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H has now announced he will no longer by sleeping in our bed

25 replies

squashimodo · 31/07/2010 02:01

So I have tried to deal with all issues in our marriage, including his emotional abuse. All he has done is try to pressure me into having sex, I don't want to and have explained to him why. So now he has just announced that he will no longer be sleeping in our room because he is 'punishing' me for refusing to have sex with him. Knob!
I am so angry, with him for being such a twat and with myself for being so stupid to think he would listen this time and things would change.
AAAAAAAAAAARGH!
Thankyou for listening.
He is such a prat! Why won't he stop trying to control me? He has been angling for a row all day, I have been ignoring him.
I hate him!

OP posts:
ThereAgain · 31/07/2010 02:13

He is a knob, leave him there,

enjoy a big warm bed to yourself

((hugs))

salmah · 31/07/2010 02:48

Thats nothing, mine CONSTANTLY wants me to dance around him and please him in his every wish, everything has to be his way and if anything displeases him he puts this really really really irritating face on to let me know he is annoyed. Then i have to try to 'fix' whatever 'wrong' iv committed. He is harder work than the three kids!!!!!!

CoinOperatedGirl · 31/07/2010 02:58

Why on earth are you still with these men?

franklampoon · 31/07/2010 03:03

will you take steps to leave him?

squashimodo · 31/07/2010 04:35

I want to but I am worried about the kids, they adore him. I feel awful about that. Also, then he would have access to the kids without me there to make sure he is actually watching them. Three of them have autism and they need careful supervision and he just doesn't watch them properly. I can not let him have them alone. Plus, 4 kids on my own, three with autism and a baby. I am kind of scared.
But there have been times he has hit me when he thinks I am asleep, plus I have seen him texting late at night. I know I have to leave, but the practical issues around the kids seem so huge. I wish he wasn't such a twat. My poor kids.

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IfYoureHappyAndYouKnowIt · 31/07/2010 07:38

I can see what you mean about the practical issues. But equally from what you've said so far it sounds like

A) there is emotional abuse
B) there is physical abuse
C) although the kids adore him he doesn't provide much practical help
D) the texting could be an affair.

It sounds like this cannot continue. I think you do need to take steps to become more in control quickly. I'd suggest you contact Women's Aid, CAB and a solicitor.

Chin up take one step at a time and you can do this.

Ilythia · 31/07/2010 09:29

Agree with all IfYoureHappy says.

If he knows that you aren't going to leave because (quite understandably imo) it would be very hard for you to deal with, then it is carte blanche for him to treat you like shit. Which he is doing.

Angelcat666 · 31/07/2010 10:26

I agree with IfYoureHappy too.

Yes, the practical issues are scary but you can do it. If you can cope with three children with autism, as well as a baby, then you are strong enough to deal with the practical bit of leaving him.

If you're worried about his access to the kids then ask for supervised access at a contact centre.

IfYoureHappyAndYouKnowIt · 31/07/2010 11:25

Squash I'm sure what we've said may sound scary. It is, but I think if you take some steps to start to look at a different future then you will start to feel more empowered and that you can do this. It's usually the fear of the unknown that is the most worrying.
If you take the steps I've suggested remember you can still do these things at your own pace. As soon as you talk to them it doesn't mean that the world has to change the next day, just that you have more awareness of your options.
< tries to transmit strength to Squash >

gettingeasier · 31/07/2010 12:27

OMG he hits you when you are asleep ?

Listen to IfYoureHappy she is spot on.

booyhoo · 31/07/2010 12:32

squash you need to stop this.

you say "why wont he stop trying to control me?"

because so far you have let him. he wont stop. you have to stop it.

salmah if that post is genuine then that is very sad. why do you let someone treat you like anything other than human?

Ilythia · 31/07/2010 14:11

Salmah, you need to read this advice as well.

Both fo you, please answer these questions.

salmah · 01/08/2010 00:05

My situation isnt as serious as squash, i didnt realise he hits u in your sleep?!! Y the heck does he do that!!!! Mine just constantly wants things a certain way, the way hes used to having them, and it gets exhausting with the kids, but i suppose i could change that by telling him to get off his backside at least once a day!? Lets see what he says??

Northernlurker · 01/08/2010 00:34

He hits you in your sleep but he is awake? That's horrible.

I'm not surprised you won't have sex with him and I think you should welcome him leaving your bed. Leaving your home would be a good next step. I know you've got a lot on but this sounds like an apalling and dangerous situation for you. You deserve better.

Poshwellies · 01/08/2010 00:38

Fucking hell squash

Get out before he kills you.

If he hits you when he thinks you are asleep,what else will he stoop to?

GET THE FUCK OUT ASAP.

HecateQueenOfWitches · 01/08/2010 11:55

He sounds like he hates you. Hitting you when he thinks you are asleep? The man has a deep deep loathing or resentment for you. You need to get out. You don't deserve this.

Does he love the kids? Do you think he'd even bother with them if you split up?

And you can get help - is it called homestart? and direct payments, oh there is support out there.

Do you think it is good for the kids either, to live in this environment? It's not. It's not good for you and it's not good for them.

SugarMousePink · 01/08/2010 19:20

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mamatomany · 01/08/2010 19:28

please leave, i bet the kids don't adore him i bet they put on an act to please him/try to win his love.

trainsetter · 01/08/2010 19:32

You get one life.

You don't have to only have one husband.

Especially when the one you have is being a dick.

trainsetter · 01/08/2010 19:34

OMFH he hits you when you are askleep? . How on Earth does he explain that?

LittleMissHissyFit · 02/08/2010 10:18

squash, you have 4 kids, tell him to get out. Pack his bags and tell him you know what he's up to, and that you're not going to just sit there and take it. Tell him that anyone who would hit his wife when he thinks she's asleep needs to do the right thing and just go.

Salmah? Is your dh british??? With a ridiculous sense of entitlement like that, i'd say he hails from somewhere more middle-eatern, like mine. Tell if he likes things a certain way, then he knows how to do them!

Mine likes the house clean. Spotless. He likes everything left tidy, and his son well behaved. He is however unwilling to actually do anything to help out.

If i do say anything, tell him to just leave things as he finds them, at the very least, i have to go through a great deal of moaning and whining when he does pull up the duvet, or put the towels back neatly over the towel rail. Mine also moans he doesn't get enough. I've told him if he's nice, no critisising, no moaning or whinging he'll be in with more of a chance. He says 'it doesn't work like that' i tell him it most certainly does, and for him to try it.

He'll leave eventually, he'll go back to his country. 3 years there completely undid the previous 20 years of living in the uk.

salmah · 03/08/2010 00:53

Little miss how did you guess!! Mine never does anything and i mean ANYTHING! No actually i lie, he did give our youngest a bottle of milk abt three mnths ago how inconsiderate of me to forget

LittleMissHissyFit · 03/08/2010 16:07

i swear if his dear mother wasn't dead and buried years ago... I'd have had more than a few words with her! These totally useless, hands off misogynists are actually bred like that...

The men are told they are entitled to do literally sweet FA, moaning about what is being done, of course. The slave wife is taught how to be abused. If he hits her - as is his right - her dad will take her back to him if she comes home looking for sanctuary.

I honestly don't know how my oh can actually pride himself on how his son has turned out, or accept the praise from others...

As i'm frequently told, 'In his people, the men don't ever change nappies, nor ever lift a finger to do anything for their child...' he's actually proud of that!

I told him to talk to normal people, sane western people and see how shocked and pitiful they look at him.

MostlyLurking · 03/08/2010 21:47

Squash and others in similar situations, make sure you delete history on your computer.

BelleDameSansMerci · 03/08/2010 22:01

My dad used to hit my mother; then he hit her while she was asleep; then he threatened to cover her in petrol (while she was asleep) and light it; he set fire to her car when he found her after she'd left him and threatened her with a shotgun... These situations do not improve - they escalate. Letting your children watch this happening is quite likely to cause them major difficulties in forming good relationships later on. Please, please, please find a way to leave and keep your family safe.

My father, btw, is now a pathetic and broken old drunk having spent some time at Her Majesty's pleasure.

My mother, on the other hand, is in a relationship with a lovely man who would never dream of hitting her and, frankly, worships the ground she walks on.

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