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I dont want to do this anymore

30 replies

frumpet · 17/07/2012 21:57

DH and i have been married for 9 years this year and i have had enough. However i was diagnosed with depression at the beginning of the year and i am worried that the lack of anything i feel towards DH is as a result of the AD's i am taking .
Dh is not a good parent , i have a son who i had when we met , who has no relationship with DH , they rarely if ever speak . Our daughter who is nearly 10 , has given up trying to get his attention and he says awful things to her , calls her lazy , goes on about her weight , she is overweight but this is to do with medication she needs to take for a medical condition . We have a toddler son , Dh probably spends more time with him as he is 'cute' , but has never bathed him and he is nearly three .
Dh works from home , which i find really difficult , i cant do housework that is noisy between the hours of 9 and 6 , i cant invite people round due to noise. He gets up at 8 and wanders downstairs , does as he pleases and then goes back upstairs to work . When he finishes work he wanders down again and does as he pleases , until i feed him. I work part-time , so two mornings a week he has to get up early , so that i can leave for work . I always have to get him up , he would never think to set his alarm and come down so i wasnt fretting about being late .
On weekends DH goes off and does his own thing , he doesnt ask if it is ok and tbh its easier if he isnt here .
I do everything for the children , the house etc . I do all the gardening , take stuff to the tip , sort the car out , i go to all the school events (dh attends none), all the shopping ,cooking , cleaning ,laundry etc .
Occasionally DH goes away with work and the atmosphere in the house is 100% better .
I have tried to talk to him and explain how hard it is for me , but basically he doesnt do stuff he doesnt want to , and why should he when i do it all for him.

OP posts:
NoWayNoHow · 18/07/2012 16:38

OP, I agree with everyone else, it's not you, it's not the ADs, it's your slacking, awful, lazy, nasty, horrible husband.

Get rid, you'll feel much better (although it looks like you're already planning that!)

Sometimes, all we need is for someone else objective to look at a situation and validate what we already know deep down inside.

ladyWordy · 18/07/2012 17:00

Wow, frumpet. Some worry their workload will increase as a result of being a single parent, but I think yours will decrease! Either way you will get the same stuff done, at hours to suit you, without Mr Black Cloud to cast a pall over things.

Just wanted to say how much this made me smile ... I know I will be happier and more relaxed and so will the children. :)

Thinking of you, and hope you might even get out from under before the end of hols :) you never know. Some heartening advice from ImperialBlether above. No harm in making a phone call....

AllOverIt · 18/07/2012 17:05

God I agree with everyone. Chuck him out! Please do as others have suggested and don't saddle yourself with the debt. Can you take what you need from the savings and clear it all?

LemonDrizzled · 18/07/2012 17:09

I've always wanted to be able to be able to say this:

LEAVE THE BASTARD!!!

Honestly, it will make you feel so much better to get him outof your life. And you can teach your kids what a mutually supportive kind relationship should benstead of them growing up to think this is what a marriage looks like. Do it for them if you won't do it for yourself. But you sound as though you are getting there already.

You need to have The Talk

QuickLookBusy · 18/07/2012 17:15

Frumpet, like others have said, your H is making you depressed and you will feel so much better when he has gone.

You must go and see a solicitor. If you look in a local paper they usually have adverts for a free half hour consultation. If no luck there, look on the Internet for local solicitors.

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