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Oh sh*t!

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OrmIrian · 22/01/2007 13:06

I think I've really done it this time. After a weekend of niggly rows with DH we had a major blow-up last night half way through Waking the Dead - strangely enough it was about the nature of truth - I said it was relative he said it wasn't - no big deal and the kind of argument we've had a million times and never come to blows (metaphorical only). This time it seemed to blow up to full hurricane force almost instantly and at one point DH whacked his head with his hand and said 'duh!!' at me.... call me old-fashioned if you wish but as a debating technique that sucks! So I'm afraid I lost it totally - I said a lot of very nasty things (and so did he) including the fact that I am seriously resentful about the fact that he's a trained teacher but has yet, 11 years down the line, to work as a teacher.... which is why we are still broke and I still have to struggle to find childcare over the school hols. The fact that I am almost totally in charge of the kids as I work part-time( and still earn slightly more than he does). I also said at one point that I hated him sometimes - which is true but a terrible thing to say.I went to bed with the words that the kids and I would do as well without him . he gave almost as good as he got but as he (IMO) doesnt have nearly as much amunition, it wasn't quite so horrible.

He slept on the sofa and this morning got up at 5.30 to go to a funeral in Barking (long journey from Somerset) picking up his mother and sister on the way. We gave each other a stiff sort of hug as he left and I apologised but then wished I hadn't because I didn't say anything that wasn't true and hadn't been bugging me for ages, although the way I said it was not acceptable perhaps.

So what do I do now? I don't really want him to leave but things have to change. I feel like a skivvy TBH and it seems the more I do for him the more he takes it for granted and expects it. I'm afraid that he'll come back and either we'll row again or it will be back to things as they are. I'm so tired and worn down atm that I can't face any more huge rows. And part of me wonders if my resentment isn't at the situation I'm in isn't what I expected and it's as much my fault as his - dashed expectations rather than inadequate DH. Maybe it's me, not him iyswim.

I'm at work, plastered in make-up to hide the blotchy eyes and dreading DH coming home.

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Tortington · 22/01/2007 13:21

sorry about your row. sounds like a rather intelligencia marrital breakdown

so you feel like a skivvy. and thought your life chances would have ben greatly improved by now if.......

what?

he wasn't a teacher?

you wern't a mother

you didn't have the mortgage?

the root of all the evil is?........

tell me more. i have to go to a meeting soon but will be back

BlueDaisy · 22/01/2007 13:24

Don't let the dust settle. Say you are sorry for hurting his feelings BUT you did meand everything you said. After all things can't change unless you address all the issues.

Does he ever feel like a failure or is he content with his job?

Bit unfortunate to row the night before a funeral though.

OrmIrian · 22/01/2007 13:33

custardo - it was rather a good discussion . Was settling down for a good old debate but sadly not.

He isn't teaching. That's the root of it all I think. Spent 4 years, loads of student loan that we still owe and got into debt to finance his studies. And then for one reason or another (too long to go into here) he decided teaching wasn't for him. So 4 years down the line his 'new start' was a waste of time. Meanwhile I'd be working at a pretty soulless job to keep the pennies rolling in. As I once said to a friend (as a joke) " someone has to pay the bills whilst the other half follows his dreams". Now he's a self-employed builder who really doesn't earn enough to justify his expenses.

I wouldn't be without the kids. I think what upsets me is that i seem to get both ends of the stick and they're both sh*tty. I work, I do school runs both ends of day, take DS#2 to nursery and do most of the childcare as DH leaves a 6.30 and doesn't come home till 6ish. I just want him to know that things are not OK but the balls in his court about changing things - I can't do anymore than I already do.

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OrmIrian · 22/01/2007 13:38

blueshoes - he likes his job but he doesn't like being broke anymore than I do. But it feels as if I bear the brunt of us not having enough money in that I am the one who has to fill in the gaps as it were. He just swans in and out while I feel like I'm the one doing the frantic paddling.

Yes it was unfortunate about the funeral but it's not someone he was close to or that he's seen for years. It was partly about that anyway - he didn't want to have to drive his sister's little car (almost new !)so he's taken my N reg estate that I scrimp and save to keep in good nick so that we have a reliable family car. I've had to drive his horrible van that I can't steer and tends to overheat badly I wasn't happy about it and probably wasn't very gracious either which annoyed him. I think that might have been what made him niggly with me.

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bluejelly · 22/01/2007 14:04

Sounds like there is frustration on both sides. Have you thought about relate?

OrmIrian · 22/01/2007 14:08

Bluedaisy - sorry I misnamed you. Don't know where that came from...

bluejelly - no we haven't. TBH it's been coming a long time but it's the first time we've openly acknowledged we have a problem. Maybe something we can look at.

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bluejelly · 22/01/2007 14:17

Bluedaisy quite a nice name actually, maybe I should change it
SOunds like you and your dh are just starting on a journey to deal with the frustrations and disappointments that all longterm relationships go through... relate could be useful I reckon

OrmIrian · 22/01/2007 14:24

But we've been married for 15 years this October and living together for 20. Why no?

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Tortington · 22/01/2007 14:53

yes does seem that all the giving in the relationshipis one sided - alas i know not what to suggest.

could he not go back to teaching? if his response is an airy fairy "its not the job for me soul destroying blah de whinge"

maybe you could say " erm shut the fuck up - its my turn babe, my turn comprende?!"

only that is unhelpful. i think where marriage guidence could come in handy is where you manage to say things in what is essentially a mediated environment. saying very personal things in front of a third party usually brings about a lightbulb moment where someone says " shit i'm a complete twunt"

my dh did say he wasnt going to continue with MG if all it was was twunt bashing. its not my fault my dh can't twunt bash - and all the twunt bashing is one sided

worth a persual in yer brain me thinks ?

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