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DH being rude about my family to others

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Toomuchcoffeetoday · 03/06/2017 03:31

AIBU? My husband is very quick to speak rudely about my parents and siblings. Not just little comments but long well rehearsed monologues. Tonight has been one such night. We are staying with old family friends, my parents haven't seen these people in years as they now live far away from us. As we were staying in the area for half term I looked them up. They kindly asked us over for supper. After two glasses of wine the conversation turned to my siblings. My husband then started the whole monologue. One of my siblings did get into some trouble in their youth but has been married with children for years. I didn't feel we needed to tell these people. They may still be in contact with other people my parents know. Obviously I am quite upset about it as it is 3.30am and I am writing this.

My worry is that we have a trip booked in the summer and some other family friends have kindly offered for us to stay with them for a few days. I do not want a repeat of this from my husband. I have asked him before not to do this. In fact several years ago I broke down while we were seeing old friends of mine because he did it. I spoke to him at the time, explains how horrible I thought it was but he carries on. I am not going to say I never relay the odd story about my mother in law but only her being critical of me. I certainly do not speak badly about his siblings and certainly would not do it in front of his family friends.

AIBU? Should I make other plans for the summer trip to avoid this? My parents would be mortified if any of this ever came back to them.

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Toomuchcoffeetoday · 03/06/2017 22:21

Cary2012 - this sounds very familiar. :(

Pickle - thank you for the advice, I am very aware that I don't want the children learning this behaviour.

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Toomuchcoffeetoday · 03/06/2017 22:23

Kaitlin - The children are 5, 9 and 13.

fizzygreen - I will see if I have any messages. I find the heartbreaking.

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Mysteriouscurle · 04/06/2017 00:14

He doesnt give a shit about youSad. He sounds horrible

BubblingUp · 04/06/2017 00:43

Is alcohol part of the problem, by chance?

picklemepopcorn · 04/06/2017 13:08

Coffee, I hope I didn't sound critical, I'm sorry if it did. I was responding to your worry about him having them unsupervised, that is was probably less harmful in the long run than the day to day contact they have now. Just a thought.

Toomuchcoffeetoday · 04/06/2017 18:18

Picklemepopcorn - no I totally agree with you. Today has been awful with my DS in tears. I have to do something. We are miserable.

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picklemepopcorn · 05/06/2017 06:45

Poor DS. Poor you. What a shame. Sorry, that's not very helpful, is it! I hope you find a way through. I think you'll find it harder to tolerate, now. Once someone has shown how selfish they are, it's hard to ignore.

spottysuperted · 05/06/2017 07:21

Will he kick up a fuss about the summer trip?

HanShootsFirst · 05/06/2017 07:32

Once you see it it can't be unseen. Good luck. Flowers

Toomuchcoffeetoday · 05/06/2017 11:38

He will kick up a huge fuss about the summer trip. To the point that I think we will have to cancel the whole thing.

I just can't have the children exposed to this. I genuinely believe he is punishing them for having a better childhood than he had. Is that really possible?

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Thebluedog · 05/06/2017 11:43

Sounds like you need to have a sentence in the bag to shut him up when he starts. Maybe the mumsnet classic 'do you mean to be so rude about my siblings/parents'
I'm sure some Be can call me up with something better but it may help for now. You need something that will shut him up and that won't make your guests feel awkward.

As for the relationship in general, you need to work out what it is you want, and what you are getting, anything in the middle you need to sort out one way or another.

Flowers
Thebluedog · 05/06/2017 11:44

As for the summer holiday, can't you and the dc go without him?

Toomuchcoffeetoday · 05/06/2017 13:21

Thebluedog - I would really rather go without him but I really don't think he will let us go without him. I have gone away without him in the past and he made me feel terrible about it for ages, and while we were away he had a 'clear out'. This clear out was pretty extreme and I had to reorder birth certificates etc and other important documents. I now hide things from him. As I write this I think I must be nuts to have tolerated this for so long. :(

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picklemepopcorn · 05/06/2017 14:32

Ah. How about kicking him out and getting your family to come and stay with you that week instead Grin

Thebluedog · 05/06/2017 16:11

This might be time to stand your ground, lay it out to him, he's either nice and positive about it, or you go on holiday on your own.

Make sure you've got the important and sentimental objects away from the house, so if he does decide to 'punish' you agian by throwing away important things, you've got the important things covered.

honeyroar · 05/06/2017 16:36

Too much this relationship sounds awful and not good for you. I can't believe he threw everything away because you went away without him. I think you should start getting your ducks in a row and work out how to leave. It sounds like, deep down, you really want to anyway. Your life would be so much easier without him, after the initial difficulty of actually leaving.

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