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Dh pulls out of major decisions at the last minute

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Withorwithout · 20/04/2017 19:49

This is an issue we've had for the entirety of our marriage, I'm pulling my hair out over what to do.

My dh and I make decisions together, he is not the best communicator but I try to be very clear and always clarify/question what he responds to me with in case I've misunderstood. Whenever we make a big decision together (buying a house, having a child etc) at the VERY LAST MINUTE he tries to turn it around, say I pushed him into it and he wants out. I recognise that this is because he cannot own his decisions.

Over the last few months we have been gearing up to moving abroad. We rented out our house, packed up all our stuff, I found a job in new country (he works remotely) we're currently in my mum's spare room due to fly on Monday. Lo and behold, today he has engineered a fight, the outcome being that he is pulling out of the move and refuses to consent to me going with the dc without him (which I threatened to do).

He has now taken the dc and gone to stay at his mum's.

I am at my wit's end. Crying in my mum's spare room because I feel like he's pulled the rug out from under me, yet again.

OP posts:
Withorwithout · 26/04/2017 09:58

We did make it, thanks for asking! I have a couple of weeks to enjoy exploring in the sun before I start my job.

I'm trying to take Hissy's (and others) opinion into account but I haven't forgotten how abandoned and angry I felt. So not sure yet of next steps..

OP posts:
Zaphodsotherhead · 26/04/2017 12:58

Maybe now, when you're there and settled and everything is looking rosy, is the time to ask him what he was so scared of?

Hissy · 26/04/2017 13:43

absolutely what Zaphod said, get him to be mindful of his fear, doing it anyway and now looking back and seeing that it was OK in the end. the more he does this, the more likely he will be to do do it when anxious in the future

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