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Advice please!

34 replies

Feckers2018 · 31/05/2020 14:31

Hi everyone! Please could you give me some advice.... I work as a professional frontline keyworker and I'm coming up for retirement age. Given the situation I thought that this is a good opportunity to retire. DH works from home fairly high salary but my pension is rather small as kids and part time for most of my career. So I said to DH can we discuss this and talk about finances. Big kick off. Basically saying he cant afford to give me any money.....haven't asked.
Also he due an inheritance in a few years and he said he might not get any of it...care home etc but I'm sure he would.
Also said we would not be able to do any work on house etc. Said he didn't want a joint account as I wouldn't change. Not sure what this means as I've never asked him for money.
Lockdown has been ok but he does tend to live in his bubble and he's very quiet. Maybe quietly resentful but doesn't communicate.
Just thought he might be more thoughtful as to the situation. I could always go back after all this blows over.
Feel stuck between staying in a job in which Im frightened or put up with this unkindness.

OP posts:
BumbleBeee69 · 31/05/2020 21:25

a swift Divorce should sort this out rapido OP Flowers

Feckers2018 · 31/05/2020 21:30

Well I had two glasses of wine and he sat away from me. When I asked what I’d done wrong he called me a drunk And said why should I be nice to you you talk blah blah. Really.

OP posts:
picklemewalnuts · 31/05/2020 21:44

Oh come on. What are you even hesitating? What are you thinking, I can't see a downside!

Whatisthisfuckery · 31/05/2020 22:03

Divorce the bugger and take half.

TorkTorkBam · 31/05/2020 22:41

You will have such a nice life away from him. You might need a forensic accountant. Best start looking for one.

Aquamarine1029 · 01/06/2020 00:05

Op, you have received all of the advice you need. You need to leave this man. Your happiness is your responsibility, and nothing will ever change if you stay. You know this.

shootmenow2020 · 01/06/2020 00:13

Has he always been so dismissive of you? If he's earned €75k for past x amount of years, I think you'd have
More than enough to live off when you divorce him. Unless he hides his savings. Which he probably will by the sounds of it.

FlowerArranger · 01/06/2020 08:27

OP - why are you so passive? From your posts one might conclude that you have been a passenger in your life. Your one and only precious life!! How many more years are you going to waste? What is stopping you from taking control?

Craftycorvid · 01/06/2020 08:44

How are you today, OP? The issue of you wanting to retire has really thrown open a much bigger issue about control and who has it. How would you have rated your relationship prior to this decision?

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