Is our relationship affecting DD?

[warmsummersday]

Hi.

My OH is very short tempered and if I do something wrong he will make me feel so bad about it. He will go on and on for hours at me and then not talk to me. He shouts at me infront of the kids even thought I have told him not too. This has shattered my confidence and I don't want the same to happen to our kids.

This morning DD said she was scared of daddy, she was very quite and I knew something was wrong. Once she told me she wanted someone elses dad to be her dad

If I tell him he will say im being stupid and putting things in her head.

It sounds as though the answer to your question is: yes. But I think you might already know that.

Your OH does sound a little scary from the way you've described him. Mumsnet is brilliant for support but maybe you need a little help in RL to deal with this. My best advice - and I'm sure someone will be along with some better suggestions - is to go and tell your GP what you've written and he/she can point you in the right direction of some support. I wish I could think of something more practical to say.

This is hard for you. I'm sorry you're having a miserable time.