I have a stutter, always have and it's been a pain in my arse since I started talking. My mum used to get irritated by it, family members used to mimic me, I got bullied at school because of it and have fucked up many job interviews with it. But I can't do anything about it.
This morning I called DH to tell him his car was ready at the garage. I have a migraine and am feeling a bit stressed out and stuttered pretty much every word about 6 times. Suddenly he blurted out "for fucks sake, just tell me the basics, I have stuff to be getting on with". How nasty is that?? So I basically told him "car is ready at garage" and stuttered throughout, mainly because he'd stressed me out further and made me more aware of it. I heard him mutter "jesus christ, finally" when I'd finished. I started to tell him he had upset me, had a massive attack of the stutters and he shouted "just shut up!" and turned off his phone!!!
That was this morning. At 1pm he came in and said he didn't want me calling him at work anymore as it was frustrating listening to me "blabber on" and he couldn't be doing with it. I told him he had really upset me this morning and he went ballistic and shouted at me that I should get something done about it because it drives him insane. He said I embarrassed him at the garage because it took me "years" to tell the guy what car I wanted, he said he hates going to lunch with me because other people look across at us when I talk and he hates me going out with his friends because I "can't even talk properly". This came out of the blue, I have seen him getting annoyed with me before (much in the same way as my mother used to) but he's never actually said anything before.
I said to him if I'm so embarassing and annoying maybe he should leave. I was upset so stutter was terrible and he blew his top and stormed over to me and yelled in my face "shut up, just shut up".
Like I say this is the first time this has ever come to light and is probably the first major row we've ever had. I'm upset for a number of reasons, one being I can't believe this thing has ruined a marriage now. I feel if I annoy him that much he can't love me???