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Has my Husband used me? Help!

105 replies

Hammers1987 · 09/09/2019 18:19

So,
Two weeks ago yesterday my Husband went to work as usual for the evening shift in a bar he runs. I woke startled Sunday morning to discover he had not come home. His mobile phone was switched off. Upon calling around worried I discovered that DH was in fact drinking and not working, and had gone off to play football that morning. By the time he got in touch it was 1.30pm. I had not heard from him in nearly twenty four hours and all he said was “sorry my phone died”. I was understandably angry. Following this DH disappeared. Didn’t come home and didn’t speak to me for four days. Ignored messages from the kids. Didn’t put money in the bank to cover rent a food.
We spoke on the Friday all day, managed to clear the air and he video called me late that night where we had phone sex. However, the next day he was back to ignoring me and said we were over.
Upon DH return from his parents where he was staying, he refused to speak to me. Refused to speak and sort our marriage out. But refused to sort out rent, bills, the bank, and all of responsibilities too. He left me to borrow money to buy food for our three teenage children. On Friday morning we agreed to meet at the bank. We sorted our account out and paid money in to cover bills. After he asked if he could come home and see the kids and our dogs. We sat and had a tea. Made small talk. And he asked if he had clean socks upstairs. As he went upstairs he made a big deal of saying that he wasn’t packing any of his clothes. When he left for work i was a bit emotional. It has been nearly two weeks since I had seen him and the longest we had been apart in five years.
We spent all afternoon and evening messaging, and he came round about 10pm. We had a talk. He said he loved me, missed me, found it really hard being apart. He wanted our marriage and wouldn’t leave again. He promised. We had sex, good sex, and slept holding each other.
The following morning we laid in bed having a cuddle and a chat. Spent the afternoon together and everything seemed fine. When my DH left for work he said he’d see me in the morning. Gave me a kiss. Said I love you and left. Well. I woke up again and he wasn’t there. He sent me a blunt text at 1.30am saying he was drinking with a football mate and staying there to leave for football in the morning. He did it again! When he finally messaged I asked if he was home later to which he said “I don’t think so. I am not sure what we should do for the best to be honest”. Followed by a please don’t be upset!
He didn’t come home, and stayed out drinking all day yesterday. Refused to speak to me. And today has said we were over two weeks ago!
I really don’t understand where he is coming from and why he is doing this. He won’t answer me what Friday was all about. He won’t discuss why he did that. He won’t talk to me. He won’t sort any of our responsibilities out either. It’s like he punishes me for his own behaviour. He has been drinking a lot over the last year. Only had nine alcohol free days this year. Drinks everyday. Regularly binge drinks. I honestly don’t know why he treats me like this. I am devastated. Five years of marriage. Our anniversary Wednesday. What do a I do? Now do I deal with this?

OP posts:
Nyctophyllia · 09/09/2019 18:27

What you do is take control, pack all his shit up and send it to his parents, see a solicitor and CAB to sort out money
You are dancing to his tune, dont..
Get angry

EggysMom · 09/09/2019 18:30

Stop sleeping with him! Seriously, you got talking - and you had phone sex. He came home, claimed he wanted his marriage to work, and you had sex. Stop giving him what he wants and have some self-respect.

Ratbagcatbag · 09/09/2019 18:30

Yes he used now.
And as the previous poster said. Get angry. Pack his stuff up and send it to his parents.
Get looking at what you're entitled too and get rid of him. You're setting the standard for how he thinks he can treat you and you keep taking him back. Make it on your terms rather than his.

category12 · 09/09/2019 18:31

Stop being a doormat for him. He fucked off for several days, ignored you and left you up shit creek and next thing you know you're shagging him again. Don't fall for it a second time.

Where do you think he was, while he was away? He's probably fucking someone else.

You need to stop dancing to his tune and take control.

NeatFreakMama · 09/09/2019 18:31

Yes agree with @27Nyctophyllia it's him just treating you awfully. Take control and show him you're not being treated this way. Sounds like it's over but he's lacking the balls to just end it. I'm sorry x

Hammers1987 · 09/09/2019 18:32

I wish I could get angry. He has left me in tears. Feeling used and devastated. No money. I have lost a significant amount of weight the last year due to his drinking and behaviour which has seen me shrink from a healthy size 12 to a tiny size 6. I am emotionally exhausted. I really need answers and he won’t give them to me. Bearing in mind his phone is a contract I pay for! I don’t understand how anyone could treat their own Wife that way. By lying and treating me like a one night stand!

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Hammers1987 · 09/09/2019 18:35

How do I take that control back? We have a joint house. He won’t take his Mums dog back. Won’t give me money as he spends it all drinking. Won’t collect his stuff. Won’t come with me to sort anything else out. He just ignores it!

He was staying with his parents when he went away. Definitely no-one else. Just alcohol!

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Ohdeargodwot · 09/09/2019 18:35

'Please dont be upset?' Lol.

I would be V tempted to just say 'oh, im not dont worry' and kick his fckn arse out, all belongings in binbags, the works.

Aquamarine1029 · 09/09/2019 18:36

Don't you already have the answers? He's a feckless alcoholic who is probably cheating, and seemingly has no issue with abandoning you and your children. You are better off without him.

category12 · 09/09/2019 18:37

Get legal advice and start a divorce. Start a Child support claim against him. Start a benefits claim as a sole parent.

category12 · 09/09/2019 18:39

Pack up his shit and dump it at his parents.

Quartz2208 · 09/09/2019 18:40

he is an alcoholic so alcohol is more important than anyone or anything else

You give the dog back you send his stuff back you tell him he has gone and you start the benefit process to get money

Do you work? I assume you rent so inform the landlord as well to get him off the tenancy

Notcoolmum · 09/09/2019 18:40

How on earth do you end up having phone sex with a man who put you and his kids through that?

See a solicitor. Pack his bags. You make the decision this is over. Don't allow him to keep crawling back for sex.

Grimbles · 09/09/2019 18:40

Put his stuff in black bags and tell him they'll be either left on your doorstep or his mums.

Why do you have his mums dog? Tell her she needs to come and collect it otherwise you will have it rehomed.

TamarindCove · 09/09/2019 18:47

You don't need him to give you answers, you give them to him.

Take his clothes and the dog back to his Mum's house. Tell him it's over, you will not be treated the way he's treating you. You come second to alcohol and that won't change until he wants it to, which he obviously doesn't at the moment.

You need to take charge. Find out what benefits you are entitled to and claim them as a single person. He has shown you he's unreliable so it's pointless trying to rely on him.

Stop having sex with him.

Hammers1987 · 09/09/2019 18:49

His Mum lives five hours away. And I don’t drive. It does feel like he dumps all of it on me as a form of control. The same with not returning my phone.
He hasn’t paid any of our bills of half of our rent. We are overdrawn at the bank and he owes £400 where he hasn’t put any wages in the bank for three weeks.
I am unable to remove his name from the tenancy. It is a Council house. They will not get involved in domestics and he will not willingly remove his name. I have tried!
He has left me in the shit. He has left before and come home a few days later. Only now I never get an apology.
I know the alcohol is a problem. He is screwing up and work and lying to people. He was never this man when we got married. It is heartbreaking to see. The kids just want their Dad back.
I do feel really lonely. Our friends were joint friends and if I speak to them and he finds out he will have a go at me. My family don’t live around here, and i feel too ashamed to speak to anyone at work. He has made me feel used, and broken. His behaviour has been erratic. The night before he didn’t come home he had taken me for dinner and to the cinema. His behaviour doesn’t make any sense and he always seems so angry all the time.

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SunshineCake · 09/09/2019 18:51

Please wake up and realise you deserve better. Your poor kids.

Egghead68 · 09/09/2019 18:51

If you have any self-respect don’t have any more contact and start divorce proceedings.

Bonniefoible · 09/09/2019 18:53

I mean this kindly, but you need take your self-respect back. If there isn't another woman, he at least is having a love affair with alcohol.

You are not his priority, stop making him yours and look after yourself and your family first. He has to want to sort himself out, you can't fix this for him.

Seek legal advise and starting having your exit strategy sorted out or he's going to pull you under with him because, make no mistake, he is sinking ship.

You deserve so, so much better, but you have to let yourself believe that before anything can change. Thanks

MarianaMoatedGrange · 09/09/2019 18:56

Our friends were joint friends and if I speak to them and he finds out he will have a go at me

So fucking what? He's left you and his kids, hasn't paid his share of the bills, is pissing his life away and your concern is that he'll 'have a go at you' for talking to your friends? Confused

ScreamingLadySutch · 09/09/2019 18:58

Please go to Al anon.

You are married to an alcoholic and his selfish actions are damaging his family.

You need to find what benefits you are entitled to.
You need to get a job.
You need to learn to drive.

Notice all those things? Focus on YOU. What YOU need to do. Not what he is doing. 12 steps is about SELF focus.

As Al Anon says: put your own oxygen mask on before you help anyone else.

One day at a time OP.

category12 · 09/09/2019 18:58

You need to separate finances and separate officially. Get your own bank account, freeze any joint ones you have so he can't plunge you further into debt. It takes both of you to unfreeze it.

Check what you may be entitled to as a sole parent and apply for it, now, tonight.

Speak to the Council about the rent arrears and explain what's going on.

If he comes back, he sleeps on the sofa or you re-arrange bedrooms so you're not in with him, and you don't cook for him or do his washing etc, so that you can legitimately say you're living separately in the same house.

Hammers1987 · 09/09/2019 18:59

Thank you for all your kind words and encouragement.
I am trying so hard to get angry. I always feel bad whenever i do because he blames me for everything and has a go at me. He can be vile calling me all the c**ts under the sun.
I do suffer with low confidence and self esteem. I have been seeing a counsellor for the last six months due to alcohol related Domestic Abuse. He has sucked the life out of me completely. I have never cried as much as I have the last four months.
I do worry about him, I don’t know how to stop. I feel lost and on edge.
My kids are awful to me at the moment. Blame me for their Dad leaving. See me as the bad person. He never says any different!

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Juells · 09/09/2019 19:03

Cancel the contract for his phone. Stop having sex with him. Are the children his, or his step-children?

Notcoolmum · 09/09/2019 19:03

Contact woman's aid. I think he council will remove him where domestic violence is involved.