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hatemyhusband's picture

I do all the thanksgiving prep Wednesday. While H is at work. And I had my 3 kids and my nephew. Just me and kids. All finished. The plan is H is going to take our son to a movie and I'm going to get a pedicure with my daughter. I premake our sons dinner and cover it and put it in the microwave. I thought I might run late with the pedicures as it is in a mall, and the day before thanksgiving. The plan was to get Chinese take out for the rest of us. But I told my H that it would be too late for our son, who is 2. That he would have dinner and the rest of us would eat as soon as we could. All this I told him before he left for the movie.

Then after the movie, he calls and says he's going to drop our son off and go get HIMSELF a slice of pizza. And I'm just thinking I did all this prep work for thanksgiving. It took 4 hours of non stop cooking. I even asked him if he would get take out a few days prior and it was agreed we were getting Chinese take out. And agreed the day of again. So I reminded him of all this. I was at the mall, I was waiting in line to get my daughter a pretzels. We were next In line. The mall is 3 minutes from house. We would have been home in 5-10 minutes. My H takes it upon himself to take our son to pick up the food. After I was wondering where he was and I told him to bring him home cause it was gonna be a 20 minute wait for the food. Well it was a 35 minute wait. As I predicted. They were busy cause it was the night before thanksgiving and nobody is cooking . He says he took son with him cause I wasn't home.

At this point he came back with the food, our son is way late with his dinner and bedtime routine. He is screaming at me outside in 25 degree weather that this is all my fault cause I shouldn't have stopped for a pretzel. I said his dinner was in the microwave. All you had to do was heat is for 45 seconds and give it to him. He says I wasn't gonna do that cause he won't eat for me( fair enough, he's 2 and sometimes he does this thing still where he will only eat if mommy is with him). So I said ok I was 5 minutes from home, so were you. We would have been home at same time. Or worse case scenario I would have got home 5 minutes after you. Time you could have used taking off shoes and jacket and washing his hands. And I,would have gave him dinner and you could have picked up the take out. Then he says he wasn't about to do all that. On top of that he already took him to the movies. And that this was all my fault, and I should have been home and I should never have stopped for a pretzel. At this point he's shouting over me. So I'm not going to be shouted at and not listened to. So I take our son in the house, wash his hands and sit him down to dinner. So H comes in and tells me he threw the food in the garbage and walks out of house. I lock all doors, chains and all. my son is eating dinner, and I tell my older 2 that he put our food in the garbage. The outside garbage. They say what's gonna happen. Can we get the food, can we still get dinner. Then H is pounding at the back door demanding to be let in. I tell him to leave. Then he says food is at the back door, and he left.

Thats why he's again on consequence. He was off sex for a month. Got sex one time. Then he does this. He's going to do another month. His month will end December 26. After I did all the prep work for thanksging by myself. After I asked him a week in advance if he would watch our son so my daughter and I could go for pedicures, after I left our sons dinner ready to go in microwave. This asshole has the nerve to first say he's going to get HIMSELF a slice of pizza. Then he has the nerve to say I shouldn't have gotten my daughter a pretzel. And that was with her own money. Then he has the nerve to shout over me, not let me speak, threaten to throw our dinner In the garbage.

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z3girl's picture

Wow, that's terrible. Some of what you write sounds familiar, but not to the extent that you write. I don't necessarily agree that this abuse is "better" than being hit because more often physical violence makes it easier to decide to leave.

I don't think withholding sex for a month addresses the issues. If anything, it might make him more angry. Either he needs counseling or meds, or together you need to see someone. The behavior needs to be clearly addressed.

hatemyhusband's picture

You would also talk out your issue. Listen and be listened to in return. I assume you would not outshout your husband, and do it each and every time you didn't get your way. He can choose anytime to discuss this issue like adults. He can choose to hear my side and I will hear his side. And then there would be no with holding sex. Since he chooses to act like a bully, and a child, then he gets consequences like a child. We've been over all this in counseling as well. He talks a good game in counseling, the counsellors are all so impressed.......at home, it's his way or ever escalating bullying til he gets his way, that's why I walk away. When he began shouting me down, I walked away. I raised my voice, and I shouldn't have. Next time, I keep my same volume of voice and the minute he raises his, I'm walking away.

z3girl's picture

If he's not willing to talk things out, then you need to come up with some other way to cope if you don't want to leave. My husband can act similarly, and I've since come to expect situation like yours, where my husband will act selfishly while I worked hard for the family. Since I expect a selfish act or no help, it no longer matters what he does. Withholding sex is not going to change him. If you don't want sex, then it's fine, but expect there to be consequences in the marriage. If counseling isn't helping either, then it's clear he is not willing to change. That means you will need to change to adapt. Either you leave him, or you never expect him to act in a helpful manner, or appreciate the work you do.

hatemyhusband's picture

I don't expect any help. He offered to get take out days prior to this. I didn't ask, I was planning to buy lunch meat and just do sandwiches and chips for dinner. But he offered, unprompted, to get take out. But definitely, this incident eroded a little more trust, what very little there is left.

He's done similar shit. Like one time when our son was maybe 6 months old, he offered to watch him. So I could go out for a few hours with friends, he kept offering and offering, finally I took him up on it. I even left earlier than everyone else, I got home about 10 pm ish. He starts shouting at me that the kitchen cabinets aren't organized enough. I know this was similar. I went for a pedicure, with a gift certificate he bought me. Again, unprompted, he got me a gift certificate to this nail salon. I go, come back, and when I walk to the car, my only thought is to get the food to set dinner up as quickly as possible. And he starts shouting at me that I shouldn't have stopped for a pretzel. Then when I attempt to state my position, he outshouts me.

Stepintime0111's picture

Wow. This sounds like a mess. Withholding sex is a very immature form of punishment and will just build more resentment. I'm amazed at the fact that your 2 year old can go to the movies honestly lol. Mine would make it about 10 min. Anyway, I don't understand the anger on either side. It's dinner. I just can't understand getting so angry over pizza or Chinese food. Something more is seriously wrong in this relationship.

hatemyhusband's picture

He was going to get himself a slice of pizza. Not bring home a pizza for all of us. That would have been fine. Any take out would have been fine as long as there was enough for all. The the issue is that I had been cooking an entire thanksgiving meal by myself and watching 4 kids. He had previously agreed to get us take out for that reason. Then he announced a few minutes before he is supposed to get us all dinner, that he's going to get himself a slice. I am going to speak up, I am not going to be a doormat. I will not cook a whole thanksgiving meal and then turn around and cook dinner for 5. that's why I don't talk about this too much IRL and even in counseling. Several people have gotten it all twisted around, that I am " immature" for stating we stick to our agreement of getting take out. Not backing out and leaving me to prepare yet another meal or obtain yet another meal after 4 hours of cooking. And it's been twisted around all without my asshole husband turning it all around to make it all my fault.

hatemyhusband's picture

I always ask myself what is the pay off for him? Behind his seeming temper tantrums/ bullying of me. In this case, he told me, our son sat down for half the movie, the rest of the time he was walking or playing. He said he was beat up, was it ok if he got himself a slice of pizza and laid down then rest of the night. I said no it's not ok, get pizza for us all or get Chinese for us all and then lay down the rest of the night. And he didn't bring our son home right away for his dinner cause the Chinese place is 5 minutes in the opposite direction. So ten minutes round trip out of the way, plus waiting for the food. so the pay off would have been throwing a temper tantrum and bullying us and scaring us all this time, so NEXT time I won't dare ask anything of him. And he can go through life dumping everything on me.

And to the person who said about a 2 year old and movies, I agree. In fact all summer I had been taking my son and my kids and their friends to the movies cause there were free matinees all summer long. There were ten movies total, I went to 9. I told my H how our son was after each movie. At best he sits through half like he did for my H. At worst 20 minutes. I did it for my kids to get together with friends, and I also took my son outside the theater to walk around as needed. It's exhausting. I don't know why he would even attempt it. I wouldn't, if not for my 11 year olds.