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What should I do

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Question1245 · 28/12/2019 05:39

Married and pregnant. Husband decided to go out drinking which caused an argument.
He came home at 5am and got into bed after saying he would sleep in spare room. I pulled duvet off him and pulled pillow from under his head and told him to sleep in spare room. This went on for a few minutes until he pushed me out of the bed onto the floor and when I got back into the bed he lightly put his hand on my neck and said is this what you want me to do stop pushing me.
We are generally very happy, very close and he is a good husband. Absoloutely horrified this has happened. I take responsibility for my immature actions which are unlike me, it is and excuse but my hormones are everywhere and I was furious with him.
Am I silly to stay, was it not that bad, I just need some point of view to help me understand what I should do next.

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TimeForPlentyIn2020 · 29/12/2019 05:20

Hang on. He’s basically threatened to kill you? wtf! Thank god you’ve gone!

Mmer · 29/12/2019 05:56

No, this is not okay. He pushed his pregnant wife out of bed and threatened her. If it happened once, it will happen again. Get out now!

Mmer · 29/12/2019 06:00

Also, do not feel ashamed to tell your family. You need their support.

GiveHerHellFromUs · 29/12/2019 06:18

I'm not excusing his actions at all OP but if he'd done what you did people would call him abusive too. You pulled a pillow from under his head and pulled his duvet off for no reason other than to spark a reaction. That's manipulative.

Obviously he did then escalate to a much more extreme position and I'm glad you've left and are safe. You need to seriously consider what's best for you and baby now.

Can I ask why you argued that he was going drinking?

Babynumber2dueNov · 29/12/2019 07:21

This is absolutely unacceptable, however when my DH was drinking to cope with MH issues, towards the end of the drinking to cope, he was very very drunk and went to slap me away in a similar situation to this but accidentally tapped our DCs leg (like a pathetic stroke as he was paralytic). I was livid and basically put it as an ultimatum, the drinking stopped or the marriage was over. I explained the next day we could split our time with DC, he could choose a sat/sun and 2 evenings a week to take care of DC and we would live separate lives. This absolutely shocked him and he’s only had a drink on the odd occasion since. It has creeped back in at times but when I’ve checked him on it it’s stopped. I’m glad that I didn’t LTB, he’s a loving DH and a good father, he just lost his way and couldn’t see the boundaries he was crossing.

Question1245 · 29/12/2019 09:17

@chocolatelover9 I'm not defending him, if I was defending him I wouldn't have written this post in the first place, I feel there's a difference between stating all the facts and defending someone.

@TimeForPlentyIn2020 I don't feel that he threatened to murder me. If that was the case I would of involved the police.

@CodenameVillanelle he goes out till that time maybe every 6/8 weeks. Other than that we do stuff as a couple with family and friends. When he is out he always is contactable, often texts me to say where he is and I always know who he is drinking with, I just know it's his way of relaxing, we used to go out till that time together before I started TTC.

We have spoken now on the phone, I am still staying away. He has apologised, says he drank far to much and acted in a way he is ashamed about. He feels I acted out of character towards him but admits his actions weren't a fair reaction. He has actually told his own Mum for some bizarre reason (guilt I expect) as she popped in to see him and asked where I was, she is now furious and very upset and won't speak to him.

Have told my brother, and 2 closest friends who both were very understanding and agreed with some posters on here, it's unacceptable but they know him very well and agree it is my decision but he clearly made a very big mistake and I need to go back when I'm ready and work out how to get it back on track, with some clear boundaries in place.

If this ever happened again I will leave, that has been my bottom line on this. I'm not scared to leave him, I have plenty of family support and do not need him financially so if it happened again I would be gone.

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Question1245 · 29/12/2019 09:26

@GiveHerHellFromUs we argued about him going out because I'm very hormonal if I'm honest. It was mainly me telling him not to go out and him just asking me to relax a bit. I lost it just before he left the house, and I was crying and working myself up which isn't like me, but he still went out, tried to text me whilst he was out to be nice and I just told him to leave me alone. Probably set the tone for the rest of the night.

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CodenameVillanelle · 29/12/2019 09:34

It's up to you whether you're happy for your partner to continue drinking like that when you have a baby. I guess it's normalised to you since you used to do it to. However it's not normal really, or healthy, and it's incompatible with being a parent to a young child.
That's not to say parents can't have a blowout occasionally when the child is elsewhere being looked after and the parent has no commitments the following day, but a dad of a newborn is ALWAYS going to be needed the next day unless you and the baby are staying elsewhere with family for example.
I am biased because I absolutely despise drunk men (having had too many of them in my life) but I think regular heavy drinking and coming home in the morning is completely incompatible with being a parent. If he's not ready to think of another way to relax then he's not ready to be a dad tbh.

CodenameVillanelle · 29/12/2019 09:36

Just read your update. Don't blame being 'hormonal' for not wanting him to go out getting ratted until 5am. It's a very reasonable thing not to want.

Question1245 · 29/12/2019 09:44

@codenamevillanelle I agree drunk men are one of the most annoying things on the planet (and a large percentage of women too!) I used to be a complete party animal, probably one of the big things why we first got together, although we have more deeper things in common now other than going out getting pissed. Unfortunately even if, as you say, you think he isn't ready to be a Dad due to him going out, in 6 months he will be.

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Question1245 · 29/12/2019 09:46

@CodenameVillanelle I meant the way I acted was down to hormones - crying etc. Agree my point was valid, pregnant or not.

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GiveHerHellFromUs · 29/12/2019 09:49

@Question1245 thought as much. I was a nightmare when I was pregnant in terms of being needy.

I'm glad he's realised his behaviour was completely out of order and hope things get better.

Good luck with the rest of the pregnancy Flowers

crestar · 29/12/2019 13:53

Clearly unacceptable behaviour from your husband - he needs to consider counselling.

You also need to consider counselling for your own controlling, aggressive behaviour - hormones are not an excuse in any way shape or form to act in this way.

CodenameVillanelle · 29/12/2019 15:26

You also need to consider counselling for your own controlling, aggressive behaviour

This is total bollocks

Question1245 · 29/12/2019 15:27

@crestar who said I was using my hormones as an excuse? I certainly wasn't.

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GiveHerHellFromUs · 29/12/2019 16:05

@crestar she said she didn't want him to go because of her hormones.
She was pissed off because he still went and didn't sleep in the spare room when he got back when he said he would. The latter was completely unrelated to hormones.

They don't need counselling. They're adults who've sorted their own issue.

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