I have become more clouded in my judgement in recent years.. so wondering what others would make of this situation.
my DP has been under a lot of stress recently and things has been bubbling over for him into crisis. A stressful situation at work is the main issue, however we have 3 kids under 10 and suffer from the usual life balance juggle/cost of living issues. Things have been tricky with him feeling unable to cope but we bumble on the best we can.
last night the 2 year old and 5 year old woke up at the same time. I sleep in with the 2 year old as still wakes multiple times a night. The 5 year old had a bad dream and was shouting for me so I had to wake DP up to see to them, whilst I was still settling the 2 year old. This was around 5am.
at 6am I realised DP was getting out of the shower and when I popped my head in he shouted at me he was furious and was going to work. He didn’t go back to sleep and was trying to leave the house before the kids woke up.
I didn’t Try to stop him or argue, I was confused how he was that angry. The kids ended up waking before he left as was slamming doors and shouting at me. He eventually left and the kids very upset before school. I text him asking to let me know he was safe. He wanted to FaceTime the kids before school but I refused this.
he will be back after work.
I know he is struggling and I try and support the best I can. He really upsets me when he’s like it. He’s very angry and aggressive. Am I meant to suck up my feelings and just support him through crisis? Picking up the prices for the kids and explaining to them the best i can? We are walking on eggshells. Any wise people know what I should do?
thank you for reading, that was a long one!