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Husband is a teenage boy.

29 replies

user1479512536 · 18/11/2016 23:51

Hi all,

I am really at the end of my tether with my husband. He cannot do anything independently and behaves like a teenager.

I will ask him to do simple tasks like make a phone call, hang the washing up, pick some milk up on the way home. 95% of the time he will 'forget' to do what I have asked, and it has got to the point where I am actually in utter disbelief when he does do something!

He will ask me to help him with silly tasks like 'help me load the dishwasher', 'help me give our son a bath' or 'can you check if our sons dinner is too hot?' It is so frustrating because I feel like these are things he should be able to do independently.

We had a massive argument tonight because I have been asking him for a month to ring up student finance to organise a grant we need for his course. He has to do it because the account is in his name, so I can't ring them and sort it myself. Every time I ask him to ring them he says 'I will get round to it' - but he never actually does! It is driving me insane. He misses appointments because he 'can't remember' when he was meant to attend them.

It really is like living with a teenage boy. I have to instruct him what do to, most of the time he doesn't do anything I've asked, he watches porn frequently and neglects our sex life.

I am sick of feeling like I live with a teenager.

OP posts:
ifeeltheneedtheneedforspeed · 19/11/2016 14:08

OP I know exactly what you are going through, I'm going through the exact same thing with my 41 year old man child. This last year I have tried to leave but felt that I couldn't as we have a very young child together. It's suffocating!

ofudginghell · 19/11/2016 14:24

My dh is 41 as well. My boss did warn me they get more awkward with age Hmm
And I've got less tolerant with age so can be an interesting combination Grin

How the hell will he manage a class of children????

ManonLescaut · 19/11/2016 14:28

Please tell me there are men out there that don't behave like this

Sure, but you're not married to one.

Realistically he is not going to be able to hack teaching, and even if he could he would be crap at it. You have to be super-organised.

BitterAndOnlySlightlyTwisted · 19/11/2016 14:28

You need to put a plan into action to ensure you're not financially reliant on him for any longer than you have to be. Left a job after only two days? Can't sort out his own student finance? Can't even bathe his own child or load the dishwasher without trying to rope you in? He's never going to cut it as a teacher! NEVER. And what will you do then?

"he watches porn frequently and neglects our sex life"

I'd have given him his marching orders purely for that. What a wanker

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