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Am so sad

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Quadrophenia · 06/10/2008 19:00

really need to off load, have had a dreadful day. I worked this weekend a late shift on saturday and an early sunday, my dp went to work at six last night, life is very hectic. On coming home from work I had loads to do, housework, uniforms, homework, bath kids etc, I finally stopped doing stuff at half past nine. Got up this morning saw it was bright and text my sil who has just had ababy and asked her if she fancied going for a walk. TBH i felt I needed a break, dp was in bed from the night shift and I'd done loads of houseowrk on the sunday so it didn't need doing. Came back from walk and asked sil if she wanted to come and see my new conservatory (which someone had given us) and have lunch. I knew dp would be up but didn't think it would be a problem. Anyway he basically had a huge rant at me knowing she was there about how lazy i am and how i was supposed to be cleaning the windows of the conservatory that morning. When i told him i hadn't sat down until 9.30 the night before he called me a iar as I had posted ona forum at 9.10, which was actually 10.10. He buggered off to get some 'basics' which i incidently hadn't done (was going to do it later-no urgency) and sil despite being gobsmacked at what she had just witnessed offered to help me clean the conservatory. TBH I was all for not doing it, had a 'sod you' head on...but she said it wasn't worth the grief and would be happt to help. So inbetween him leaving and coming back, we both cleaned the windows and woodowkr, I cleaned out the pets, and swept the leaves in my garden. When he came back he started ranting again about how it hadn't been done properly and how shit the windows were which my sil had done.... even when I told him my sil had helped he carried on. understandably she left and I am mortfified, embaressed and very, very feckin angry. I picked the kids up from school and went to the aprk as I didn't want to see him before he went to work. I honestly feel sick, he rants at me loads but to do it in front of someone like that and blatantly disregard what she had done was such appalling behaviour...oh I just don't know what to say. My sil is fine with me (btw she is my brothers wife, not dp's sister) I rang her and apologised and she said its not my fault but understandably pissed of wwith my dp, more than that though she is upset for me.
I feel like its the straw that broke the camels back, we are bnoth working incredibly hard at the moment and with four children it really isn't easy. I try and achieve a balance between work, family and rest but dp never sits down and then moans about it constantly. I think I've had enough, life is draining enough without the added worry of putting up with him

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Quadrophenia · 07/10/2008 22:33

thankyou for all your kind words. the thing about the campervan is that it is such an integral part of our family life it symbolises so much and will literally break my heart when it goes, its been the only way we have afforded holidays and some of my only happy memories of recent times have been in that van. But it is a car at the end of the day, we need the money and if it enables him to move out and find his feet then so be it. He did actually look at flats earlier today and said i wasn't making him leave he wanted to. Just wish i didn't feel so empty

have been to work, everyone was fab and even though i looked and functioned like a bag of shit it did do me good. I have also told my mum and sister who dare i say it seem relieved.

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Quadrophenia · 07/10/2008 22:36

captainofthemummies, we live life pretty seperately anyway, I have been sleeping on the settee for months. The atmosphere is just too much to bare, he can't stay here, thanks for the suggestion though.

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CarGirl · 08/10/2008 19:05

How are you doing today Quad?

DaisyGee · 08/10/2008 22:19

Thinking of you today x

Quadrophenia · 09/10/2008 17:15

thanks for thinking of me, I'm okay as long as I'm living minute by minute if I think too much inot the future or analyse anything I feel and overwhelming sense of panic. I just feel very sad as I know my decision is made, it has been a long time coming, but it does have to be done before my children become too damaged by this toxic environment.

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Quadrophenia · 09/10/2008 17:16

btw he has agreed to go so at least its not nasty atm.

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CarGirl · 09/10/2008 17:17

Well it sounds as though as it is as good as it could be under the circumstances.

I hope your family are being supportive x

Quadrophenia · 09/10/2008 17:21

yeah they are although oddly I'm finding it hard to pick up the phone and speak to them, I don't really want their sympathy it makes me feel awkward, i guess hidden somewhere in there is an issue! I just want things to happen now, we don't have the mone yo do anything properly until dp gets paid but in the interim he is going to look at flats and we are going to stay out of eachothers way as much as possible. Although i did say friday i recognise that the best way of trhis being succesful is to work together so I am happy to give him this time to sort himself out. i think aslo this would be easier for the children also, him going to live with his aprents for example would immediately make them feel sorry for him, I want them to see its a mutual thing which will make both of us happier.

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CarGirl · 09/10/2008 17:23

CAn you rearrange bedrooms so you both have your own for a while until he can move out?

Quadrophenia · 09/10/2008 17:25

I'm sleeping on the sofa which i'm okay to do and as we work opposite shifts we don't see a huge amount of eachother.

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