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It pee's me off when DH goes out to smoke. Am I the issue?

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1234IDeclareAPeanutWar · 22/11/2022 18:15

Prepared to be told that I am the issue.
If it is me, how do I get over it?

Both DH and I work full time, we have 3 children, two cats.

This time of year DH is able to collect DS3 after work, by this time I'm usually home writing up notes, conference notes, some stressful bollocks.
I take the extra half an hour I have to do more work.
Then they come home, the older two are home and instantly DH disappears.

He sits on the bed to make a roll-up while watching YouTube then meanders outside to smoke and look at his phone.

Mean while I'm doing this mornings washing up that I didn't have time to do whilst sorting out myself and three kids (he leaves for work before all of us), in cooking dinner for the kids, cleaning out the litter tray, answering 1846274 child questions and then he strolls back in when the cooking is nearly done, the washing up is sorted, the cat litter is clean and I'm about to do the three year olds bed time while he sits down to dinner.

Ive asked him countless times to not go off and smoke and help out during that mental time.

Apparently he is innocent and im just in a bad mood.

And while im on the subject, I've asked him a million times to flush his piss away so we don't walk into the bathroom to the smell of his brown urine.
He continues to do it. I swear I've asked him 10 times at least.

On the weekend he will just wonder out the house to fix his car or smoke, or go on the roof or do what he pleases when he wants.

And it's really starting to fuck me off.

we have been together well over 20 years and I have asked him NUMEROUS times not to just fuck off out.
if I did that, the kids would be totally left unattended.

Ive posted about this before but not for a few years I just need to get it off my chest

OP posts:
Geppili · 23/11/2022 01:28

Is he smoking weed?

CourtneeLuv · 23/11/2022 02:24

1234IDeclareAPeanutWar · 22/11/2022 18:35

He would have a fit about the amount of washing from the morning. Given that it's me and the older kids that left it.

How old are the older kids? Can't they do it and he does a different job?

1234IDeclareAPeanutWar · 23/11/2022 06:39

WorldCuppa · 22/11/2022 21:38

@1234IDeclareAPeanutWar
‘’I'm doing this mornings washing up that I didn't have time to do whilst sorting out myself and three kids (he leaves for work before all of us), in cooking dinner for the kids, cleaning out the litter tray, answering 1846274 child questions’’

How big is the cigarette?

A small roll-up, it's the sitting on the bed, scratching his arse, rolling it and watching YouTube on the laptop that takes the most amount of time.
then he is on the phone while smoking, and rollies burn slower (or go out!) than a tailor made cigarette.

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1234IDeclareAPeanutWar · 23/11/2022 06:40

Beancounter1 · 22/11/2022 20:23

He does not respect you. His actions prove that.

If there is no respect, there is no future for the marriage (unless you lose all self-respect to match his lack of respect - but that is hardly the kind of marriage to aim for).

What are you going to do about it?

That's a good question.
We have had marriage counselling before which is really really beneficial.

And you're absolutely right, it's the lack of respect that bothers me so so much.

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feistymumma · 26/11/2022 00:18

I had an ex live this and I woke up one day after 20 years and thought fuck it, I will not go another day like this and ended it that very day. He is completely disrespectful

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