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AIBU?

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Useless husband

30 replies

sadthewaylifeturnedout · 23/03/2020 21:14

My husband is really good at some things- he seems to like his job, he is good at housework, DIY and he cooks & cleans.

He is bad at other things. He has no clue about our finances and he's generally bad at planning. If we have to have any work on the house done, I have to find and negotiate with the tradesmen etc. I also pay the bills, insurances etc. I am happy with this.

The issue happens when due to one reason or another I ask him to call a tradesman he will moan about it for 15 minutes and only do it if I snap at him. I asked him to go and speak to a neighbour about our garden fence and he made a million and ten excuses not to do it so I had to do it. Our broadband has stopped working (and we need it desperately as we're both working from home) and he refused to call them saying they would be closed (they weren't) so I had to call them and sit next to the router for 45 minutes. But he's happy to make me tea whilst I'm sat next to the router.

AIBU? I'm at the end of my tether.

OP posts:
blueshoes · 23/03/2020 23:02

The husband hasn't quite mentioned anything about anxiety. He just moans about it, does not do it and waits for OP to do it.

Posters are projecting about the social anxiety.

Inappropriatefemale · 23/03/2020 23:06

You can’t be good at everything! I don’t see the issue really, my ex had Aspergers and he hated making calls to get things in his home fixed etc, etc, sounds like he just doesn’t like talking to certain people, and like PPs have said it sounds like anxiety.

margoletta · 23/03/2020 23:35

I don't think I can emphasise how debilitating this kind of task is for some people.
I walked home from heart surgery because I was too scared to call a taxi.
I haven't even told my husband two years later because it meant I got a contusion from it Blush

margoletta · 23/03/2020 23:38

Sorry, not contusion, haematoma.

BackforGood · 24/03/2020 00:02

Another here who thinks it sounds like he is certainly contributing hugely to the running of the household. I don't see the issue with playing to your strengths / avoiding the task you really hate. There are some things dh never does and there are some things I only ever do when he is away. As long as we are both pulling our weight, it doesn't matter that every task isn't 50:50

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