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Trust issues / money

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Madderthanamadting · 31/03/2023 07:41

Wanting opinions obviously

I have been with my husband for 23 years . We have 2 children aged 16 and 9 .

He sometimes has a drink at lunchtime and weekends when at home . I have no problem with people doing this except his tolerance is really low . Even 1 drink and you can tell , he looks pissed , is snappy and moody and gets argumentative . Not physically aggressive. Then falls asleep .

We agreed that he wouldn't drink before kids in bed or when he was alone with a child . He can go out and get hammered with no problem from me . Just not drink in front of children because of his argumentative mood and because he shouldn't be unable to drive or help if maybe child needed help .

We've just had some financial stress and he gave up drink with no problem and despite the financial worry we got on great .

Now he's working again and drinking again

Last week he couldn't come to parents evening because he went to pub at lunch and missed picking daughter up and looked pissed , smelt of alcohol at 3:30 .

On Saturday I took teenager out and came back to him in his bad mood where he started telling our eldest off for something really petty . He had been in house with youngest who was occupying herself and he took himself to bed because he had a drink and went to bed .

I had prepared meal and he had to just put it on . When we got home he got up but it was painful watching him trying to put dinner on so me and Dd took over , he was snappy and short tempered .

I reminded him on Monday what we had agreed and he apologised said it wouldn't happen again , he was wrong etc but this is a cycle

Help

OP posts:
AttilaTheMeerkat · 03/04/2023 21:26

How do you know for certain he has not drunk alcohol since your argument?

Is what you are doing really the best way forward here?.

Madderthanamadting · 03/04/2023 21:42

Yes I believe I am doing the right thing
In his knowledge we are separated but still living in same house . I told him I would be making an appointment for legal advice . There's is no atmosphere because he is quiet and I'm not there to argue with .
Our children are not disrupted as everything is the same for them .
Me having a sleepover with nana or auntie is not that unusual . My mum is widowed and I sometimes go to keep her company .
And I know he isn't drinking because as I said even after 1 it's obvious and he's bought lots of cans of coke and no alcohol lagers .

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