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Signs your husband hates you

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Tinkerbell98 · 05/11/2026 19:15

How can someone tell if their husband hates them? Are there certain behaviours or signs that show they don’t love you anymore? Thanks

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EmotionalSupportCuttlefish · 07/11/2026 18:58

I think most men are fundamentally lazy fuckers. A lot of this comes down to laziness as much as anything.

bardabunga · 07/11/2026 19:01

Tinkerbell98 · 06/11/2026 23:44

I think a lot of these hate signs are also signs of a narcissistic husband. Why do such men want to be married in the first place when they’re incapable of love, it really doesn’t make sense

They want a skivvy to do the housework and cooking and provide sex as well.

ProjectFailScary · 07/11/2026 19:45

Calling me names, being really really nasty, hating on my family, saying I was a bad parent, and I never made this extremely high standards he set for me. Gaslighting, DARVO, blatant manipulation to get his own way. Making me feel so shit about myself and thinking I was worth nothing, because he had such poor self-esteem he had to find some power from somewhere.

I’m on my own now. Much less stress. Much happier. I have nothing to fear when I get home. I have peace.

TheNightScentedStock · 07/11/2026 19:48

Allseeingallknowing · 07/11/2026 18:45

Australia, poisoning- ring a bell?

Ah! yes, I see! Very good😃

Mmhmmn · 07/11/2026 20:11

I suspect you already know, hence your post. If you feel like that, that is all the evidence you need that he doesn't deserve to have you as a partner.

Tinkerbell98 · 07/11/2026 21:12

TheNightScentedStock · 07/11/2026 17:58

@Tinkerbell98 I'm sorry this is happening to you.

But you say he loved you once and it may be that he has just fallen out of love with you and doesn't know how to move on, leading him to cold behaviour and mean acts. It isn't unknown or a sin to fall out of love.

Many people-men and women-who don't know what the next step is or how to get out, become horrible and spiteful.

I honestly think that every five years, each couple should sit down and have an audit of their relationship, with neither being afraid to say that they are no longer in love and want to leave-an acceptance that the love was real and right for its time but that it doesn't always last for ever.

It would still preserve the memory of a love that was real while acknowledging that it had run its course for whatever reason. I feel, in most cases, this would stop horrible behaviour as no body would feel trapped and resentful.

Apart from the guy who pissed in the bath-he sounds like a nasty piece of work

Yes I totally agree. I always ask him & tell him how I feel he hates me but he denies it & says he loves me. I’ve even suggested divorcing but he says he loves me acts nicely for a week or so & then the signs of hate creep back in. Very tiring & confusing

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70sgal · 07/11/2026 21:27

topoftheplops · 06/11/2026 14:25

I agree with the utter indifference to you . The not giving a shit about you. Be that not helping or caring when you’re sick, not bothering with birthdays etc, forgetting things that are important to you. It crept up in my ex relationship. The leaving me to cope, putting everything and everyone before me, the accidental push or pinch, mocking the way I walked and talked, having to knock me down when something nice happened.

then one day I was running myself a bath and he came in to use the toilet, so I went to grab a towel. I walked back in thinking he’d finished and caught him urinating into my bath.

WTAF!

70sgal · 07/11/2026 21:31

Eyeslikethesea · 07/11/2026 14:32

My husband will drive me places, pay for some stuff and talks to me like there’s nothing wrong. No abuse, also no affection, no sex (for going on nearly 10 years) doesn’t do any housework apart from some cooking and washing clothes. Both work full time. Talks to me like I’m stupid, not nastily just as if I couldn’t possibly know something. I don’t think he hates me but he certainly doesn’t like me. He just thinks this is it, and when I talk to him it’s like it’s not a big thing. Sorry I’m not much help.

Are you going to stay in that relationship? It doesn’t sound a very healthy for either of you.

FancyKitten · 07/11/2026 21:31

Tinkerbell98 · 05/11/2026 22:53

Thanks for the replies. I think it’s always difficult to admit to yourself that someone who loved you can actually change that much. Also if there are some signs of love in between the signs of hate it is utterly confusing 🤦🏼‍♀️

My granny always said there’s a thin line between love & hate. She was a wise lady!

Autumnalhibernationisthedream · 07/11/2026 21:38

I agree with ExperiencedTeacher
that indifference plays a big part, although with dh it was as much that he was depressed. Also things he used to laugh at that I’d do then he’d say nothing, as if he no longer found it funny or endearing (he possibly found it irritating)

Jadeprincess

Im so sorry, that was horrific

Autumnalhibernationisthedream · 07/11/2026 21:42

I have to add I work in a supermarket and when I serve a 40s-60s couple and they’re chatting and laughing/ holding hands, touching off each other and eg one of them says the other one does x or y endearingly, I assume they must be newly together/ remarried etc, which I find very sad

Wolfiefan · 07/11/2026 21:45

So don’t ask him for a divorce. Divorce him.

SlowBoiledFrog · 07/11/2026 21:53

Allseeingallknowing · 06/11/2026 20:10

When they cook dinner and it’s beef Wellington?

Most of this has made me cry, because my husband hates me and it is hard seeing it written down, because so much of what is written is what he does.

But this did make me laugh.

HazelBite · 07/11/2026 21:58

When I cuddled up to my exH on our wedding night and he said "Do I have to?" I realised he didn't like me!

Coffeislife · 07/11/2026 22:00

Is this the abusive man you divorced or you got married again in the last few months ?

SlowBoiledFrog · 07/11/2026 22:27

Sodthesystem · 06/11/2026 00:11

Constantly acting like they need to take you down a peg or two.
Taking sides of everyone else but you if there is some sort of argument or someone has hurt you.
Metaphorically kicking you when you’re down.
Belittling things that bring you joy. Like your hobbies or talents.
Making everything a competition (like, who has the cold worse)
Comparing you unfavourably to other women/people.
Never noticing when you do something like change your hair BUT first to notice it with other people.
Starts arguments that go round and round.
Unwilling to resolve said arguments, leaving you feeling uneasy and like you are walking on a knife edge.
Spoils things you are looking forwards to, like special occasions.
Crap birthday gifts…when he even remembers.
Cooks for himself or makes tea for himself and ‘forgets’ you.
Starts leaving his laundry around everywhere or unwashed plates in the skin (when he never used to).

All these things, I'm not sure if you are listing or have experienced it, but it is basically my life.

Never commenting if I do anything good- if I spring clean and wash the walls shampoo the carpet he never mentions it- I asked once why and he said because it should always be like that so it doesn't warrant a comment.
Never cleans but comments on mess.
Expects me to know what he wants (food etc) and sulks if I don't have it in, despite me offering to get it for him.
Makes me feel like all of my interests are pointless/obsessive, I'm not allowed to talk about anything that brings me joy, he just shuts me down if I do.
Never supports me if I try and look after myself, just tells me there is no point. When I used some make up he said it was like putting parsley on a turd
Makes me look small/stupid in front of others but hits the roof if I ever accidentally do the same. Especially likes to do this in front of our children's partners.
If I ever say anything about it he just turns it back on me and makes it look like I'm am being unreasonable - your mum says she's Fine, but implying that I'm unreasonable to be upset.
Silent treatment when he feels like it.
Always ruins my birthday/any plans.
Thinks it is me that is lucky to have him.

Hate is the only explanation.

Smallestshadow · 07/11/2026 22:33

Surely above love there is liking someone/indifference? Hate is a huge leap from love. I left my ex but I never hated him- and still don’t. I just didn’t love him any more.

PurpleInGaloshes · 07/11/2026 22:39

When he sees you in a crowd and doesn’t smile as hes walking over to you

TheNightScentedStock · 07/11/2026 23:14

Tinkerbell98 · 07/11/2026 21:12

Yes I totally agree. I always ask him & tell him how I feel he hates me but he denies it & says he loves me. I’ve even suggested divorcing but he says he loves me acts nicely for a week or so & then the signs of hate creep back in. Very tiring & confusing

That must be exhausting for you.

Wishing you a happy future filled with good things!

Starseeking · 08/11/2026 00:06

Doesn’t take you to any hospital appointments while you’re having a miscarriage, so you have to get the bus to all 7, and back again.

Refuses to pick you up from the airport after a 5 day break which was the first girls holiday you’d had in 6 years together.

Doesn’t kiss or cuddle you just wants to get to “the main event”.

I left him over 5 years ago now, and still feel liberated.

Jadeprincess · 08/11/2026 04:06

LapisBlue · 07/11/2026 17:14

Mine trying to push me off a chair into broken glass was a bit of a hint.

😮

Jadeprincess · 08/11/2026 04:14

HazelBite · 07/11/2026 21:58

When I cuddled up to my exH on our wedding night and he said "Do I have to?" I realised he didn't like me!

😮

ANightAtTheOpera · 08/11/2026 04:24

PurpleInGaloshes · 07/11/2026 22:39

When he sees you in a crowd and doesn’t smile as hes walking over to you

Oh, that it really sad. I feel the passion has diminished in our relationship but in this scenario we would definitely have big grins to be walking over to each other in a crowd.

Tinkerbell98 · 08/11/2026 08:43

These are all so sad so sorry to hear them. Has anyone ever brought up how they feel to their husbands and if so how did they respond?

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Wish44 · 08/11/2026 09:32

Some people do not know how to love or treat other properly- they may not even treat themselves properly. There is nothing you can do. They can’t change.

one of my closest friends had to leave her husband as he was so awful to her. But he wanted to stay with her and loved her but he didn’t know how to behave properly. He remains upset about it 10 years later. He neglects himself and his children. He had an awful upbringing. I know him quite well and he is genuinely confused by it all as his idea of what is normal is not what anyone else’s is. I feel sorry for him- while keeping my distance - and hating him all at the same time.

what I am saying in a round about way is it often isn’t personal - they are just not fully operational humans with the ability to treat others with respect at all times .

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