Name changed for this. In a relationship with my partner for 15 years or so, have 2 kids who are quite young still. He has a history of mental health issues; depression, anxiety, perhaps some sort of personality disorder but he is functioning and employed etc. He can’t handle work pressures or social situations that aren’t always smooth running. Me, I’m a lot more tired and sometimes emotional since having kids, perhaps don’t handle stress too well and can get upset pretty easily.
Anyway, we have disagreements or arguments from time to time - I always think that he blows it all up out of proportion but he also tends to sulk a bit too.
Recently we have had some reoccurring issues, basically I get upset (most recently about money worries). I got a bit tearful discussing it but our children were around and I was trying not to get upset in front of them. He kind of got a bit angry at me, saying that when I’m upset that I like everyone to know about it and bring everyone down in the house, I put him on a downer and my children don’t like to see it. I don’t want to get upset in front of them and ask him to leave me or give me a min but he badgers me to discuss it when I know if I do then I’ll get more upset.
I do feel some anger towards me in his tone and I don’t know why, all I need is some comforting I guess