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AIBU?

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To have walked out last night?

233 replies

cherrypumpkin · 27/12/2024 11:11

I'll try to keep this brief. Yesterday we hosted the my in-laws for the day. I drove them to the races and then stayed home with my 21yr old DD ( we are not racing fans) and MIL who has back issues so wanted to stay with us. I cooked a lasagne and a vegetable curry for the evening, then drove back to collect DH, FIL and my two stepsons and bring them home.
They sat and watched football while drinking, I pottered in the kitchen checking on dinner, bringing drinks etc. At food serving time DH came out as I was dishing up the lasagne. He started to shake his head so I asked what was wrong. He said "that looks fucking shit". I reminded him we had decided not to make a salad as it never gets eaten, he said "you didn't make salad because you couldn't be arsed". I said look it's fine, there's salad on the plate I will put some on the plates, but please don't speak to me like that.
He become very aggressive and told me to put the fucking salad on the plates, then that I was being a massive prick.
I ignored him and finished serving the food and the curry then went upstairs. He followed me up and told me I was a fucking bitch, and entitled prick, that I was selfish and didn't give a shit about anyone else. He was so vile out of no where and I didn't want it to escalate so I packed a bag and slipped out, spending the night in a nearby travel lodge so as not to a) have it become worse and b) spoil the evening for the rest of the family who were enjoying themselves.

He says what I have done is unforgivable in a marriage. He says I shouldn't be concerned about his words and that I should be more concerned about his actions which he said were not wrong.
Was IBU??

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cherrypumpkin · 27/12/2024 11:25

Merryoldgoat · 27/12/2024 11:23

You need to leave him so what is necessary for you to do so?

Do you work? Own property etc? What can you do to allow you to escape him?

We rent our home, I do work yes I earn ok money but it still wouldn't be enough to cover everything on my own in a different property as we rent this through a friend of mine who charges us very reasonably in comparison to the market price...

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Owly11 · 27/12/2024 11:26

Fucking hell. The way you have (under)reacted to this tells me that this has been going on, and getting worse, for years. You have become so used to it it feels familiar and that is why you have to ask the question. If someone spoke to me like that after they had been out all day and I had cooked dinner, they would not be getting any dinner, that is for absolute sure. The fact that he knows he can even get away without apologising show how severe things have become.

Shiningout · 27/12/2024 11:26

I am disgusted at some of the threads on here, yet another man being an absolute abusive arsehole and it's events like Christmas that can sometimes escalate it. Op you don't deserve ever being treated like this. You went above and beyond driving them round, hosting, cooking everyone's dinners including his family, and he's swearing at you ffs. Honestly this wouldn't be something I could ever forgive.

UndeniablyGenXmasOfAWomblingMerryType · 27/12/2024 11:27

He's a cunt and you need to leave him.

RaveToTheGrave1 · 27/12/2024 11:27

Shouldn't be drinking if it makes that so very easy to come out, he's treated you absolutely horrible

cherrypumpkin · 27/12/2024 11:27

azafata2 · 27/12/2024 11:25

Where is he now? In the pub?

He has taken our dogs somewhere and gone to get FIL so he can collect his car from our house...

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EvelynBeatrice · 27/12/2024 11:28

He’s highly abusive and the whole set up sounds very sexist. You need to plan an out. If you can’t afford a flat can you look for digs/ a shared room or a ‘live in’ position somewhere. He’s not a good man to be economically dependent on. You don’t want your daughter of whatever age hearing or seeing that.

TwinklyAmberOrca · 27/12/2024 11:28

cherrypumpkin · 27/12/2024 11:19

I have literally nowhere to go, no family in this country and 2 dogs so not easy to just stay with a friend etc, plus my DD is at uni but I have to consider her too, by myself I couldn't afford to rent somewhere else.

For starters I'd be staying in the Travelodge again tonight.

This is NOT a relationship. This "man" is nasty. It is NEVER acceptable to speak to anyone like that. The relationship is over as he clearly doesn't respect you and treats you like shit.

As for affording to live elsewhere, then you'll find something. Contact Womens Aid and they can help you.

Whose house are you currently living in? Bought or rented?

Mrswhatsit40 · 27/12/2024 11:28

cherrypumpkin · 27/12/2024 11:21

My post should have read there was salad in the fridge which I said I would put on the plates...not that the salad is really the main issue here but it was the trigger so feel I should represent that bit properly!!

It’s not about the salad,

He would use any excuse to abuse you when he feels like doing so. Probably he lost money at the races or something.

He knows it isn’t you but he’ll gaslight you into believing it is as he doesn’t want to admit he’s abused and bullied you for absolutely no reason. That would make him an absolute monster, so he has to try and make it about the food and you somehow doing wrong.

You did the right thing to leave but now you need to think of next steps and see a solicitor. If you’re married you’ll be entitled to half the house, his pension etc.

You don’t have to accept this life for yourself.

RandomMess · 27/12/2024 11:29

Look at entitled to see if you would get financially assistance for rent if on your own.

Your friend could terminate the joint tenancy and then rent it out to just you.

Yougetmoreofwhatyoufocuson · 27/12/2024 11:29

As it’s your friend can you have a word to see how they feel about taking your husband off the tenancy?

Please don’t feel ashamed, the shame belongs to him. Find your fury at being treated with such disrespect.

Lindisfarm · 27/12/2024 11:29

@cherrypumpkin
If you rent from a friend is your husband named on the lease?
If he isn't then he should leave.
If he is then it's a bit more tricky.
No way should you have to put up with his behaviour.
Would you be able to claim housing benefit if you separated?

Merryoldgoat · 27/12/2024 11:29

cherrypumpkin · 27/12/2024 11:25

We rent our home, I do work yes I earn ok money but it still wouldn't be enough to cover everything on my own in a different property as we rent this through a friend of mine who charges us very reasonably in comparison to the market price...

Surely living alone in a studio or small flat would be preferable to living with him?

Enterthedragonqueen · 27/12/2024 11:29

cherrypumpkin · 27/12/2024 11:25

We rent our home, I do work yes I earn ok money but it still wouldn't be enough to cover everything on my own in a different property as we rent this through a friend of mine who charges us very reasonably in comparison to the market price...

You can claim housing benefit and universal credit (if applicable) to top up your salary. Don't stay with him any longer, he will escalate this verbal aggression to actual violence soon. He's testing the waters to see what he can get away with first, it's the classic boiling frog situation.

ThriveIn2025 · 27/12/2024 11:30

When I left my abusive exH I had no money and no one to help me so I rented the box room in a shared house in a shit area. I stayed there a year to save enough to rent by myself.

It was the best decision I ever made. Please don’t feel like you are trapped into staying with him, there are always other options.

cherrypumpkin · 27/12/2024 11:31

Lindisfarm · 27/12/2024 11:29

@cherrypumpkin
If you rent from a friend is your husband named on the lease?
If he isn't then he should leave.
If he is then it's a bit more tricky.
No way should you have to put up with his behaviour.
Would you be able to claim housing benefit if you separated?

It's in both names...no I would not be eligible for anything, I have already checked using entitled to.

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GabriellaMontez · 27/12/2024 11:31

Yanbu.

The thing I'd have done differently is loudly made sure everyone knew what was going on.

You've done nothing wrong and you have nothing to be ashamed of.

Then next time, as they're getting taxis and cooking their own food, they'll know they have him to thank.

cherrypumpkin · 27/12/2024 11:32

It sounds daft but my dogs are my absolute world, I adore them and could not move somewhere without them. I also need somewhere my daughter can come home to, she finishes uni in the summer and will be home for a year to complete a PGCE...

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SerafinasGoose · 27/12/2024 11:32

To paraphrase the immortal words of Michelle in 'Rita, Sue and Bob Too', he should 'make his own fucking tea'. Especially if he's going to find fault with the cooking of a wife he's decided to treat as his kitchen maid. Who the hell does he think he is?

There is only one entitled prick here, OP, and it's not you. I could not stay in a marriage with someone who treated me with such open contempt. He's abusive, albeit verbally, and abusers escalate.

No one deserves this. Flowers

cherrypumpkin · 27/12/2024 11:33

I need to articulate to him how this situation is not all about me removing myself but about the way he spoke to me which led me to do that. I find it really hard to communicate with him in these situations because he will not listen to me and I get muddled and lose my ability to speak clearly...

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Merryoldgoat · 27/12/2024 11:36

cherrypumpkin · 27/12/2024 11:33

I need to articulate to him how this situation is not all about me removing myself but about the way he spoke to me which led me to do that. I find it really hard to communicate with him in these situations because he will not listen to me and I get muddled and lose my ability to speak clearly...

Why do you think this will help? He doesn’t care. If he did he wouldn’t treat you like this.

RaininSummer · 27/12/2024 11:36

Disgusting man. Please make plans to leave him.

autumndays13 · 27/12/2024 11:37

Oh op. You deserve so much more than this. If you don't feel you can leave now or boot him out, start to make some serious plans to be able to leave in the next few weeks or months. He isn't going to change and it sounds like your DD and even his mother know what he's like. If you rent the place you're in now on good terms from a friend, can you stay there and manage the rent alone?

saraclara · 27/12/2024 11:37

Throw him out. If you can afford to pay the rent on your friend's home, then he's the one who should go. He has family that can put him up.

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