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AIBU?

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Selfish DH AIBU

171 replies

Nefney14 · 29/11/2017 20:37

First time poster but long time lurker

I absolutely know I'm not being unreasonable about his selfishness but AIBU to seriously consider leaving DH fairly soon into our marriage over these issues?

Sorry it might be quite long but I'll try to be to the point.

DH is a selfish person by nature and will not do anything for anyone if it means putting himself out in anyway and this includes me examples of this are
Refusing to walk an extra 3 minutes (google mapped to prove a point!) when he was already out to get household essentials because he wasn't already going to the shop.

I got sent home from work for being sick and instead of letting me rest he used the time to have some time on his computer and have a sleep while I ran around after DC he point blank refused to change a nappy and then went to town leaving me home alone with DC despite me telling him I didn't feel well enough.

I can not leave the house without DC ever while in contrast he will never let me have any free time to the extent that if I want to bath while the DC are awake I have to take one with me.

We work opposite shifts with me working more hours but I still do the lion share of housework he'll do day to day things washing up etc but any extra duties are my responsibilities and he refuses to ever discuss this.

I was out for lunch with my friend where he worked and he came down to say hi before going into town I asked him to take DC as I was trying to eat with him on my lap and he refused.

I am absolutely exhausted I work 12 hour shifts in a very physically and mentally demanding position I've begged and pleaded for him to either take on more house duties or for me to cut my hours and him pick up more so that we're working more even (he'd be working 30 me 24 compared to me 36 and him 18-24) but he refused because he thinks he'll be more tired.

I had a really hard shift and I asked him to run me a bath while I was walking home because I was achy he refused because I don't run him a bath every night which is true but if he was to phone me and ask me to run him a bath after a hard shift I wouldn't even think twice.

I walk in from a 12 hour shift to my house a state and he often expects me to start with household tasks such as making DC's lunch even tho he's been home all day.

He convinced me not to spend last Christmas with my family and to spend it at home just us and then went to his friends after the DC went to bed leaving me home alone.

He is an absolute vile person when we argue especially if he's been drinking. I had a very abusive childhood and am NC with my mum when he's angry he tells me I'm just like my mum, or calls me her name and says the DC are going to grow up to hate me.

I know they're not the best examples because it's really hard to explain but he literally will not do anything to make my life easier ever. I haven't had a moment away from DC since August I'm exhausted and I honestly feel miserable at the thought of spending the rest of my life with Someone who obviously cares so little about me and im starting to get really embarrassed my friends and family are starting to comment about how selfish he is and I don't have anything to say to defend him.
So AIBU? Would you end your marriage over this?

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overnightangel · 29/11/2017 20:48

Why oh why did you marry him?
How long have you been married?
Bin the prick

piglover · 29/11/2017 20:49

Hell, yeah. Even as a single mum your life would be easier and pleasanter.

overnightangel · 29/11/2017 20:49

“In my world if you love someone, you are kind to them. He isn't kind to you.”

THIS

Valentine2 · 29/11/2017 20:50

Does he have any redeeming qualities? Sounds like a bellend to me. Kick him off as far as you can.

QuietNinjaTardis · 29/11/2017 20:50

Just leave. He sounds like a complete fuckwanker

Oysterbabe · 29/11/2017 20:50

Yes I'd absolutely leave him.

Delem · 29/11/2017 20:50

It kinda sounds like he's quite controlling?

BrutusMcDogface · 29/11/2017 20:50

God, you poor thing. Definitely leave him. He sounds horrible, and you deserve so much better.

Have you got any family support at all? Friends? Thinking of you Flowers

Nefney14 · 29/11/2017 20:51

I 100% get what people are saying when I they ask why I married him but obviously he wasn't always like this by the time I realised how things were going to be it felt to late. Now I literally have no one else, no life and feel absolutely trapped

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LadyintheRadiator · 29/11/2017 20:51

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Fishface77 · 29/11/2017 20:51

What a waste of sperm.
Fuck him of.

GertrudeCB · 29/11/2017 20:51

Get him the fuck away from you, he sounds vile.

Flowersonthewall · 29/11/2017 20:51

What an abusive waste of space in your life.
What does he actually bring to your life? By the sounds of it..absolutely zilch.
Do you and your kids a massive favour and leave him..is that how you want your children to think how you treat other people?

catsoup · 29/11/2017 20:51

Please leave, you will be so much happier and lighter after dropping that dead weight.

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Pumpkintopf · 29/11/2017 20:52

Based on what you’ve said I have no idea why you are with this individual let alone have had children with him.

Yes, I would certainly end this relationship.

FadedRed · 29/11/2017 20:53

Just imagine if your friend/your adult children/a stranger on a train told you what you've just told us, what would you say to them?
Would you encourage them to stay in such a joyless existence? To allow their children to grow up normalising this relationship and maybe run the risk of copying it when they married?
I think you wouldn't, would you?

Butterymuffin · 29/11/2017 20:53

Yes, leave. Could you move in with family? Is your current house in both your names?

MrsKoala · 29/11/2017 20:54

Christ, that is fucking awful OP. I know MrKoala can be a lazy shit sometimes but i would defo leave him over half of those things. He doesn't sound like he likes you much at all. Merely tolerates you being around as he gets a better life with you doing everything. I'd be out of there like a shot.

I don't usually say this, but really consider leaving. Don't just vent. Really actually leave. I've been divorced and it's a horror show. But i'd do it every day if it meant not living with that.

ididntmeanitlikethat · 29/11/2017 20:56

I think you already know the answer OP. Imagine your life without him in it...then run to it...and don’t look back!!!

Monoblock67 · 29/11/2017 20:56

Get in touch with Women’s Aid, he’s causing you severe emotional trauma, and get out of there with your DCs as soon as you can. You deserve so much better Flowers

Tinselistacky · 29/11/2017 20:56

I hope you are going to family for Christmas and leaving him at home.
Then file for divorce.

Oly5 · 29/11/2017 20:57

What a horrible man. Leave him and enjoy your life

IrregularCommentary · 29/11/2017 20:58

I would leave. Don't let him continue to treat you this way, or to let your dc grow up thinking this is how women should be treated.

KatharinaRosalie · 29/11/2017 20:58

For me, only reason to have a partner is that they make your life easier, more pleasant. Yours adds nothing, does he?
You would be very unreasonable to stay with him. You would only teach your children that this is what a relationship looks like.