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Unhappy with being unhappy...aibu to just leave?!

33 replies

whatawhoohaaa · 05/06/2017 23:57

-name changed-

I have been married for 10years. Non of that 10 years (and at least third of my relationship with him before marriage) has been particularly fulfilling and I am frankly bored to tears!

Regardless of that we have two young children and just as the saying goes, it hasn't made anything better!

We argue in front of the children..about how to parent and he is very tense when we are all together. As soon as they are in bed it's all light and fluffy like we haven't spent the day arguing! I dread days out as a family as I find it stressful with him.

He has always been singular in his actions. He never consulted me about annual leave, I would find out the day/week he was off. No discussion or thought that as a couple we would take annual leave together.

He doesn't allow me to know passwords etc, I don't know what his financial situation is really like.

He has no idea how to appropriately dress/feed the kids - they are 3&6 and he les them go out in tights and a T-shirt, unbrushed hair, or just puts the cloths I have set out over the top of pj's etc even in hot weather so they are overheating - but judges other children on their state of dress. He then says well I don't know anything about fashion??

That's just a snapshot, but his behaviour/input in build up to the wedding and the day was upsetting and I just haven't gotten past it. I resent him and bored and dong think it's a healthy relationship for our children to model.

So, although the impact in the kids will be awful (one has asd and emotional difficulties) aibu to just leave?

I don't believe either of us are happy.

OP posts:
PaintingByNumbers · 07/06/2017 13:41

does he also have aspergers?
yanbu to just leave, no, it sounds a horrible situation. are the children safe for shared care - is he reliable enough about the basics?

aginghippy · 07/06/2017 14:10

everyone thinks he's wonderful

It doesn't matter what everyone else thinks, they are not married to him. You do not love him, have no respect for him and are not happy. YANBU to end the marriage.

barrygetamoveonplease · 07/06/2017 14:13

Get out, or get him out. I stayed longer than I should with the ex because my parents had put so much into the marriage.

The deceptiveness which makes a man wonderful to others and a bastard at home is not Asperger's. Most Aspies can't be bothered to dissemble - we are as we are.

whatawhoohaaa · 07/06/2017 14:58

He isn't on the spectrum, I am and another reason why I have stayed. I am very aware how difficult it can be to live with me and know he finds some particular behaviours annoying but I get stuck in them and rely on them to cope!

Lying, stealing and emotional affairs however are not equivalent to my add. I am huh functioning with a job and capable of looking after my kids. I do however struggle with it all as well as his shit

OP posts:
PaintingByNumbers · 07/06/2017 15:21

it sounds more like you are putting up with a lot than him.

PaintingByNumbers · 07/06/2017 15:59

how do you envisage the relationship finishing? it sounds like you are thinking of leaving the family home, is that because he will refuse to leave? would it help you to take practical steps towards leaving or getting him to leave or is something else holding you back from splitting up?

whatawhoohaaa · 07/06/2017 16:53

Neither of us could afford the house on our own, we will both have to leave. I don't think I could put up with him living in the spare room to Dave money!!

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PaintingByNumbers · 07/06/2017 20:28

lol no that would be a step too far! so splitting up is going to involve a lot of pushing from you, it sounds like, if you are going to have to get him to agree to sell as well. he has got you to stay this long by being passive and in denial?

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