Meet the Other Phone. Protection built in.

Meet the Other Phone.
Protection built in.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Relationships

Mumsnet has not checked the qualifications of anyone posting here. If you need help urgently or expert advice, please see our domestic violence webguide and/or relationships webguide. Many Mumsnetters experiencing domestic abuse have found this thread helpful: Listen up, everybody

Planning a wedding I'm not sure about

4 replies

lipalocks · 03/01/2022 20:59

Hi so I've been with an amazing guy for 4 years. We have 2 children, ones mine and ones ours. My previous marriage ended after a year on account of his cheating. It was an abusive relationship so i vowed I would only look for someone nice the next time around. Well I found him, my partner is lovely, the kind who helps random strangers and neighbors, treats my DC like his own, an amazing dotting father to our DC. Doesn't booze it up in the club, is always home except for work and out with his boys maybe twice a year which at our age ends at about 10pm. He tells me he loves me, I look beautiful all the time. His parents adore me and treat me like their own.
BUT
he has no vision, no goals and no ambition. I have come to find this very unattractive.
I can't look past it.basically has no interests aside watching tv, all the time. Has worked the same job for 18 years and is still on minimum wage. Only with my encouragement has he thought of leaving. He has no training outside of high school, I have a Bachelors degree. I started a business in lockdown and it's always him throwing ideas my way about what I can do. I'm also a writer so he keeps telling me I should write a novel. Which is supportive but what about ideas for his own self improvement?? I've given him a few but he's never keen. Doesn't see his friends outside of the 2 meet-ups in the year.
I also just find myself not physically attracted to him. We have a 1 year old, lockdown etc could have contributed to all this so I'm hoping to see how it goes.
Meanwhile wedding is supposed to be 2023, some days I plan and get all excited, other days I think why should I plan a wedding I don't want? I have no clue what to do? When people get married are they 100 percent sure that's who they want? Are they 200 percent happy ? Or is this normal to feel like this ??? HELL

OP posts:
Jessie75 · 03/01/2022 21:04

I think life is a compromise and retrospectively my ex was quite similar to yours in that he has/had no ambition to progress any further than he already was at least luckily mine got a bit further than yours by the sound of it however. The role my ex husband Found for himself worked beautifully because it allowed into work away a lot and cheat as often as he liked. I suppose be careful what you wish for, if you’re happy and every other aspect of the marriage.

FlamesEmbersAshes · 03/01/2022 21:04

He is who he is. If he wanted to change, he would.

He sounds like a decent man with many good qualities. He deserves to be with someone who thinks he’s amazing. That person isn’t you, is it? You will end up frustrated and resentful if you go ahead with this wedding.

You need to end it.

Fairycake2 · 03/01/2022 22:28

Please don't marry him unless you are 100% sure. I had doubts but didn't listen to my gut and am now getting divorced.

He sounds like a lovely man for the right person. It just sounds like that person isn't you (which i understand as I also find lack of ambition terribly unattractive). Let him find someone who thinks he's amazing just the way he is

lipalocks · 04/01/2022 08:05

Thank Salk for the comments. Very sad about it all l, but will do the right thing

OP posts:
New posts on this thread. Refresh page
Swipe left for the next trending thread