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Bloody fed up of critical DH

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Coffeeandcake32 · 28/05/2025 13:35

Just need to vent really and see if I'm being unreasonable! Not to drip feed my DH is generally great- a good dad, provider and takes responsibility for basically everything in the house in terms of sorting finances, DIY, holidays, admin etc (by his own choice). I work part time and do the vast majority of looking after our 5 year old DS.
I have dysphraxia which I think DS has inherited and this seems to irritate my perfectionist DH but to be fair he isn't too critical of DS. He is a bit of a control freak and good at whatever he turns his hand too and cannot understand other people struggling.
I do tend to struggle with my dysphraxia with things that others might find easy and he pick holes in whatever I do. If I even stack the dishwasher incorrectly I get a nagging session from DH (so most days). If I clean he will find something out of place even though I am pretty thorough. I've bit back numerous times asking what he hopes to achieve and I admit I'm not perfect as I do snap back a lot of the time but don't know how to handle this. What made me write this thread was yesterday I was in a and e with my son most of the day. He picked us up and when we got back complained that I had hung the bedding up incorrectly and it would have dried completely if I had done it correct...as you can imagine after a long day in a and e I was fuming

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Woodfiresareamazing · 27/03/2026 14:57

Coffeeandcake32 · 29/05/2025 14:26

In terms of the practical issues re the dishwasher stacking etc, appreciate i might have been a bit vague but I'm not incompetent in terms of housework etc - things are in order and clean. I just feel it's more picking holes with things than anything so do agree with PP about there being resentment lying there. We got together when we were young so I do feel like we may have stayed with each other out of habit- I do love him but just feel we aren't compatible the older we have gotten. Maybe there is also a part of me that is fearing to leave as its kind of been internalised in me that I can't cope without him

Maybe he senses that your feelings have changed, and is scared you might leave him. Hence he criticises you to attack your self confidence, and gets cross when others praise you.

Maybe you need to give some serious thought to what you do actually want ...

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