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DH support

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mamma456 · 10/09/2020 02:09

My job is going through some turmoil and often now feel like a lot of difficult demands are being made of me from my seniors. This is not my issue.

My issue is DH who is supportive, but struggles to give me the support I need. If I want to vent about something happening that is giving me stress, his reaction is always to rant about management. This is SO unhelpful, especially when I am actually try to get on with doing a job, and I just need quiet support or proper advice, which he is actually very good at. But I get a rant instead, which makes me feel worse.

DH counters that when I am upset with work, I get very loud (I don't feel loud in my head) and that makes him upset and loud too.

Anyway I don't know what to do - not lean on him for support when I need it? Rant in MN instead? Grrrr!

OP posts:
LouiseTrees · 10/09/2020 23:01

@mamma456

He’s probably really frustrated that he is unemployed and thinks that if he were doing the job he would do it differently and therefore wouldn’t have the problems.

It's not this - I would love more input from him on how he would do things differently! He's just mad at the people at the top. I can see from their pov that's it's just business, but he seems to take it personally on my behalf somehow!

Do you work in professional services/financial services? My husband gets like this too sometimes. Just let it be.
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