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2 years married and it's falling apart

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Yanique2580 · 25/06/2025 00:51

Good evening

I need some advice please. I have been married to my husband 2 years and we have a big issue. He is an engineer and we recently moved to Essex. He hates driving and sitting in traffic, however this is affecting him finding any work. He dosnt want to drive more than an hour in traffic to get to work, he dosnt want to do a day rate , he dosnt want to do call outs , he dosnt want to take a permanent job because of the call outs. I have tried to find him work but it has to tick all his boxes. He's now talking about moving out of Eseex to find work because he dosnt like the area and he says that there is too much traffic. I feel lost because he could easily get a job but he can't take the traffic/ driving so he would rather move away to somewhere like Northampton, Milton Keynes or even Yorkshire as he feels the traffic is better there. It's affecting my life because we can't enjoy things like going out because his money is low, he now has less than 800 in his bank and the bills are due this week and all he said was I would rather be homeless than sit in traffic in london or essex . I own my flat that we live in and want to look at purchasing a house but he can't help financially with that and he dosnt want to stay in Eseex ,but I do because I have family here. He is originally from Yorkshire and moved to London 20 years ago, but I won't live there it's too far.

OP posts:
inigomontoyahwillcox · 15/01/2026 17:06

Cocklodger. As others have said, a responsible, decent partner would get a job (not necessarily in his field) to contribute to the bills whilst looking for a job or deciding on his next move careerwise. Not just leave you to foot the bill whilst he makes unrealistic demands.

Really feels to me like you've come to an impasse in your relationship. I would probably cut my losses and move on. I was only married for just under 3 years before booting my XH if it makes you feel any better - have now been married to my lovely DH for 10 years. It is highly likely that you will find someone else to share your life with, but even if you don't, would living like this with him be preferable to living your life, albeit on your own, on your own terms? I seriously doubt it.

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