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Husband issues

25 replies

Usurpea · 17/11/2023 22:58

Hi my husband I feel is being irrational

i told my mum that I put Vaseline under the nose to stop dry air and she said that’s a horrible thing she’s never heard of - I then told her that my husbands aunt who is a retired medic told me to try it.

later my mum called my husband and told him that vaseline is a horrible thing and he said I was applying it
she then told him that his aunt recommend it

when the call ended he said that my mum insulted his aunt by what she said - literally the above.

Then in front of me he insulted my mum but not to her face he called her “s” in Arabic . And I told him to apologise he said no - that her behaviour is “s**”

I said she didn’t say his aunt or his advice is horrible. He also referred to the past when my mum said his aunt and other Arab friends gossiped about her in front of her in their language.

we then sit at the table to argue and at the end it transpires he voice recorded our argument and said all his evidence against me is “top notch” and he will show the kids the recordings one day if ever try to get him in trouble for emotional abuse .
As during the beginning of our relationship I lashed out and smacked him/scratched him due to undiagnosed autism. I am better now but he has kept his “evidence”

also he didn’t want another child and only agreed if I said I would visit his family in Middle East last month which I didn’t end up doing and he said I tricked him and lied. I was 6.5 pregnant last month and don’t trust the air quality on the Middle East

he’s Arab been in the U.K. 9 years I am half Arab and been here more than 20 years.

I feel sick I share a bed with someone who has piles of recordings it feels like a freak show not a marriage. We have normal days but arguments escalate quickly. I need more help with chores and he still pulls faces when I ask for help.

he calls me “horrible” daily if I admit I was forgetful about something or I didn’t mean something he never gives me the benefit of the doubt and just says “see youre just horrible”
im now resenting the baby and want to drive off tonight into a dark lane and not come back I did it before but he doesn’t come looking for me he’ll just tell my parents and worry them

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ChannelNo19EDT · 17/11/2023 23:05

Wow, any man who called any woman a slag would quickly be an x. Never mind calling my mother a slag. Wow.
men with madonna/whore complexes are emotionally immature at best and misogynists at worst.

JustDoItNowForChristSake · 17/11/2023 23:08

Your mum was out of order to call him just to tell him she thought his aunts advice to use Vaseline was horrible. Why did she do that?

You have posted about not wanting to visit his family back home when pregnant, but he only agreed to having another child if you agreed to visit, but now won’t.

This is a very unhappy relationship, and is an awful situation and atmosphere to bring children up in, I really feel you should contact shelter and gets some help to leave. Your father is controlling too, isn’t he?

Usurpea · 17/11/2023 23:08

Wasn’t slag was shi*

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ChannelNo19EDT · 17/11/2023 23:09

Sorry, my post wasnt sympathetic to the situation you're in now. I just hope you realise that it's not dramatic to put an end to a bad marriage to a bad man. You made a mistake, it's ok to face up to that and end the marriage. Talk to women's Aid because he will no doubt be happy to hold the ''evidence'' that you hit him over you but if you leave him then what good is his evidence?

Usurpea · 17/11/2023 23:10

My mother is impulsive like me. I called her to tell her that my husband was accusing me of experimenting on our child because he’s had a cough for a few weeks and I got him saline nasal spray.
he’s blaming me for making the cough worse
we’re not sure if our son has a cough or a tic he’s clearing his throat every 2 seconds.

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SapphOhNo · 17/11/2023 23:12

If he didn't want another child you should have left it there.

Your poor kids having to grow up in this dysfunctional hell hole.

Usurpea · 17/11/2023 23:12

I’d like to report the emotional abuse to the police if they can promise not to act on it and just keep a record of his coercion.

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Usurpea · 17/11/2023 23:14

I don’t have a recording of him calling my mum names
my fingers aren’t as nimble as his and I resent myself every time that he’s able to record quickly and quietly

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Usurpea · 17/11/2023 23:18

my dad wouldn’t want the shame of a divorced daughter as lots of his relatives back in Middle East witnessed our marriage.
im literally trapped. I could tell my brother but my brother might snap at husband.

where could I go right now if I’m very depressed and anxious? A&E? Mental health line? Crisis team?
they’ll ask what’s wrong and if I say marriage trouble he will show them the recordings

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JustDoItNowForChristSake · 17/11/2023 23:23

my dad wouldn’t want the shame of a divorced daughter

He would rather his daughter spend the rest of her life in misery, and his grandkids be emotionally damaged.

Honestly, do you want to live like this for the rest of your life? Maybe you need to think about what you want and work on how to make that happen. If that involves going nc with unsupportive family then, for the sake of your sanity, maybe it would be worth it.

Santaiswashinghissleigh · 18/11/2023 09:04

You hitting him /scratching him and blaming autism is ridiculous.. Making deals to have dc is too. Your relationship sounds fucked up.. And also you can write the word shit here.... Getting divorced is better for your dc than living with you and their df like this.

Aquamarine1029 · 18/11/2023 09:16

No one on earth is going to give a fuck about those ridiculous recordings your husband has, and the only thing you should be concerned with is how your children's lives are going to be ruined by being raised in this toxic nightmare.

myotherkidisacassowary · 18/11/2023 09:21

Separate issues going on here. I think your mum was rude and it was totally unnecessary for her to stir up trouble like that.

Overall though, this doesn’t sound like a happy marriage at all. Arguments escalate, he’s rude and unhelpful, he’s recording you and threatening abuse to your children. It all sounds awful.

It is hard to face up to but truly, I think divorce would be the happiest option for you.

Usurpea · 18/11/2023 09:28

But neither of us would like to see the other with other partners that doesn’t fit the perfect family narrative I have always held

my thinking is quite black and white on this
i would like to walk out with the kids and get my own place but he said it’s kidnap if I don’t tell him where (obv inside the U.K.)

I don’t agree that my mum was being rude about his aunt she only stated that she finds Vaseline in the nose a horrid thing to do and that his aunt happened to be the one to tell me to try it

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Whiteday · 18/11/2023 09:28

I can't see that anyone in this cones out well!

It's bloody Vaseline, not crack cocaine!
K

Whiteday · 18/11/2023 09:29

Usurpea · 18/11/2023 09:28

But neither of us would like to see the other with other partners that doesn’t fit the perfect family narrative I have always held

my thinking is quite black and white on this
i would like to walk out with the kids and get my own place but he said it’s kidnap if I don’t tell him where (obv inside the U.K.)

I don’t agree that my mum was being rude about his aunt she only stated that she finds Vaseline in the nose a horrid thing to do and that his aunt happened to be the one to tell me to try it

Your mother is being ridiculous!

Santaiswashinghissleigh · 18/11/2023 09:29

Is violence part of your perfect narrative?

Usurpea · 18/11/2023 09:31

Some articles said Vaseline in the nose can lead to lung problems

my mum has her own opinions for her grandkids I don’t agree with like giving 4 month old babies rice water
she means well but is offended if we don’t take her advice for her “babies”

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Usurpea · 18/11/2023 09:32

I’ve never punched or kicked him or slapped it was only scratching trying to get his phone off him while he was recording
or lightly smacking his arm

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hardboiledeggs · 18/11/2023 09:32

Your mum was being rude, being “impulsive” doesn’t excuse that. She was picking a fight there.
Your DH is an arse regardless.

Usurpea · 18/11/2023 09:33

As I don’t have friends I do find I impulsively text my parents as soon as my husband says something to me

other day he called me “shoe” in Arabic which is insulting after I told him we should go our separate ways

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Usurpea · 18/11/2023 09:52

i couldn’t sleep last night due to palpitations and obsessing over the arguments
he wants “respect” but doesn’t respect all the pills I was taking before pregnancy for depression anxiety and fibromyalgia
he compared me to his grandma and said I take more pills

hes snobby when it comes to health he won’t even take paracetamol thinks all pills are bad
just because he has perfect health and high immunity he never caught CoVID nor norovirus when everyone else did

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Usurpea · 18/11/2023 09:55

if I take diazepam now I won’t feel baby move much but what choice do I have
I can’t calm down it all vents inwards making me sick

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Usurpea · 18/11/2023 10:37

Anyway today he knows we have many activities planned but he blanked me when I asked him to get his car ready so I’ve taken them myself

he knows I’m dizzy and not slept and he’s let me out alone driving so that’s what I’m dealing with

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Whiteday · 18/11/2023 14:20

Usurpea · 18/11/2023 10:37

Anyway today he knows we have many activities planned but he blanked me when I asked him to get his car ready so I’ve taken them myself

he knows I’m dizzy and not slept and he’s let me out alone driving so that’s what I’m dealing with

You've gone out alone driving, if you're not fit to drive then you shouldn't be. You can't blame someone for that, it was your decision.

My husband would have no right to stop me doing something I felt capable of, unless of course it was illegal.

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