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He's being ridiculous

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Helpmeoutforamoment · 13/02/2023 12:57

Argh I'm so bloody annoyed. DH has always been quite a jealous person although lovely in every other way and has been working hard on it, but today he has pissed me right off and I need a sense of perspective.

I ordered him a valentines present, it arrived today and the postman rung the Ring Doorbell, which sets off on DHs phone (he's at work) and I often can't answer the door when working from home so sometimes if I don't answer he will chat online and get them to put the parcel somewhere.

I happened to be able to answer and as we've had the same postie for a while I always have a few words with him. Today I said that I hated the voice on the doorbell. He said he hated them because a colleague had been caught swearing on one and had had a complaint raised.

I laughed and said something along the lines of "blimey I'm always swearing, I'd be in loads of trouble" postie said that he swears a lot and has to try not to t work due to all the door bells recording.

I said that swearing was clinically proven to relive pain when injured or upset and he said "I'll keep fucking doing it then" so I said go one then and fuck off while your at it. I then shut the door.

DH had clearly been listening in on the camera and messages to say that I was flirting with the postie and he was devastated!

I mean this was literally a minute long conversation and we just had a bit of banter then I shut the door. There was nothing at all flirty in the conversation.

I've told DH that he is being ridiculous and that I feel spied on and that he needs to grow up.

He says that it made him feel physically sick and that I was leading the postie on?!

I've told him that I'm not discussing this as it is frankly ridiculous and he needs to get a grip and grow up.

We are now not speaking!

OP posts:
FictionalCharacter · 13/02/2023 16:48

Helpmeoutforamoment · 13/02/2023 15:52

He has always been quite jealous. For full disclosure, we met when I was still married (but no longer living with) my ex and so I think that means he's never been fully trusting from the start. He knew the situation 6 years ago when we got together.

He hasn't been jealous like this for nearly a year. And this has come from nothing. I just asked him what exactly it is bout a conversation about doorbells and swearing that made me seem to be flirting and he replied to say the postman said I'm clearly a woman after his own heart and called me lovely.

What the hell do you do with someone that is so bloody unreasonable. Easy to say just leave him, but I really don't want to

So he’s managing to blame you right from the beginning for his jealous behaviour, even though you did nothing wrong. Not good.
If you don’t want to leave him, what do you want people to say? There is no magic wand that will make him reasonable. If you stay with him, this will be your life. You could bin the Ring doorbell so he can’t listen in when you open the door, but that’s about it.

Zanatdy · 13/02/2023 16:49

He’s being more than ridiculous. It’s called polite chit chat

AttilaTheMeerkat · 13/02/2023 16:53

Its likely too he has shown you the nice/nasty cycle throughout this whole relationship of six years. He has indeed done a right number on you to get you to this point.

For some time now he's been "nice" and now he's reverted to being "nasty" again and has decided to not speak to you (which in this context is an example of emotional abuse).

YRGAM · 13/02/2023 17:04

He's been utterly ridiculous and I can only hope he realises it, and that this gives him an incentive to properly change

fdgdfgdfgdfg · 13/02/2023 17:05

Helpmeoutforamoment · 13/02/2023 15:52

He has always been quite jealous. For full disclosure, we met when I was still married (but no longer living with) my ex and so I think that means he's never been fully trusting from the start. He knew the situation 6 years ago when we got together.

He hasn't been jealous like this for nearly a year. And this has come from nothing. I just asked him what exactly it is bout a conversation about doorbells and swearing that made me seem to be flirting and he replied to say the postman said I'm clearly a woman after his own heart and called me lovely.

What the hell do you do with someone that is so bloody unreasonable. Easy to say just leave him, but I really don't want to

Well you've got two things you can do with someone like that. Either leave him, or put up with him getting worse and worse for the rest of your life.

I went for option 1.

TicketBoo23 · 13/02/2023 17:07

YRGAM · 13/02/2023 17:04

He's been utterly ridiculous and I can only hope he realises it, and that this gives him an incentive to properly change

I have no faith in such epiphanies from pathologically jealous men.

How long has this been going on ... Six years?

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