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to be extremely fecked off with dh..

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mrsfassbender · 27/04/2013 17:46

had an accident earlier week; on crutches/painkillers and wotnot and unable to drive. DH totally blasé about it all, to extent I drove myself to the hospital and was given x-ray, crutches etc. and advised to rest and not drive for a week.
now, last night come home and power been out all day. House like a fridge and extremely dark due to cloudy skies. Not able to cook for obv.reason. DH leaves to play footy (every Fri) aware of situation.
an hour later, still no power. DS getting scared and freaked out, having had cereal for his tea in a dark kitchen. I text DH; what do I do, don't want to stay home, can't carry DS and he won't go to bed. Can't drive, but tempted to, to get some hot food and just be warm.
He doesn't reply. When I finally reach him, he's in the pub. He comes home about 11, tells me I should have just "gone to fucking bed like all the neighbours" (we live in an extremely rural location, no idea how he'd deduced that our distant neighbours had gone to bed!) and tells me I have no right to be mad. This morning I tried to discuss it, admittedly very angrily, and he just repeats "shut up, shut up, shut up" at me.
I'm disgusted at him and just want to turf him out. He has had rages in the past and he started again, throwing his weight about, slamming doors etc, and I said he was throwing his toys out the pram cos I was calling him out on being out of order.
Am I over-reacting?

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SquinkiesRule · 29/04/2013 02:37

Good gracious he's being a total arse.
He should have stayed home with you anyway to see to Ds after you ending up on crutches, not only that but he should have taken you to the hospital.
I would probably want to turf him out too, but then you are on crutches with no help at all.
You are not over reacting at all.
We loose power being rural, Dh makes sure all the lamps and torches are in working order and that I have safe containers for candles.

Cat98 · 29/04/2013 07:35

Wow, YANBU. I'd be seriously thinking about going to stay somewhere else with ds until he sorts himself out. Might give him a wake up call.

mrsfassbender · 07/05/2013 22:02

oh poo, may have double posted here. Sorry for not coming back.
Things better; got a heartfelt apology and since then have had a few looong chats and we're going to counselling as he knows it can't happen again. Thank you all, sincerely, for your lovely, kind messages
Flowers

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AnyFucker · 07/05/2013 22:07

what are you going to counselling for ?

there is nothing wrong with your behaviour Confused

did he drive home from the pub the other night, btw ?

ChaoticTranquility · 07/05/2013 23:13

Quite frankly AF I'd go for the counselling too just to make sure he didn't lie or minimise his behaviour while with the counsellor.

AnyFucker · 07/05/2013 23:18

attending counselling with him means accepting some of the fault, so fuck that

joint counselling isn't recommended where there is abuse, including emotional abuse perpetrated by one partner to another

it simply gives them more ammunition to browbeat you

ChaoticTranquility · 07/05/2013 23:24

That's true, I hadn't thought about it like that.

Thinking about my post I would probably go because I wouldn't trust him to be totally honest which says to me that the relationship would be over anyway because without trust there cannot be a relationship.

Sorry OP I'll stop hijacking now. Good luck with what ever you decide to do.

RiotsNotDiets · 07/05/2013 23:24

AF is right, counselling is not recommended for couples where there is any kind of abuse. He could go to counselling on his own but it would be a bad idea for you to go too.

AnyFucker · 07/05/2013 23:25

CT, I agree with you there

if you cannot trust them not to lie to a counsellor, what is the point at all ?

mrsfassbender · 08/05/2013 20:55

Hello, fell asleep last night and at work all day today.
Impetus on him now to sort the counselling, the point is to talk it through.... We've been together 15 years and this is a recent thing, so I want to give things a chance
Counselling is to sort him out, not us, IYSWIM

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RiotsNotDiets · 08/05/2013 22:25

You should not be going to counselling with him though. He has been abusive to you which means no reputable counselor would see you together as it is likely that he would use anything you say to manipulate you.

mrsfassbender · 08/05/2013 23:11

Ok thank you for that advice riots - it's going to be through Relate so I am guessing we may have a prelim discussion with them before it begins. I want him to be honest about things with them; he has apologised and accepted that it was wrong to me but I want him to talk it through properly and get some strategies in place so it doesn't happen again

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mrsfassbender · 08/05/2013 23:13

I should add (not making excuses at all) we are both under an immense amount of pressure ATM and we do co parent; I am in no way nanny or house keeper. ( have just read through some old posts!)

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