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Remind me that this is unacceptable!

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thatsnotmynamereally · 11/05/2014 14:34

Yikes. Having a bad day. After a late morning argument about lack of sex for h (he was lolling around on the bed naked looking at his laptop, probably porn) he got mad at me for not taking the hint that he wanted sex, I asked what he's done to make me want it- answer was that I just should, etc. He proceeded to ask me what I think happened to men who were denied sex for 2 whole weeks (eh?) and said he's look elsewhere, I said fine, and why was it always all about him, and when was the last time he had done something nice for me? I meant that as a question to make him realize how selfish his attitude is. NB it has been a weekend of doing things related to his hobby, he has expected my help and support and I've given it. He countered with: 'its all about you- we had to go look at that house you wanted to see and I told you I didn't want to'. Somehow that tipped me over the edge, it was an open house and I thought he wanted to go too. It was literally 1 hour max out of a weekend that has revolved around him. He started lecturing me about how if I didn't get myself sorted out (he means go to go and get female viagra if that even exists, so I will have more sex drive) he would be compelled to leave me. I said fine, it's over, got my bags and walked out.

Anyway... I drove away but came back. He is stranded without car. Now he's in bed with a stomach ache which is my fault a d I've been told to sit quietly on the sofa. Now wondering wtf to do next...

also- realize I've been told to LTB before but i keep brushing things under the carpet. Plus I'm worried about pushing him into violence, he's controlling and abusive but not violent. I've just started counselling, second session tomorrow, was hoping to get more insight into my own part in this before i exit the relationship...

PS sorry for typos, and am an phone but going to press send just to get a record of this so I don't rearrange it in my head afterwards.

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AnyFucker · 11/05/2014 22:46

I cannot compute Confused

thatsnotmynamereally · 11/05/2014 22:47

Sad thing is, in a way I am a major disappointment to him- as in his mind I want to please him, to sex him enthusiastically, to do the gardening with the zeal of Barbara in The Good Life, cook as enticingly as Nigella, earn ££££ in a job at which I only spend a few hours per week (chosen to suit his timetable ) etc. etc. I am not bad at all- I have my own qualities and he doesn't appreciate me. Today was a revelation, in how i fall short in his eyes.

Tomorrow will be interesting.

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thatsnotmynamereally · 11/05/2014 22:56

AF. I've had a glass of wine, may be rambling, sorry. Trying not to give too much detail but its a complicated situation. Home is London. Island place where we were today is second property 'investment' as in all our retirement funds. He prefers it there to main house. Now we're home. It's great when he is there and I am here. We should definitely live apart. Will talk to solicitor tomorrow.

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CharlotteCollins · 11/05/2014 22:57

YY, thats, you've totally got it with that last post.

Tell me something, do you think, really, that one day when you confront him with his behaviour he will actually understand?

You've probably guessed I don't. It took me ages to stop trying to convince him (my STBXH), though - and I'm still tempted from time to time even after months of saying nothing.

How long have you been posting here, trying to improve things or trying to find a way out? Dare to dream of an escape - and of the life afterwards...

CharlotteCollins · 11/05/2014 22:59

Hope counselling tomorrow is just you?

AnyFucker · 11/05/2014 23:00

OP, all your "rambling" so far has been about him...what he thinks, what you think in relation to him blah blah blah

OP, it wasn't your travel arrangements that had me wondering what the fuck I was reading, it was incomprehensible to me that anyone would put up with what you describe

thatsnotmynamereally · 11/05/2014 23:04

1.5 years Charlotte . I am working my way out but have been waiting so long for this counselling to start. It's focusing my mind. Plus I'm holding down a full time job for first time in many years. I just don't rock boats, but today it's him who is talking about leaving, so a good thing in my mind.

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thatsnotmynamereally · 11/05/2014 23:13

AF I've been with him 27ish years since I was 22. I know I'm brainwashed. 2 Kids at uni, doing great. DD had a bad accident aged 2 while H and I were arguing and I wasn't paying attention, she was fine after long time in hospital but I think I became non-argumentative and subservient at that point, not making excuses just trying to figure it out. Off to bed now. Thanks so much for all support, know I was a cop out and should have run off but can do it in a managed and decisive way tomorrow.

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AnyFucker · 11/05/2014 23:18

Don't cop out of this thread now. See you back here tomorrow. x

CharlotteCollins · 11/05/2014 23:27

Full-time job? That's great, well done. And yes, him talking about leaving is good - and what you wanted - but yes, too, time for you to make your move.

You've been with him so long - it must be so hard to think for yourself. Will be thinking of you at the solicitors tomorrow.

thatsnotmynamereally · 13/05/2014 06:41

Oh sh!£. I have no idea how to get out of this. I wish he would just go but it's not going to happen. I don't know how i can leave and hold down my job at the same time. job is a temporary contract- won't last forever anyway.

Yesterday he sent me an email which first said I'd ruined his weekend then he made a list, first of his hobbies and interests, then of mine. Of course his column has loads of stuff in it (ie cars, gardening, buildings, fishing, boats, 'the family' (wtf that means!) and mine has little- yoga, the cat, clothes. I am supposed to fill in the chart and send it back to him, so he can have an idea of what my interests are as claims that I have none. Bullshit. I'm not even going to rise to this stupid bait.

We had a big fight last night due to my not being 'nice'- a friend of his stayed the night (lives elsewhere, working in London for a day). Evidently I was bossing him around because I asked him to bring wine glasses back to the kitchen. Wtf? Fight was in private, not in front of friend. During the movie (anchorman 2) I got nostalgic about the music so grabbed my iPad to google some band info and he hissed at me for being rude, as I should have been paying sole attention to the movie. How controlling is that?

Then there was more afterwards, basically I got a huge telling off for various things but it boils down to the fact that I wasn't subservient enough in front of his friend. On top of everything that happened over the weekend- he should have been trying harder but he doesn't think he's done anything wrong. I'm going to call a friend re a place to stay. But the reality is I have few friends (who i would talk to anyway) and limited resources, to pay for a hotel would seem ridiculous waste. I'm thinking about staying at the other place, even though its inconvenient for work. Might actually be fun to be there by myself. Called solicitor yesterday but due to busy time at work on top of taking the morning off for counselling I didn't achieve much in that respect. Injunction would I think be the only way to get him to leave and he is adamant that he owns everything because he's paid for it all.

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thatsnotmynamereally · 13/05/2014 06:45

PS I am determined to be elsewhere by the end if this week. Ideally tonight, just to get some space between us. I'm thinking he will go to other place, if not then I will. We can trade back and forth. Hadn't thought of that before, all I have thought about is selling this house and the timescale seems daunting.

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Paq · 13/05/2014 06:46

He is a nasty bully.

Don't believe anything he says.

Get a solicitor and listen to only them.

PoppadomPreach · 13/05/2014 06:59

he is adamant that he owns everything because he's paid for it all

Please don't believe this!

Get a solicitor and play hard. Do not give him an inch. He is a nasty, pathetic little man. And as paq says - listen to your solicitor only.

PeaceLillyDoge · 13/05/2014 07:24

He sounds awful. Good on you for leaving.

Don't believe a word he says about it all being his.

tipsytrifle · 13/05/2014 12:13

was hoping to get more insight into my own part in this before i exit the relationship...

I haven't read all the responses properly yet because, like AF, i'm a bit bowled over. How about you get any necessary insight the way it's meant to be got .. from a distance, in a new space, looking back in detachment? Anything else is just further involvement in an ongoing situation.

He is awful, this environment is awful .. i'm choking on its abusive claustrophobia just reading it. Also nightmare memories of being expected to spread myself on a platter to be consumed by current "owner"...

Grim, dire, sickening ... please get out now. That is your role in this relationship now. I see you're thinking of tonight. Please make it happen.

thatsnotmynamereally · 13/05/2014 16:22

Thanks all. Cannot concentrate at work, hope nobody notices me googling all the time. I have to go home and tell him we need some space between us. Predictably I am hoping he's had a good day at work... He had an important meeting.

He knows that I'm entitled to 50% but saying its all his is just to remind me he's earned more money than me.

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