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Husband never responds to WhatsApp’s

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Leigh1988 · 18/04/2024 13:02

I don’t pester my husband. I only really message him if I have something that requires some input. E.g. will you be back in time to take our son football- or should I meet you there- or did you pick up the paint you said you was going to get and the most recent one being that our caravan flooded and I wanted his advice on something.

It may be one message a day that requires a response from him. All messages are read and then ignored. I even see him online and on two of the most recent occasions I know he was not working.

He has a busy job so I do not expect a reply instantly. But nothing at all? Then sometimes as quick as 5 minutes after me sending a message he will comment or input something on the family chat we have with his siblings and parents. He will always reply to that or send memes on instagram.

it’s becoming more regular and making me feel really rubbish to be honest. I always think it’s polite to even acknowledge it. Even a sodding thumbs up .

I have addressed it before- maybe not in a serious way but more of a ‘ well you just ignore anything I message you’ and his response was to laugh. I just can’t imagine ever being that rude to him that if he needed to know something that I just read it and ignore it. I just don’t know if this is normal behaviour and that most husbands are the same or is it something I should raise?

Am I being unreasonable for being upset?

OP posts:
JollyJanuary · 24/04/2024 16:14

He's actively making your life more difficult. You have a full time job and do everything else too and he can't even respond to a message. And his response when you brought this up is childish. How unnatractive.

nutbrownhare15 · 24/04/2024 16:19

'I have no idea how stressful his job is. He doesn’t mean to ignore me but sometimes he is in the middle of something and forgets to reply' Sometimes? No, it's every time. I'd start getting angry OP. He has placed himself on a pedestal, such a hard stressful job, how dare you ask him to help. When he gets home he should be sharing the household burden until you both get to sit and relax. Start by dividing up cooking duties, washing and cleaning fairly. He does nothing? Not any more.

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