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Reply Mon 27 Mar, 2006 07:22 pm
In the spirit of post secret.

My husband is slobby. Leaves dishes in the sink and makes no effort to get them to the dishwasher. The dishwasher is less then 2 feet from the rim of the sink. This pisses me off. It feels like a slap in my face.

My husband thinks I don't have a real job.
I have twins and a business I run at night.
Pet sitting and basic pet health care at your door.
That is my business.
My day time business is our kids.
I have 2 jobs.
I think he is jealous because I don't have to leave the house for one job, and he has to leave for his.

I am jealous that he CAN leave the house every day, has lunch with his friends every day while I am washing mashed potatos and ham off of the walls for lunch.
He sees his friends once a week.
I am lucky if my friends stay home from work with their kids , and they are not sick so they can come visit.
I am just learning about this jealousy I have to you husband.
I am sorry.
I will do my best to keep it contained because it isn't reasonable and not fair.
I know you would rather be at home with the kids instead of working in a crap little office.
I love you for making that choice everyday.

My husband is critical.
Not rude.
Critical.
Blunt.
Sometimes irritating.
He means well, and a lot of times has GREAT advice. The way he says it leaves me feeling like a 2 year old child.

My husband spends more time on the computer then with the kids.
He comes home, gives hugs, turns on the computer and doesn't turn it off until 1) he is ready for bed, 2) I ask him to put someone to bed / give a bath 3) for dinner.
I understand he needs time to wind down from work.
And he needs some 'free time'.... but fuckinhell guy.. come on. Almost 5 hours every day?

Take out the trash with out me asking.. ok ?
Simple?
You see it is full, and you see me with my hands full with kid stuff.. just do that would you?

Lets slow down during sex.
I understand with kids and work, we don't have a lot of time or energy, but it doesn't need to be a marathon to orgasm .
Ok?
I will talk to you more about this.. yet again.. and I promise to keep my patience and not be rude.. but
No. I don't think quickies are a great 'supplement'.
I think too many of them are selfish on your behalf.

Stop saying that it is ok to stay where you are in your job.
You know you could make more in another department.
You could further your career and make things easier at home with the extra money.
Just because you don't want the extra responsibility makes you sound lazy and makes me feel like our struggles are ok for you.
Even when you have the choice to change them... you back out.
Because you don't want the work load.
Thanks for your honesty about that.
I just wish that you had more drive and the fear of more work didn't keep you from going farther in your job and essentially increasing your paycheck.
You always say you wish you had more spending money and more.. everything.
This, from my point of view , seems to be a big step you could take to GET what you want.
I wish you had more drive..

I love you husband. I really do.
I know life is not easy for you either.
It has to be a pain in the rear end to HAVE to work now to support
people and not work just because you WANT to.
There is a big difference there. I know this. I live it too.
But sometimes, these things build up on me.
So I am venting.
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gustavratzenhofer
 
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Reply Mon 27 Mar, 2006 08:59 pm
By all means....vent away.
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gustavratzenhofer
 
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Reply Mon 27 Mar, 2006 09:03 pm
Oh, and by the way, anonymiss, are you familiar with the hyrax?
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Lord Ellpus
 
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Reply Mon 27 Mar, 2006 09:09 pm
When I saw the thread title, I thought it was another one of shewolf's photographic projects.
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anonymiss
 
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Reply Mon 27 Mar, 2006 09:49 pm
Thanks for reading.
I am not sure I feel better, but I feel better about working on things.
It is easier when it is in black and white.
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anonymiss
 
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Reply Tue 28 Mar, 2006 10:31 am
What is hyrax?
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sozobe
 
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Reply Tue 28 Mar, 2006 10:38 am
Hi there anonymiss,

I certainly understand where you're coming from. Vent away.

Question -- since I usually hate having my vents stepped on with advice -- are you looking for advice? If so, I'm happy to provide some, but don't want to assume.
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anonymiss
 
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Reply Tue 28 Mar, 2006 10:41 am
My original intent was to type and leave.
It feels strange to have my life out in the open.
So I have to come back and look at it again.
Advice is welcome.
Very welcome.
Thank you.
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sozobe
 
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Reply Tue 28 Mar, 2006 10:41 am
First, how old are the twins?
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anonymiss
 
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Reply Tue 28 Mar, 2006 10:47 am
Our girls will be 4 later July.

At that time we are considering an in home sitter.
Or, even a day school.
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sozobe
 
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Reply Tue 28 Mar, 2006 10:50 am
They'd be old enough for preschool then (and probably now, depending), that should be a huge relief.

I'd say the period from ~18 months to the beginning of preschool is toughest (and I only have one child!!) -- they require so much from you.

What happens when you talk to your husband about this stuff? He should be helping more -- he's not. How is that discussed?
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anonymiss
 
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Reply Tue 28 Mar, 2006 10:55 am
Discussing with him is easy.
There is no issue with bringing up a problem.
He always offers solutions and apologies.
Then he runs out of steam , and goes back to what he was doing before.
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sozobe
 
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Reply Tue 28 Mar, 2006 10:57 am
Then what?

He runs out of steam, and...?

At that point, what do you do?
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anonymiss
 
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Reply Tue 28 Mar, 2006 11:01 am
I am bad about this.
I will get judgemental and angry.
And , even worse, I say nothing.

I made a goal to talk about this 2 months ago.
So far, I have held up my goal .
I do not let things slide with out talking anymore.
This is hard to do as well.

It is taking a while for this to stick with him.
I am tired of repeating myself at times, and I just wish he would do what he sees needs to be done, so I do not have to play mommy and remind him.
I have to do that with the girls trying to teach them to clean up after themselves.
It is frustrating to have to do it for an adult as well.

To give a direct and honest answer, I almost do nothing when I see he is slipping and running out of steam.
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sozobe
 
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Reply Tue 28 Mar, 2006 11:09 am
Yeah, I understand that.

His behavior definitely sounds like the problem here; the thing is just, given that it's a problem, what can you do about it?

Good for you for talking to him about it.

Are there any built-in consequences? Any "if you do [or don't] do this, then this will [or won't] happen"?

Basically, it seems like if there are no particular consequences for him, he'll keep doing it. He shouldn't, of course, but...

I'm trying to think of what consequences we've had. (I'm married, and have one 5 year-old daughter.) I don't mean on the order of withholding sex or the silent treatment or any of that. If my husband does something unacceptable, I think what's most likely is that I'll stash the kid someplace, (like watching a video or with a neighbor), take him someplace relatively soundproof, and have it out (er, verbally, in context it sounds like it's a Fight Club dealie or something Laughing). If it's not acceptable, I don't accept it. (Note, that's only for the more extreme things.)

Have you talked about seeing a therapist?
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anonymiss
 
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Reply Tue 28 Mar, 2006 11:19 am
That made me laugh.
I would not with hold sex.
At this point , I am thankful if we both say the word at the same time.

I have not considered talking to him with consequences in mind.
That feels weird thinking about it.
Yet again, that is how I work with the girls.
I hate to do that to him.
If it would bring about more attention to what is needed in the house,
I would try it.

I have brought up therapy. Honestly, it is not in how we treat each other.
Or is it in how we relate to each other.
It is a lack of drive on his behalf, and my laziness in the assertion department.
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sozobe
 
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Reply Tue 28 Mar, 2006 10:14 pm
Hi there,

It sounds like you pretty much have a course of action in mind, it's just hard to have the energy to implement it. I'm sympathetic. That's where venting can be very useful -- blast him here or in a journal or to a friend you trust, then take a deep breath and give him the calm and rational version.

Good luck.
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Wed 29 Mar, 2006 09:55 am
Anonymiss--

When you start feeling persecuted and picked-upon, remind yourself that when you aren't part of the solution, you're part of the problem.

When you don't object to the unfairness, you're an enabler.

You feel you "shouldn't have to remind him". Maybe so, but you didn't marry Mr. Perfection and "shouldn't have to" doesn't get the dishes into the dishwasher.

Remember, he's not a powerful authority figure--he's the man you love and want to live with. You should be able to tell him when his actions hurt you or anger you.
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