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Is my husband a dick?

34 replies

Mitzicoco · 12/08/2019 13:35

I don't know where to start. I've been married for 10 years plus and have two lovely dcs. Mu husband has changed though. He isn't the same man I married and I don't know what to do about it. My previous relationship was abusive so I know all about that, but I am starting to get the feeling that he his ebbing in that direction. It's little things. Undermining my self-confidence. I have had MH issues for a few years and he has been hugely supportive during that time, but now I feel (shakily) back on my feet he has started really talking down at me. I feel like such a failure. I can't keep the house clean enough for him. He expects me to go to the gym all the time to lose all the weight I gained through being on certain meds. I know I am overweight and not slim like when he married me but I am doing my best with dieting. I still suffer social anxiety and being a fat person in the gym does not help so I have found myself lying to him saying I have gone when I haven't as I couldn't face it. I'm not depressed anymore I'm miserable though.Yesterday we got back from holiday and he had a massive blow up and wouldn't speak to me for two hours(in front of the children) because he found some sweets hidden at the back of the cupboard that I give them as a Friday treat and some ice-cream in the freezer. He accused me of giving them sweets and ice-cream every day (which I don't) and said I was ruining their health. Actually, I try and cook nice homemade food for them, and then for him again when he gets back from work but he won't believe me.I have zero self esteem.I know it doesn't sound like much but I guess it's just a culmination of criticisms every day about how I should be doing things. Nothing is ever good enough. I dress oddly. I don't discipline the children, the house is a mess etc etc. Basically, I am not as neat and tidy as his mother. God it all sounds a bit pathetic I know but it's making me feel down and unnerved. I think he is turning into a bully. And my children can see it. Help?

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hellsbellsmelons · 12/08/2019 15:52

That is awful OP.
I had a feeling you wouldn't actually be 'overweight'
He's just trying to knock you down.
I'm 5ft 3" and over 11 stone and still look good (and I'm old)
None of this is OK.
Which you already know.

Mitzicoco · 12/08/2019 15:56

God I feel like shit.

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Mitzicoco · 12/08/2019 16:00

Thanks for all your messages

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lisbonholiday · 12/08/2019 16:04

10 stone is a great weight OP, I bet you look lovely. As you said, he's a dick, and he probably knows with a history of anorexia and low-self esteem that's a thread he can keep pulling to keep pushing your confidence down. He's a bully, and it's not your fault.

EKGEMS · 12/08/2019 16:17

No your partner isn't a dick those can be attractive and pleasurable he's just a waste of space! Tell the bastard to move in with his mommy if she's such a better housekeeper/cook! I bet he couldn't survive two hours at home with your children!

Mary1935 · 12/08/2019 16:40

He’s abusive - he wants to keep you beneath him.
What can you do about this?
You sound a very genuine person.
He’s yet another abusive pig.
Sorry OP.🌺

Malvinaa81 · 12/08/2019 16:55

I'm sorry these things are happening.

It's all very well saying your husband is a dick, which he is, but how is that going to help- you do sound very unhappy, and unsupported. Is there someone to talk to who could encourage you?

I hope you can get strength, and gradually better your situation.

Thatsalovelycuppatea · 13/08/2019 21:27

He sounds horrible. You deserve so much more Thanks

BarbedBloom · 13/08/2019 21:33

Holy hell, you had an eating disorder and he is acting like.this? You are not fat, but even if you were his behavior is unacceptable. I did the same as you, went from one abusive idiot to the next and the second one was lovely for a while as well. The more comfortable he became, the more his true self came out.

Get rid and get some proper therapy. I had to have this to break the cycle and now years later I am married to a kind and lovely man

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