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Advice please am I wrong

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DaisyBooToo · 26/09/2021 17:39

So the short version is I left the family home in June as husband drinking excessively and I didn’t feel like it was my home due to constant friends round and no say in anything. Was even told I was less a priority than the children and they were more welcome than me (2 step kids and 2 kids together),
Fast forward to now and DH has not had a drink since I left been attending meetings and counselling. We have been going to couples counselling and having date nights sleepovers etc.
we decided I would stay all weekend and I would do some work on the house. Get a call that oldest would come for dinner this was always a possibility. DH says oh there won’t be enough now so I will make us something else for us. I questioned why and how there wasn’t enough as I felt I had possibly not been factored in and to be honest was a little put out by that. I was a little stroppy and DH then said if I don’t like it I can go have dinner at my Mums. I said fine that feels a bit crap if I question anything then I can just leave doesn’t help me feel like I am welcome or wanted. It is still my house I still pay for half of it but I feel like a visitor and not allowed to say what I think. Am I being wrong? Should I just say nothing? Have I created unnecessary drama? I have worked on the house for 3 days and felt it was a team effort but one comment and I am back to thinking I am not an equal.

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TheChip · 26/09/2021 17:50

Yes, I think you are in the wrong on this one, sorry.
He realised there wasn't going to be enough so was going to make something else for you both. He wasn't trying to exclude you.

DaisyBooToo · 26/09/2021 18:03

Thanks I am probably over sensitive and feeling like I don’t belong anywhere.

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SweetBabyCheeses99 · 26/09/2021 18:11

Well you certainly belong in your own home with your children. Why didn’t he leave since it was his drinking that was the problem? And why did you go round to do housework when you don’t live there?

TheChip · 26/09/2021 18:13

Well no, you're not over sensitive. This has came about because of how you were made to feel previously. Its understandable that you'd feel the way you do.

DaisyBooToo · 26/09/2021 18:22

I left as he wouldn’t and if I stayed nothing would have changed and my mental health wasn’t able to cope with that.

I went down to spend the weekend and fix/paint/update fixtures on the front door. Just before I left I was going to replace it as it was really bad but I am not investing more of my money at the moment so have fixed the old door. He had the 3 kids out and about, did all the housework, shopping and cooking. We were trying to pull as a team something our counsellor thought would be a good task for us.

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Cotswoldmama · 26/09/2021 18:25

I agree with The hip I think you've over reacted.

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