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Expecting husband to accompany me in the taxi home

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Sarahtm35 · 25/06/2023 01:04

A while ago my husband and I attended a birthday party at a club and because I never drink and rarely go out I ended up getting pretty drunk that night. It got to midnight and I asked him if we can go home as the party was over and I wasn’t feeling good. So he booked me an Uber and was about to send me off in it alone and carry on his night in town with his brother.
I got upset as I felt unsafe getting into a taxi alone when I was really drunk so he did resentfully get in the taxi with me.
about 1am I start receiving abusive texts from his mother and his brothers girlfriend about how I’d forced him to leave his brother in town and how he could have got into danger (his brother was with friends and told them this in the group chat) and I was made to feel quite worthless by them. as a result I don’t really speak to his brothers girlfriend anymore as she has never been nice to me and it came out she was having an affair anyway and I just haven’t got time for her.

so was I in the wrong for asking my husband to come with me in the taxi that night?
I know it was a while ago and it’s old news it’s just been brought up by him tonight and I need to know other peoples views on this.

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bringbacksideburns · 25/06/2023 12:17

It’s up to your dh to stand up to these toxic people. All he needs to say is My priority here was my wife not my grown brother and stop all the drama.

if he can’t do that then you have a big problem.

bringbacksideburns · 25/06/2023 12:18

Just read you last post. You aren’t his priority clearly. So sorry OP.

Sarahtm35 · 25/06/2023 14:11

bringbacksideburns · 25/06/2023 12:18

Just read you last post. You aren’t his priority clearly. So sorry OP.

Yep I know. Been with him 21 years and for most of it I’ve had to be in a deeply immeshed relationship with his family too. His mother is quite abusive but he doesn’t see it. We even lived with them for a year and she was abusive to my children too, so I decided to take a step back and be less involved once we moved out and now apparently I’m a ‘weirdo’ that doesn’t want to spend time with his family.
even though on our anniversary I spent the evening with him and his brothers not some nice restaurant somewhere.
the trouble is my husband takes after his mother who’s a narcissist

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