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Muslim women can I have some marriage advice/wisdom please

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Secretwishescometrue · 09/10/2010 16:33

Salam sisters can anyone give me some marriage advice cause its all going wrong for me... My Dh is very controlling and iv to ask permission to go out, I can't have my old non Muslim friend over to our home cause he doesn't want non Muslim people in our home around our kids, he thinks I'm a bras wife for lots of reasons one being I don't get up with him when he's going to work I didn't years ago cause I was working myself and on my days off would be shattered then I did when I stopped working when pg then I was wrecked all the time since then as iv two boys aged 4 and 2.5 who are still not good sleepers and I usually end up beside ds2 in the early norm just to keep him asleep and Dh leaves for work at half 6 and the few times iv been in my own bed and offered breakfast he's said no I'm late or sleep but he later says I should get up before him have it ready and get him up cause he's so exhausted and yer I know he truly is exhausted and not in great health but I just am wrecked too... These are some of our issues any advice? How does it work in your home?? Do all Muslim women really have to ask permission to go out is that in the quran?? I don't want my marriage to fail but it feels like it is failing... We only talk about the dc and the last few nights he's slept down stairs not explained why altho ds was sick and Dh got no sleep for a few nights but I don't think that's it and I said to him twice the night before last are you not goin up to sleep and he just said good night... Don't know what's the story... We never get to talk and that's all my fault of course... It's always my fault... Bla bla bla... Please give me some/any advice or wisdom ladies cause it ant good atm, thanks and sorry for rambling...

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scouserabroad · 17/10/2010 14:22

Secretwishescometrue, I've only just seen this thread but wanted to answer because I am British (non muslim) married to an Algerian muslim, and I think we have similar issues.

I don't ask to go out (shopping, etc.) but Dh really kicks off if I ever go out in the evening, for e.g. to the pub etc. I'm embarrassed to say that I just don't go out anymore. I get on well with my sisters in law in Algeria and know that they wouldn't go out in the evening either unless to visit family / friends at home. I guess I'm living in the same way as they are and I'm not unhappy as such, but I'd like to change things because I def didn't think that life would be like this when we decided to get married. It's just that I don't want to lose Dh, either. I have tried to get him to change his mind but it causes so many arguments... We have had difficult patches in our marriage but we are ok at the mo and I don't want to spoil it. I certainly don't know what the answer is.

He does not like me inviting my friends round, but I sometimes do anyway when he isn't home.

fuzzywuzzy · 17/10/2010 14:36

I am Muslim, your husband sounds like a prick!

But that doesn't help I suppose.

You two sound like you need marriage counselling, I'm not sure if your local mosque would be equipped for this.

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