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nothappybunny457 · 22/03/2012 11:09

this is what dh said to me an hour ago.
when you asked for my help when your father died, i spent five grand as well as not working for a whole week. I was bothered to turn up, but your uncles didnt.

there was a lot of other horrible stuff. before that was said, and for years and years before that. to clarify, he didnt manage to come till the third day, and my cousin had to call in favours so that he could get the visas to get there, I am talking about openeing up the embassy on a sunday. The kids still didnt make it to the funeral, and i will never forget thinking that all these random cousins kids were pallbearers and yet his grandson wasnt. I didnt ask him for help . I told him that the kids should be able to say goodby e to their grandad whom they loved very much. as for my uncles, they had all come and the two he is refering to, had to leave by the time he got there. four days later.

I am writing this here, coz i have a habit of forgetting the truly horrible stuff. and i dont want to forget this. I told him that by saying those words, he had canceled out any positives he might have made when my dad died. I also told him i want a divorce. we also have builders in the house right now. he will say that i am a screaming banshee because i screamed at him when he said that. I also chucked stuff at him. including his laptop, an empty coke bottle and the fairy liquid. that was in the kitchen, not the living room. I then had to go have a shower, because my pelvic floor had given way.

Im tired of the constant emotional and financial abuse. But i also dont think i have the strentgh for the fight the divorce will entail.

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WorraLiberty · 22/03/2012 11:17

Sounds complicated and you sound very distressed Sad

Has he said why he couldn't make it there any sooner?

Violence is not the answer though. You talk about his emotional and financial abuse towards you, but physical abuse towards him is just as bad.

nothappybunny457 · 22/03/2012 11:29

he coulnt make it any sooner coz of the visas. if my cousin hadnt called in the favour, he wouldnt have made it for more than a week. The kids needed to say goodbye to their grandfather. and he can afford the five grand to attend his father in laws death. we are talking higher rater tax payer.

i agree chucking stuff at him isnt the answer. but as i said earlier. its gone on for many years. and there has been a lot of rubbish

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WhereYouLeftIt · 22/03/2012 11:35

From what you say, it wasn't possible for him to get there any earlier than he did; so regardless of how you felt about him not being there, I don't see how he can be held at fault for that. And I can see how it is possible to mistakenly believe that someone who is not there when you get there, wasn't there before either. Simple mistake.

There is presumably a big back story here that I am unaware of (you say "it" has gone on for many years), but the example you have given does not make me think ill of your husband.

nothappybunny457 · 22/03/2012 11:38

yes, there is a back story.

if you do a good thing, then insist on being praised for it, then surely that cancels out the good thing? like giving to charity only to be praised for it rather than with any actual intentions of helping the charity out?

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WhereYouLeftIt · 22/03/2012 11:41

Depends on what you mean by "insist".

WorraLiberty · 22/03/2012 11:41

Maybe he doesn't insist on praise as such...just acceptance that it's not his fault he couldn't get there sooner?

I agree with Where...there may be a back story but from what you've actually posted, it doesn't sound as though he's done anything wrong.

nothappybunny457 · 22/03/2012 11:45

okie. its good to get a different perspective.

thank you

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BareBums · 22/03/2012 11:46

If that's all his done its not his fault he couldn't be there sooner, even you said your cousins had to open up earlier to get him the visas, that's not his fault?

Or are you upset because he keeps talking about the 5k he had to spend?

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