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Help! Marriage suddenly seems to be in the rocks

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Onthemovemum · 19/09/2018 14:02

I'm new on here and could really use some advice. My husband and I have a wonderful 15 month old daughter. She has been amazing and made being first time parents pretty easy. We coslept for the first 13 months as it felt like the best solution for us but over the last few months have gradually moved her into a cot and into her own room whilst also reducing night feeds. This coincided with the sudden appearance of teeth including molars and so needless to say I've had very little sleep over the last eight weeks, sometimes getting up as many as 8-9 times a night. Last night however was a dream and she slept through from 7pm to 7am with just one small wake up at 1:30am. So what's the problem? Literally two nights ago my husband pretty much said he is only staying because of our daughter, he thinks we are incompatible, have nothing in common and he thinks I am not passionate enough about anything. This has all been a major shock and I was stunned, we have rows like other couples but I thought we were the type of couple to weather any problem. I said I thought we were just going through a bad patch and tried to explained that maybe I had been snappy and unreasonable recently due to lack of sleep but he just laughed and said that wasn't the issue. Since our daughter has been born he has said many times he dare not make a decision as it is bound to be wrong and when he describes how he sees me it isn't a person I recognise. I genuinely don't know if I've had a personality transplant and become awful or if for some reason he is feeling like I have changed. He said I was a great mum and a housewife but we are 'stuck' because of our daughter and he is just going to keep his head down and get through the next 18 years. The last few days have been terrible, he won't discuss anything, if I say anything he snaps at me and I literally can not breath without it being wrong. I can't imagine lasting another week let alone 18 years and can't see how he doesn't want to discuss anything. I don't know what to do, my daughters amazing smiling face keeps looking at me and I feel like I'm letting her down. I don't know what has gone wrong and I don't have anyone to talk to. Has anyone else's husband suddenly seemed to not be able to stand being in he same room as them? I know a baby puts a strain on a relationship but I thought we'd be fine. Does anyone have any advice on what to do? Has anyone else been in a similar situation?

OP posts:
IWishIHadEvenMorePlasticTat · 19/09/2018 22:48

Don’t ‘see what happens’. He doesn’t get to decide. He’s laid his cards out now, ball is in your court.

Aquamarine1029 · 19/09/2018 23:08

He's fucking you about like a puppet on a string. He basically tells you he's out the door and down the hall, but when you start asking the hard questions and stand up for yourself he turns on the "Poor me I'm so confused" water works. He's a total shit head.

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