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AIBU?

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to ask DH to leave for his own sake?

69 replies

SanctiMoanyArse · 01/05/2010 18:02

DH says I abu unreasonable btw.

I love my DH and he is a good man; it is for this reason I think he should go.

We are a family with struggles: 2 disabled kids makes life far from average and has meant a lot of what we wanted to do with our lives has gone to the roadside. My friends (barring one who is far away and a few online) are long gone, my family far away, the boys a struggle to do anything with and I am so scared of ds1 that I rarely will do anything alone with them. The baby has to sleep close by us in our bed
as ds1 might hurt him or ds3 accidentally smother him. We do have a sex life and it's good when we get time but that's not often enough for either of us.

Nothing can be done about this: it is the shite we have been handed and as we don't qualify for help from SSD that's it. They're coming again soon but so far they won't even class the boys as SN despite DLA agreeing their needs and a Paediatrician asking them to help us.

I have become a moany, fat whinger. I used to get a buzz from work but am a carer now and there's no way around it. Placing ds1 in childcare would be a direct risk to any other children, as would inviting a Nanny in be to them. I am the epitomy of the dull homely wife and it would take more effort to change that than I have. I go the gym when I can (less than enough) but even things like hair washing sometimes become disposable under it all. Not through choice but sheer lack of time.

Dh though is just starting to bloom with his life: he is attractive, just qualified in a job he adores but would be so much rewarding if he could travel often and even live abroad; He could find someone so much more fun and prettier than me, I know he could. He enver had a relationship before me so has missed out on a lot.

My life is pretty over at 36; I don't see why his has to be as well. I have been trying to tell him this but apart from mentioning he thinks I should chat to the GP (I did, GP said I anbu to feel like this) refuses to listen.

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hairyclaireyfairy · 01/05/2010 18:45

Bugger, did'nt even answer the question. You are raising his children, he is with you and sounds like he wants to support you.
Try another doc in the surgery just to see if you can look at raising your mood levels and your self esteem
x

SanctiMoanyArse · 01/05/2010 18:47

It's not sexist Xenia though can understand it looks it: before we had the SN dh did stay at home to allow me to develop career, which is why he is early on in career now; it's my tiurn. DS1 cannot go into resi as LEA would laugh at the application, they are turning down funding requests for very severely disabled children atm, and the no SW thing emans we can't even apply anyway.

not that I want that when ds 1 is OK he is perfect.

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BelleDeChocolateFluffyBunny · 01/05/2010 18:50

Contact social services again and ask for another assessment. Have you been in contact with the autistic society? They will be able to advise you more.

2shoes · 01/05/2010 18:54

SanctiMoanyArse i haven't got any real advice just to tell you not to put yourself down,,
your dh loves you(I am sure)
they are his kids as well so he has to be there with you.
xx

JaneS · 01/05/2010 18:54

Do your DH a real favour: see yourself from his point of view. He clearly doesn't agree with your view of yourself, in fact I bet he thinks you're gorgeous just as you think he is.

Your GP, on the other hand, sounds like a tit.

SanctiMoanyArse · 01/05/2010 18:54

Mumbar I have asked for emergency help and they are coming on the 23rd. They won't assess ds1 though, but might ds3.

Yes my seof esteem is rock bottom: ds1;s issues make me public enemy no 1 here in this small town and people willingly admit they don't like us, it badly affects ds2 as well as people don;t want their kids having ds2 (who is a gem) as a friend. We can't move right now, couldn't afford it and we are signed in for a year anyway.

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SanctiMoanyArse · 01/05/2010 18:55

Thanks 2shoes

NAS lady came and cried but couldnt get anyone to come out. I think I was assessed as never going to hurt my kids (bang on right) so fell off their radar

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ImSoNotTelling · 01/05/2010 18:56

You say that you are paying a child minder twice a week but then say that no-one can look after DS1 = can you clarify that?

I mean, if a CM is able to look after him a bit couldn't they do a bit more? Then your options would widen.

As for the question in your OP - others have answered it. Your DH loves you of course he's not going to want to leave you.

2shoes · 01/05/2010 19:00

SanctiMoanyArse are there any mn meet ups in your area? or even a mnetter you could meet up with for coffee?

SanctiMoanyArse · 01/05/2010 19:03

Sorry, dc4 goes to a childminder when ds1 is in school

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baskingseals · 01/05/2010 19:55

you've got to trust him, sancti.
at the moment you can't see the positives about yourself, but they are there and he can see them.

you have to allow him to love you for the person you are.

it's a marathon, not a sprint you know.

MailyDail · 01/05/2010 20:12

without sounding like a stalker i have seen a photo of sancti and she is unquestionably a good-looking woman, so it's not really about all that, it's about your depression really.

SanctiMoanyArse · 01/05/2010 20:35

I have gained weight now; a size 18- haven't so much binge eaten as got very very good at cooking stuck at home IYSWIM?

I am fitter than I was- much- whichj is important of course.

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MailyDail · 01/05/2010 20:39

don't fret about weight, sweets, just come onto cod's shouty thread and change it, if you want to. it's a good laugh, honest.

ImSoNotTelling · 01/05/2010 20:50

You could do some work then, you say you used to really enjoy it? During school hours?

Just a thought - but it sounds doable to me if you wanted to.

ImSoNotTelling · 01/05/2010 20:52

I mean it might be that you're too knackered to do that. It just stood out in your OP that yuo used to love working but couldn't now because of DS1. But no reason not to while he is at school IYSWIM

SanctiMoanyArse · 01/05/2010 21:25

ATM I'm embroiled in so many appts- that's main reason why not, plus having to be ehre for ds's SNu pick ups. Tiredness is part of it as well but tbh I think that night go if I slept more deeply as much as more often IYSWIM?

I am aprt way through a course but it's over until September so a bit of a comefownm (just one evening a week) and I would like to thgink I might go self employed when I finish; DH and I are trying to work something where I work 2 or 3 days a week and he works from home then and can be away with clients other days but that's about 2 years away though

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scaryteacher · 02/05/2010 00:10

Sancti (were you also Peachy and Clarissimo?), firstly, have a hug, and second a mug of tea.

Your h loves you; I'm a a size 18 as well - too much chocolate and cooking, but my dh says he still sees me as the size 8 20 year old he married. It'll be the same for yours.

If you keep telling him to go, he may feel you don't want/need him and it will all spiral out of control. Realistically, what would you do without him? Could you cope?

I don't think that your life is over at 36, but I do think you're down and depressed because you have so much to deal with, and you do it so well. You're probably like my dh - glides around like a swan, making it all look easy, but paddling like fuck underneath to keep all the balls in the air.

Depression is a real bitch to deal with, and the ADs clear the fog a bit, but only you can deal with it. I found that looking for the small things that were good helped; and crying helped too...I am not normally a howler, but when I had depression then I cried a lot and it was a sort of safety valve.

Keep posting - we are here.

ChippingIn · 02/05/2010 13:34

P - look at that gorgeous DH of yours everyday and appreciate that he is yours and you are his. You are both lucky.

Your DH is a good man, he loves you and the DC's. He doesn't want to go anywhere...

Size 18 - it's looking trim from over here!! Your size isn't important, your energy level and your attitude is. Grab anychance you get to go to the gym or go for a walk - especially now the weather is nicer x

Go and see another GP, explain the situation, get some help. Anti D's can be prescribed for people in your situation, your GP is just a giant twat.

Ask your parents to have the kids while you go to a councellor.

It really is a shame you can't move to somewhere that humans inhabit and not utter twats.... I do think it would be good to do some meet-ups with Mums from here who have kids with SN's too - it's nice to have people who understand what you are going through x

We are all here - and you giant wally, there's no need to keep name changing (HUGE HUGS)

SanctiMoanyArse · 02/05/2010 16:05

Thanks CI

PArents unable to help ATM (60 miles away plus BIL has just had major OP: Sis has them booked fulltime for foreseeable and they are exhausted) but DH is working from home for the summer soon so it would be a good time to act I know.

And I know I have to.

DH let me sleep in a little this morning after another bad night and in fact I feel a little better but not right. Yet. I will keep working on it though.

Have been going to gym 2-3 times a week for a while (just a curve3s one, inexpensive) and it is helping, not just the exercise but the trip there, walk around by myself...

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BritFish · 02/05/2010 17:12

oh your poor thing. big un-mumsnet hug and a big bar of something yummy for you.
your DH sounds very understanding, you are both trying your very very best. please go back to your GP if nothing else, and find someone you can talk to.
and all us nutters on here are here if you want to rant or any advice, the SN boards are amazing from what i hear.

mumblechum · 02/05/2010 17:23

Sounds like your DS1 is your main problem. Is there any chance of getting significant amounts of respite, ie 2 nights per week plus one weekend in 3? Because that's what you need to have anything approaching a normal life, by the sound of it.

I think you need to really push your case with ss, maybe even threaten to have him taken into care because you can't cope.

mumblechum · 02/05/2010 17:24

Sorry, didn't mean that you should put him into care, of course, just that they have to realise that the situation is untenable if he is a physical threat to others in the family, they may then be able to offer you some support.

BigTillyMint · 02/05/2010 18:21

Just seen this and feel so sorry for you.

Has your DS1 been diagnosed as autistic? If so, is he recognised as disabled? If not, why not? It sounds like something has gone wrong with the system if no-one in authority can help at all - your situation sounds very difficult and surely you should be eligible for some kind of support.

chipmonkey · 02/05/2010 18:25

Sancti, do NOT put yourself down like that. You are beautiful, intelligent, strong and amazing! And your dh can see all these things and of course he's not going to go, he knows when he's on to a good thing!

I would agree with some others to try to see another GP. Just because your feeling down is an expected outcome of your situation, doesn't mean you should have to put up with it.

Also, this is not just "your" situation. They are also his children, this is also his life so the responsibility is half his. Of course he's not going to just walk away. You wouldn't either!

Agree with mumblechum that you need to get some respite. Is there anything like that available?

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