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things blew up again...what now?

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onelastchance · 08/05/2011 08:49

had an awful eve last night and now h taken ds out for the morning.

it was ds's 5th birthday week before last and i'd made a huge maoutn of effort to arrnage parties for friends and family, cake, etc. on ds;s birthday, H said ds would be getting me something to say thank you for all my effort. There was lots of stuff to do beofre people came round last week so said i'd rather he helped get house straight than go out and buy present then.
This weekend, still no present - ds said something to h about it, and i said not much point now as moment had passed - h agreed - which realy for him meant he'd forgotten all about it and i'd given him a get out excuse. he got very stroppy and said he didnt want dinner with me later - alway have special dinner together on sat eve.

later i asked him why he hadnt told me he wasn't going ot bother geting anything as i didn't want him going out last weekend when so much to do, he said basically that as i sid not to get anything last weekend , that 's when he was planning to go so now too late. Tbh i'm not fussed about the actual present at all - it's his stupied excuses and empty words.
He then told me i'd ruined the weekend, etc, etc

Ended up with me telling him how crap things were (more like sharing a house, than a marriage - which it is) and me having dinner on my own and then going to bed.
He came in this morning apologising for being grumpy trying to act like nothing had happened...as usual.

What now?

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AttilaTheMeerkat · 08/05/2011 14:04

There is an awful lot of history behind OneLastChance and her H and my reply reflects this. Her OP is pretty much standard with regards to the deteriorating nature of the dysfunctional relationship that she and he currently have.

I feel OLC is stuck and does not know what to do for the best. Fear of the unknown, embarrassment and shame is likely playing a role here in keeping her where she is.

moonbeam32 · 08/05/2011 14:04

lovely witty reply there lady

get over it

people have different opinions. We are entitled to post them. I don't go around changing your posts. Please dont do it to others. Its rude!

AttilaTheMeerkat · 08/05/2011 14:16

OLC

Your parents failed you abjectedly as a child and you certainly had a rough ride in childhood. They set you up for the abusive treatment you are receiving now at the hands of your H. You can see that?. Your parents set your relationship template. We after all learn about relationships first and foremost from our parents.

Getting back to the present, what are you both teaching your son about relationships now?.

onelastchance · 08/05/2011 20:56

Thansk for all your posts> Just to reiterate (in case of any doubt!) I don't care that i didn't get a present, was just annoyed by yet more empty words and excuses.

Just discovered yet another (trivial, in itself ) thing now> h is doing some work in the garden. I hve no invlovlement in the garden (my choice) but a couple of weeks ago i questioned something he done re decking. He said what he'd done was fine. Today i dscovered that it clearly wasn't fine as he' done what i suggested (without mentioning it to me) I asked him about it, and he said he's decided to read up more on what he was doing. I asked if this was as a result of what i'd said, he said no..

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BluddyMoFo · 08/05/2011 21:00

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onelastchance · 08/05/2011 21:35

Again it's not that i care that he's done something different - it's the lack of hinest communication. I guess i did give him the idea,so what not admit it...or even appreciate it?!?

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moonbeam32 · 08/05/2011 23:23

OLC...i must admit i haven't read any back story BUT just reading this thread you are coming across as very needy of praise all the time.

You want praise and thanx for the party....you want praise and thanx for the garden idea.

Now persoanlly if my husband craved thanx for everything he did for me and praise for his ideas...it would drive me bloody bonkers. We both run our home..we both work hard. If we had to constantly praise each other i'm sure patience would wear thin. Things need doing you just do them...if you have ideas ya just get on with it...and if my son wants a birthday party then i go out of my way to organise it...just to do it for him..not for the praise

:)

onelastchance · 09/05/2011 07:07

It's not the i wnt the praise at at all really

party - the thought of h getting me a present hadn't entered my head. I just wanted to make sure ds had a good birthday and his little face his enough thanks from him. the point is h's empty words/lacl of communication

garden - it's pretty obvious i gave him the idea, so why not just admit it. Wanted honesty, not thanks

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