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Am I going mad? Dh argument.

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Maisy313 · 02/04/2016 23:25

I feel like I have no idea, had friends over today for lunch and dp was making drinks, we were having a slightly irritable conversation in the kitchen (he'd had to run into work this morning and id been left to sort house / make lunch with two dc one of whom is 20mo and he returned in a bit of a fed up state at that same time as our guests). I was holding the ice cube tray under the sink and was about to turn the tap on and he pulled it out of my hands in a really irritable way and went to take over. A couple of months ago he pushed me (not very hard) from the sink when we were having an argument about washing up and I was in the middle of doing it. Something about this action just seemed really dismissive / rude to me and reminded me of precious incident, I know it sounds completely ridiculous but it's the being taken over when in the middle of doing something. I brought it up after our guests left, he denied it happened then said if it did happen it wasn't irritable and he took over to help me, it's this outright lying that makes me feel slightly insane. Although perhaps is a non issue in the first place? In the end we had an argument which resulted in him telling me to fuck off. Sometimes I just feel the more I do (have covered all the Childcare this Easter holiday (we both work) and he has been away with work so also holding forte on my own, goes unappreciated - it's almost as if the more I do the least appreciation he shows.

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Birthgeek · 03/04/2016 00:14

Walking on eggshells?

Aradiacat · 03/04/2016 00:17

Buy this, but make sure you keep it well hidden, I doubt he would react well to finding it, www.amazon.co.uk/Why-Does-He-That-Controlling/dp/0425191656

Nobodyspecialanymore · 03/04/2016 00:19

Life is too short to be married to an asshole.
There's a much happier life waiting for you away from this aggressive, violent control freak.
Don't tell him you are leaving, just do it from a safe place with the dc with you.

Maisy313 · 03/04/2016 00:20

The other thing that I really hate is sometimes feeling a bit backed into a corner with sex, he will say something like 'I'm looking forward to getting you in the bedroom tonight' but sort of set the situation up so it's hard to get out off, he gets mildly moody if I don't. Nothing big. But just a sense that he knows what he's doing and it isn't really giving me a compliment. Writing this stuff down is helping me. Thanks everyone for writing back.

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YouTheCat · 03/04/2016 00:20

I bet he asks you 'what have you been doing all day'. Hmm

Nobodyspecialanymore · 03/04/2016 00:22

Maisy, you deserve to be happy. He sounds vile.

liinyo · 03/04/2016 00:42

It is a weird thing to say but everything you write reminds me of my mum. She worked very hard in high pressure roles (back in the 60s/70s when mums didn't do that). She was renowned for being totally calm and In control at work, but at home she was very different. Every little bit of pressure and anxiety was taken out on me and my DS and DB, we could do nothing right. The way we ate, slept, washed up, whatever, we were always wrong. At the time it was our normal, but looking back I can see how abusive it was.

We had no choice - she was our mum, we had to accept the way things were. You already have an inkling that he is being unreasonable. Listen to your inner voice. Make the changes you need to make. Don't let your DCs be telling this story in therapy in 40 years time.

Frenchseam · 03/04/2016 16:32

Hope you are ok Flowers. Make a diary of these occaisions and give yourself some time to think about it maybe?

FYI You can get advice via email with relate, or phone sessions. The other party doesn't have to be involved if you don't want to at this stage. Might help clarify things in your head a bit. X

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