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Am I the only one going through this?

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Mumofkidss2 · 19/12/2025 18:19

A few weeks ago I realized I was working 2 overlapping shifts at work,I tried finding coverage but no one got back to me so I asked my boss. I was on the schedule to work A and B shift. I found someone for B the same time my boss found someone for A. So I was then only going to be working 4 hours instead of 12 and my husband went ballistic saying we weren't taking the kids to this celebration and I better fix it so I am working a normal shift so I did and picked up someone else's 12 hour shift(we need the money) so I told him all this the night before despite him screaming at me. Then the day we were supposed to go somewhere he was like I am sick so you better not be working 12 hours,so then I had to contact my boss and be like I have to work the 4 hours and not 12. Then my husband tells me if my boss was a guy I would have been fired because he would have fired me because I sound whiny etc.
But now hes telling me I was giving my shifts away and how I will have to start working 100 hours a month because we cant afford groceries. This coming from someone who quit a job working less hours because his boss wanted him to work earlier in the morning and he didnt feel like getting up.
Then last night he bought stuff and one package of erasers accidently opened in the front when he picked it up(easy fix to me,get some tape and tape the front and pull the erasers from the back) tell me why this man then decides to slam the package into the bag busting it opening screaming how no one is getting * christmas now and hes not wrapping anything and hes done hes going to sell the house and the kids can come with him or not.
This man literally screamed over the smallest things(which aren't small to him by the way obviously). His behavior is absolutely ridiculous hes in his late 40s screaming at his own children. Demanding i work 100 hours a month at work even though I am only on call.
I want to know what resources are out there for me? Also hes not the civil type,he has threatened before to call the cops on me if I took our joint car to work instead of solving an argument immediately when I was going to be late for work,he has threatened to change the locks on me as well(hes the only one with his name on the house),and hes also said he will get a free lawyer(he used to work with them) and that I will be the one to pay child support and not have custody because my 2 sisters didn't have their kids and I didn't grow up with my mom.
I need opinions or insight please

This is also a frequently occuring thing I am always walking on eggshells because of him. Also our youngest child is very defiant says no always has to be first and will scream and scream an he will just spank them and scream at them to shut up. a few weeks ago he packed a bag to leave because of how our youngest was acting. I truly cant do this anymore but i literally have no one,no money and i cant just up and take my kids out of school and leave my job. I work a 12 hour shift tomorrow and have to push this aside even though its really effecting me and i will be worried if the kids are behaving and he will cancel christmas again

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popcornandpotatoes · 19/12/2025 18:43

Jesus Christ, I don't really follow the shift stuff but your husband is extremely abusive and a real nasty piece of work. You urgently need to get yourself and children away from him.

Others with more knowledge and advice will be along soon no doubt

WilfredsPies · 19/12/2025 22:12

First of all, you need to stop panicking. His name might be on the house, but he’s forgetting you’re married. If he thinks he’s going to kick you out, take the kids and leave you sleeping in a cardboard box while paying him child support, he’s in for a nasty shock. Also lawyers aren’t hugely keen on working for free for their family members. None of them will work for free for a former colleague. And the courts don’t award custody based on either sisters or grandmothers. He’s full of shit and he’s trying to frighten you.

Call WomensAid. You’re in an abusive relationship and they will tell you exactly what resources are available to you and how to access them. This man is an abusive pig.

Menopausio · 19/12/2025 22:14

Do you live in the UK @Mumofkidss2 ?

HuskyNew · 19/12/2025 22:16

My insight is you are in an abusive relationship. The next time he screams / hits / throws you can call the police. He claims of free lawyers are absolutely rubbish.

does he work?

Pollqueen · 19/12/2025 22:18

Fuck me, i couldn't understand half of that but what I did understand sounds awful. It sounds as though this was written by someone in extreme distress which you have every right to be. Are you in the UK?

Pollqueen · 19/12/2025 22:22

Yes WilfredPies is giving good starting advice. You do have agency here OP and hopefully this thread will be the start of helping you and your kids get away

Pollqueen · 19/12/2025 22:24

And yes seconded, I'm a lawyer and trust me, we do not work for free, ex colleague or not

Calendulaaria · 19/12/2025 22:26

He's convinced you he has all the power and has you completely intimidated. Most of what he says will turn out to be untrue. Get some outside support, see a lawyer and find out what will actually happen if you split. He is abusive and you won't believe how peaceful life will be without him. You can do this.

RaininSummer · 19/12/2025 22:27

Hard to follow the post but he is a monster. Make plans to rid yourself of him or leave.

MarxistMags · 19/12/2025 22:28

"and he will cancel christmas again"
This says it all really. Time to put things in place so you and the kids can safely leave. There IS help out there.

MrsDoomesPattersen · 19/12/2025 22:32

Register your home as marital home on land registry

Mumofkidss2 · 20/12/2025 01:59

Cant live in the same home when we split and I cant afford my own place.

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Mumofkidss2 · 20/12/2025 02:56

Idk how he expects me to work 100 hours a month when I can only work weekends and possibly some evenings but I dont have a set schedule so I have to ask people if I can cover for them. Also our oldest will be doing activities after school during the spring/summer which will limit when I can work and he thinks that he will somehow get an allowance when he wont be working this summer either but he just started this job in September and has already been sick 3 times and missed work including the first week he started.
So what happens in the summer when he do3snt get any money at all and I somehow have to pay for everything,even working 100 hours a month wont cover it

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WaterVolePocketWatch · 20/12/2025 03:04

What country are you in, @Mumofkidss2? And state / area?

It’ll help us help you.

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