh OP. I’m sorry. Don’t be embarrassed for him. He’s the one who did it and you’re not responsible for a horrible man’s poor behaviour.

Zempy · 11/08/2025 22:05

Oh he’s grim. Dump him

Agapornis · 11/08/2025 22:03

Do you want to be married to a sex pest creep?

Edit as crosspost: you have nothing to be embarrassed about.

Joness2 · 11/08/2025 22:03

It’s embarrassing to type out to be honest.

Previous job - he made drunken comments to a senior manager. Summarised - said she isn’t good at her job and must be a cracking shag which is why her male line manager kept her on. So inappropriate. Union advised that there’d be no chance of him staying as the manager would influence the hearing.

Current job - three comments involving one colleague as well as a manager (not his own). Colleague works remotely and met team for the first time in person.

He commented (saying he was surprised) on her having a nice bum and not being able to appreciate it through a screen. ‘Joked’ about starting a gofundme for her to move nearer to the office so the men could see her more regularly.

Other manager, comment was not made directly to her but to a colleague who reported it. Basically, it was said that this manager is quite strict and pulling people up on performance. He said that he wouldn’t mind her disciplining him and suggested a sex act she could perform (basically using a toy on him)… so fucking gross

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Laura95167 · 11/08/2025 22:03

Hang on... DH has in two separate jobs said something so vulgar and inappropriate to female colleagues hes faced disciplinary action? To a level quitting was his best bet?

The first time he jumped (which is the only thing that saved his pension because that can be forfeit if you are sacked for gross misconduct) i act as decision manager in those sort of cases for my employer and although its a balance of probability it must have been extremely serious for the unions advice to be quit.

The second time hes hoping for a warning and his only concern is you and him being a "team"?

This isnt a misunderstanding or something he cant control. This isnt a mistake. Its a pattern of behaviour and who he is..

The issue isnt his job its that hes a pig! "Im sorry love, I said something grossly inappropriate to a woman behind your back but dont worry I hopefully wont lose my job this time"

Honestly not sure this is an end it IF situation.

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