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AIBU?

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His needs

39 replies

unhappysparkle · 04/07/2023 13:14

I know this is silly to put in an Aibu but
My partner expects me to do the cooking and cleaning all week, which I don't mind most times and do it. But he expects when he gets home that dinner is there for him. Sometimes I cook for everyone and save him some as he comes in later but sometimes I can't because if the kids are having something with chips or toast and beans for example I'm hardly gonna put that in the fridge for him later because that'll taste nasty and won't reheat properly.

The other week I felt so annoyed because I'd made a lovely roast and I said it would be ready by 3 but same day after I'd put it in oven he said he had a dentist app at 3, fair enough. So I delayed dinner for everyone. But after his app he was told he could only eat soft foods so the roast was void for him and he decided to have a protein shake instead (that he barked at me to make) few hours later he said he was hungry and took some tinned meatballs out the cupboard and asked me to make it with some pasta, I wasn't happy about doing this because if just sat down from washing the dinner bits up and tidying the kids toys but I did it anyway. Then when I dished it up he moaned at me because I didn't put any onion in with the meatballs.... yet he didn't ask me to do this!

Yesterday we are laying in bed and he grabs my hand saying he needs a rub... so I was expected to jack him off whilst I got nothing in return... this is ongoing I hate my sex life it's practically non existent, I don't think he's ever done any kind of foreplay on me which is just bizarre and ridiculous. We both initiate at times but tbh I'm fed up of not being pleases. We've been together 10 years and have 2 children...

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GalileoHumpkins · 04/07/2023 14:34

He needs a rub? Bloody hell, what an arsehole. You know there's no solution to him being an awful human being so work something out from there.

Pansypotter123 · 04/07/2023 14:36

You do know you have a long life ahead of you, don't you? And your children will leave home one day.

Think ahead, if you can, to some point in the future, when you have chosen to stay with him and when you're looking back and thinking, "what a waste of my life."

A brighter future beckons for you and your children - seize it.

jeaux90 · 04/07/2023 14:43

Your bar is set way too low OP.

unhappysparkle · 04/07/2023 14:53

Atm I'm a sahm currently studying will be working from sep though.
My financial situation is pants so I can't leave all my money has gone into where we live now.
The ex knows about the madness of my relationship and it is purely friendship conversations nothing more. We both know that. There's no alterior motive or anything from anyone.

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unhappysparkle · 04/07/2023 14:54

He never used to be like this so I don't know what happened. I. The last few years it's been like this

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DaisyDonuts · 04/07/2023 14:57

unhappysparkle · 04/07/2023 14:54

He never used to be like this so I don't know what happened. I. The last few years it's been like this

did this behavior start around the time you stopped working by any chance?

MinnieMountain · 04/07/2023 14:58

Or did he change once you started studying?

PoliticallyIncorrectHitchling · 04/07/2023 15:08

Jeex leave him. Why have you stayed 10years with him to be a maid, a cook and cleaner? Was so sad to read that he makes no effort for you. You deserve better. Life is too short, when you are older youll look back with regret. LTB

unhappysparkle · 04/07/2023 15:38

@DaisyDonuts you have a point, this happened right just before I stopped working as it happened

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DaisyDonuts · 04/07/2023 16:12

unhappysparkle · 04/07/2023 15:38

@DaisyDonuts you have a point, this happened right just before I stopped working as it happened

I don’t know him obviously but my first thought was, you stopped working and became financially dependent on him. He used this to show his real colors, and basically made you into (what he thinks) is the dutiful 1930s housewife. Now that his control is being threatened with you returning to work in September, he’s amping things up cause he’s mad his control is slipping.

But as I said, I don’t know him, I don’t know you, so my first instinct doesn’t necessarily mean it’s true. Just something to consider

Either way, whether he’s doing it purposefully or subconsciously, the man demanded you cook him pasta because he refused to do so himself. PASTA. And then to insist he “needs” a rub, and not reciprocate. Sorry to be vulgar but he used you as a sex toy and then popped you back in the nightstand when he was done. That’s not a relationship, and no one deserves that kind of treatment.

Hibiscrubbed · 04/07/2023 17:11

Who does this cunt think he is?

Leave him. Fucking hell.

chocolatemademefat · 04/07/2023 21:28

Ugh! He needs a rub? That alone would be the end for me. He has no respect for you. Think more of yourself.

CherryLipgloss · 04/07/2023 21:30

He sounds like a selfish dickhead.

Blobblobblob · 04/07/2023 21:36

You need a plan. Make sure that when you are working, you have the money paid into an account that he cannot touch.

Frankly, I'd also look to be hiding as much as possible from those wages too, if it means that you can save up fast and have enough to get out.

Be on guard for attempts to guilt trip you and sabotage your move back into work. Because I bet that he isn't going to like it.

This is a waste of your life. And the worst bit is that if you stay, your kids will end up repeating the pattern in their own lives.

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