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DH behaviour. Don't know what to do

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SoSoSad12309 · 11/01/2024 11:04

Name change for this one.

Some of you may remember me posting last year sometime about my husband going out one night to meet a friend for a beer in the pub and I woke up in the early hours he was not home. He was not answering his phone, then came stumbling in hours later. He had been drinking and drove 30 minute drive home.

Obviously I was disgusted and so angry.
I forgave him and we moved on.

Well. He has done it again.
He went out last night to meet his brother for a beer and some pub grub, Plan was for that then to drive home.

Again, I woke in the early hours he was not home. Calling and calling and calling his phone no answer. He stumbled in at 5:30AM!!!!! Pissed out of his face, he drove home, again approx 30 minute drive.

I feel absolutely sick to my stomach.
He said they got carried away in the pub then went back to his brothers flat for drinks and to play darts. When i left for work this morning he had called in sick to work and was throwing up in the toilet.

Safe to say I went mad. I was shouting at him, you should be ashamed of yourself, you are disgusting etc etc. Why do I now feel bad for the way I spoke to him!? what is wrong with me. I am ashamed to say by 6 year old son heard this which kills me.

Other than this, we honestly are good. We have a great family life, 2 young children, both earn decent money. He is a hands on, present dad. I love him to bits and he loves me......... but how can i forgive this behaviour. I am not sure I can.... But i do love him =(

It makes it harder as the rest of our marriage is good. We have had ups and downs over the years of course but we are in a good place! or so i thought.

He shows me respect day to day and is kind and considerate but then does this which shows absolutely ZERO respect for me. What if he killed someone, or himself!

If he lost his license he would lose his job and we would be fucked! (high mortgage, high bills).

I am at a loss and I don't know what to do. Please be kind, I cant take any bashing right now.

OP posts:
Grammarnut · 14/01/2024 09:19

C00k · 11/01/2024 21:33

@Grammarnut have some decency, there are many posters on this thread who’ve had loved ones killed by scumbags like the (long gone) OPs bloke.
If you’d be fine with someone you love getting killed by a criminal like him, that’s on you.
The mans home time is irrelevant, the thread is about repeat criminal offences. JFC.

I am among such. Two relatives have been killed by drunk drivers - one a young man of twenty-three, the other my disabled uncle. I think the penalties for drunk driving should be much harsher. However, afaik the OP is worried about DH coming home drunk, and that he has done this twice in two years. She is a bit unreasonable there.

ElaineMBenes · 14/01/2024 09:27

However, afaik the OP is worried about DH coming home drunk, and that he has done this twice in two years. She is a bit unreasonable there.

I think you are spectacularly missing the point.
The issue isn't being drunk, it's the drink driving. The op is worried about him losing his license for drink driving not just for being drunk.
It is not unreasonable to not want your partner to not drive when drunk and it's also not unreasonable to be pissed off if your partner doesn't come home after a night out.

ElaineMBenes · 14/01/2024 09:34

However, if you get home without harming anyone it is a bit stupid for your partner to report you, lose you your job, trash your mortgage and end endanger your marriage.
I disagree.
You run the risk of someone thinking 'well I got way with it last time so I'll do it again'. It also means the op is complicit in the behaviour.

Getting drunk once a year is not a big deal, either. You are all so fragile because you have no real problems.

Nobody has an issue with someone getting drunk. It's the behaviour that results from the drunkenness that's the issue.
Expecting a partner to come home or at least let you know where they are and to expect them to not drive while drunk doesn't mean someone is fragile with no real problems. It means we have standards and expect to be treated with respect.

Minglingpringle · 14/01/2024 13:20

Grammarnut · 13/01/2024 23:46

I don't get up to anything and think drunk driving is completely wrong. However, if you get home without harming anyone it is a bit stupid for your partner to report you, lose you your job, trash your mortgage and end endanger your marriage. Getting drunk once a year is not a big deal, either. You are all so fragile because you have no real problems. Try being brought up in one room in a multi-occupied house, having clothes from jumble sales etc. You might worry less about a DH getting drunk once a year.
As to drunk driving, a cousin's son was killed by a drunk driver, so I am pretty fragile about it. But the OP is not asking about this, but about how terrible it is her DH has gone out and got drunk twice in two years and what should she do. I suggested she point out that he has acted illegally and that next time he goes out with his brother he either takes a taxi home or stays at his brothers.

Edited

I think the drunk driving is exactly what she’s horrified about.

I agree getting drunk from time to time is no biggie.

You’re making a massive assumption by suggesting that only you have any real problems.

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