OH GOD, the whining about crowds. Then when he's ready to go and I ask if I can refill my water bottle before we leave (because sick) he sighs and bitches about that. My husband cannot deal when I take a vacation day without him and its driving me nuts. His mother had nearly killed his father with a heavy glass ashtray about getting his good old boys to just jail my husband Telling her he did not care when his last day off was or what the stinking contract said he could have off. Have you tried asking your A week later his mother said we had a appointment to talk to the unit director where my husband was at. For whatever reason, he's flat-out refusing to consider letting me take a quick nap and then continuing on with our trip as planned and wants to torch the whole thing. He has a thing for computers (we have three in the house already). Sorry that I dont need to stop and get a snack/take breaks and just power through my task and get it done faster, not my fault you dont do that! 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Example: at the zoo, we've been walking around for awhile and come by the cafe, I suggest we stop and get lunch since we all haven't eaten since 8am (which we had to do quickly because husband had to get to work by 9) and at this point it's 2pm. Narcissists dont like it when your attention is on anything else other than them. Understanding this enables one to have compassion for their ex-spouse. Compassion is important. We go for our walk, then back to the room. Of course, now he changes his tune and starts insisting that I take a nap. about his seniority rights. Your husband and mine are cut from the same mold, I swear. I swear they do everything you just described. Don't side with your parents against your spouse, and don't carry their criticisms home to your spouse. Then he starts listing tasks that I can take care of since I am home anyway and finally lists a kid related task that I have been begging him to do for months because it stresses me out. Every year the same thing happens, husband is unhappy about going to get the tree and makes everyone miserable. Some narcissists use every opportunity to get others to feel sorry for them. 7. After his return from the Navy's submarine service 3 and a half years. Then he bitches because the boys aren't being calm. He screamed for crying out loud he had two months he could take off in the two months following the holidays, why did he have to hammer the least seniority to work instead of himself They did not have as much time as he did to take off so he could at least shut up and do as the community wanted, She bounced a heavy glass ashtray off his head yelling he did not owe the community a stinking thing. You can offer him to bring some things that otherwise form an integral part of his routine to make it easier for him to bear the change. Addiction to anything. Of course, there is always a solution. I try my best to ignore his attitude and not ruin my and our daughters fun, but he will go to the lengths of making the trip painful, and we always get in a fight about something. All he had to do was select from the list we provided and he would get his holidays and vacation starting then, In 1999 he had not had a day off since November 1981. and he had been in several fights with younger employees just trying to get him to at least try our suggestion that he-stay home from the millennials Use his 25 year seniority time of two months and start taking time off after starting on the 8th. Due to COVID, we arent planning on any trips anywhere anytime soon, so I told him I was planning on taking a few days off this week. His mother had a heart attack at that point and his aunt took her to the ER. We both work demanding jobs, and he runs his own business, so he doesnt often take a lot of time off. He has ruined two Xmas days, my daughters first bday & now Mother's Day. John responded: 'I do have a couple [of sons], but they're both spoken for.' Well, whatever the reason, theres surely a way to put an end to it. I wanted calm, peace and to feel the joy of holidays and birthdays. They make a mountain out of a molehill. Remember that he is like a very demanding child who needs a lot of support and love. I will NEVER receive an apology..I dont expect it.not from a narcissist.I did write her a letter (not mean but honest..)telling her that I will have to keep my distance from her for a while . I gave him about a months notice so he could take some time off as well. He is such a grump its unbelievable. I just stood there crying was that really what he thought of us for keeping him without a day off all those years. We argue for awhile before we load up the car and leave the hotel, just like he wanted. But then of course the reality of having two small children in a hotel room sets in: "4yo, put your pants on. I am sorry for your husband deflating your enthusiasm. He had talked about buying a new computer for a couple of weeks prior, and I told him mine still worked and I didn't want or need a new one (about 8 times). I'd been so looking forward to it. He will immediately experience any ambivalence on your part as rejection. WebAnswer (1 of 9): Its time to get a divorce. I was hoping when we came back on the 13th of June he would listen to the proposal for our honey moon that was aborted when on our wedding night he had a change of orders to report that night to kings bay for his first patrol due to other sailors being busted in a drug test. Exchange days for who is organizing what if one person wants the spontaneous experience of finding yourself on a boat with a psychotic billionaire, and the other person likes to purchase all packaged tours imaginable. And traffic. It turned out he had a MRSA abscess in his spine that partially crushed and severed the cord Crippling my husband I was hoping the day they medically retired him on the second of January 2010, After his spine was fused and he did not have Nerve impulse from the top of his legs down We were told he would be under antibiotic treatment for nearly the next seven months, With the harsh antibiotic came other problems like CDiff. We are bombarded by advertisements showing happy happy families. My husbands reaction was swift , immediate, and deadly. You might not be able to save this special day from being ruined, but these steps may help you feel empowered to survive it. So maybe you can't have the lights outside but you can buy a small potted Christmas tree that is either already decorated or you can decorate with a few strings of lights. I hope that you and your husband can really talk about what is causing these sudden mood changes. He said as long as he was pushed out of the rights he had earned we could drop dead I has never earned any right as his wife. The best of the best when they travel for work. As with canceling plans, its about the lack of care they seem to show for both your feelings and about what they told you they would do. every time I or his father intimidated him or caused him to work time he should have off he was going to hurt us in 2006 about the trip to Scandinavia he kept his promise at the airport door telling me as i retched on the floor after he kicked me in my belly and hit his father so hard he landed ten feet away as I begged holding my stomach stop hitting us and just do as he pleased those holidays of 2006 his area manager would not allow any one off until things could be sorted out without seeing someone else hurt or jailed My husband did not give up his position even with the union pleading just try some other options why was having his choice so important and he made the whole department work redoing the inventory and virtual cribs One union official told us he had made what should have been the best department in his plant to work in so Toxic over getting his time off the way his high seniority could get it they could not keep any one working in it. Here are some of the typical complaints I hear from clients regarding the holidays: She hates my family and picks a fight the week before were supposed to visit and then refuses to go and gets mad if I go alone. They said he couldnt pay them enough to put up with his bullshit. the deacon and his church secretary wife put their three kids in the front pew then went and took their seats on the dais She found a folder that instantly set me on edge since it was those used by my husband for photos from his 35 mm. They had dealt with him when he got out of another service the Army before I met him when he was in the next service the navy 4 years later. Or we'll leave now and stop in a city on the way after I've dozed in the car and we can spend time together then. If you havent already dealt with this problem and managed to cope with it in your daily life, the vacation is definitely not an opportunity for an in-depth analysis of your relationship. Man he is being so passive-agressive. Private planes, suites in 5 star hotels, etc. Even if theyre dont celebrate or you dont, both of you may get many invitations, and attending may be social. They often have a precise script of what they want their vacation to look like. and I along with our friends since 1985 had kept him from any thing he had earned in time off or seniority rights I had not been any kind of a wife just cheated on him claiming it was because of his social none cooperation and me. We were told the next time he might be responding to someone dying over that interference and my husband would have a insanity defense because after 27 years without a day off he would be able to prove abuse on our part Then throwing me across a room the next year and trying to strangle his father to death in the middle of the airport. We do usually take a trip together or with the family every year. Happy. You deserve someone who respects you and wants to do whatever he can to make you happy. I'm picturing a candle there burning brightly. I was even signing that when we returned from Rome I would go any where at any time he wanted and be the sex partner he wanted as well as the willing travel companion. We go and get lunch, which includes hunting around for the taco shop he insists he wants to go to, where we went like two years ago and the name of which we can't remember. So instead of sucking up his pride and telling me what was going on he just acted like a dick and made me think it was my fault. They may treat them as favors to avoid paying for things for which they are responsible. Anytime we're doing something "fun" he has to suck the life right out of it. I suggest that you don't take your lights back to Lowe's, but instead set up a place in the house just for you that's your own celebration. There was more than one shouting match about signing himself out of the rehab for the holidays at home, I just wanted to maintain a peace over them and the rehab required since there was apparent fear about him coming home in 2010, 2011 and 2012 they to keep someone from suing them required my signature to allow him home on thanksgiving and The Christmas holidays. To view profiles and participate in discussions please. That is awful. Heading to the car, I remind him that I want to stop and get coffee and he makes a snotty comment in that "aggressive tone that has enough of a laugh in it that I can claim I was 'just joking'" voice. Why does it have to be about him and his wants and needs? His father was always yelling just because he was not getting his way with over 30 years why did he have to hurt everyone. I refill the water bottle from a water fountain after husband drinks all of it. If they are in the middle of juggling several people at once, they may attend a holiday event and conveniently forget to invite you or they may use an invitation as an excuse to be somewhere else. Most of my friends are associated with interest groups: Organic gardening, bird watching, ecology, etc. Oh God, it's up the back of your pajamas. No big deal. And if you can, set aside the What in the holy hell is his problem?? I know My family NEVER went on vacation further than we could afford gas for driving.) Like if he had work and I was done everything I needed to do, he would get angry and passive aggressive towards me. 4yo, stop playing with your toys and just get your clothes on! Your husband sounds like a total ass that doesn't respect his wife. His diagnosis was my husband suffered from intense mental and physical exhaustion as well as something else with the headaches he was having his father yelled at us pump Tylenol and sinutab into him until July 31st 2001 when a coworker threw a half inch hex key bouncing it off a machine and hitting my husband in the head. Ignore the following text - it's meant for search You may have gone no-contact with the narcissist in your life. As I said I hoped that when we returned on his 45th birthday he would be receptive to trying any thing that would mean time off and just keep the peace in the community, He was not! What If Your Husband Says You Dont Do Enough Around The House? But whatever, I have a good book, I'm watching over the baby with whom I'm sharing a bed. During arguments, you will hear about how much they cost. Ruining anothers joy is like a trophy for them. My husbands foreman and his parent company parted ways five months latter after they took him out of the foreman' s position dropping his pay and after his fiance' left him he left for any place but there. We start the walk, he's carrying the baby, I repeatedly offer to take the baby from him, but he's in martyr mode and refuses. Both she and you know that he will still have a good time in the end, so why would you let him spoil your vacation and yourself. Have you tried calling him out on his negative attitude in the moment? Baby, how'd you get one of Mommy's earrings?!?!" Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. I asked him what it was. Their behavior is designed to please to appease and counter to control. Psychology Today has a handy reference to this sad situation. Good on you, John. OK THEN. You will hear about those gifts for the rest of the relationship. His father arrived to see me carried to a police cruiser and four young men who just wanted him and other three men to pull their bids going into other ambulances in critical and grave condition. He said after the first lash it better not stop until he had no pulse or heartbeat because he would still see us in hell. So sorry that your enthusiasm has been punctured by your husband. You must live your life your way," Tessina says. They are Then this morning, he comes downstairs, sees me relaxing with my iPad and coffee and immediately starts whining about how he wishes he could have today off. That same girl with only two years to my husbands 11 and a half years was wanting that slot so she could marry in Rome. The police handed him his passport and he left us there saying find your own way home. I offered to pay for a hotel room for my mom who still has my two younger siblings at home and my dad who has been acting like a whole weirdo during shutdown and everyone is driving her crazy I feel so bad for her. I'm still pissed and have barely spoken to my husband today. By taking advantage of the cultural norms and expectations surrounding holidays or the disruption to normal routines, they can find creative ways to hurt and control. (If anyone watched Bling Empire, when they flew to Paris, think that sort of treatment) Webport authority to monticello bus / thanksgiving at the abbey resort / my husband found out i cheated on him. I do it for my kids. In 2003 I gave his father his passport to lock in his safe deposit to stop him from the Ireland trip to keep his father happy, I left a note to please just make a list of what he would consider for the time after the new year or better yet just talk to his foreman get the time arranged for and then make the reservations just not any place cold He would get his passport back before the new year and nobody had to be beaten to a bloody pulp if he would just keep the peace about choosing something else after the new year, In that note I said there had to be a way to stop the impasse. My house is small but warm, cozy and filled with memories of past holidays as well as the new memories I have started on my own. Your power as a person comes from standing up for who you are. They can't can't stand you having fun without them being the focus of attention. csfa league table. It can feel as if no matter how your relationship has been going with them before the holidays even start, they can find a way to use this time of year to cause additional pain. It would be kind of you to consider your spouses degree of stress. If he won't work on or get help with his temper and start respecting your feelings, you really should think about getting out of this relationship. They may combine all or more of the items on this list to hold this over your head. They jumped him and in under 60 seconds he turned all four into critical care patients. Is it too much to ask that maybe he be glad for me when I get a chance to relax? As I was at work my husband cleaned the house spotless it looked amazing. Just say what's going on. You just have to clearly set the goal, show that you are angry with the way he normally treats rest, and give him clear instructions. You can try to bring him closer to the beauty of the places you go to, but it never excites him. Gross. Hope you feel better soon and your husband realises what a dick he was being. The worst part? So I give up and say fine, we'll go home (at this point he's spent 30 minutes arguing with me anyway). The boys, who are sitting in basket seats on the front, are having a blast. Is he 10? I've never figured out all the whys and why nots but my husband acts like this a lot. I opened it to a note that said worth more than our 19 year marriage had been. BULL. Give him a vacation. We had no Idea that things could get worse in telling us what he thought of us. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. My husband is extremely spoiled at his job. Never delay seeking advice or dialling emergency services because of something that you have read on HealthUnlocked. He said a new laptop computer. It became more and more of a conflict. Having angry reactions to feedback instead of being open to it. Just to add: You sound like a nice person, and deserve a safe place. However, when we establish a fantasy WTF? There are parties, family events, your friends, your children they dont like that. I'm congested, my throat hurts, and I'm hacking up chunks of green stuff. Sorry, love. Almost too good to be true. Although such behavior often does not seem particularly worrisome at first glance, it may indicate And if he likes the destination when you go there, then you can expect him to want you to always go to the same vacation spot because he hates change. If you want to change something, work it out in adult fashion with your spouse." What is not possible is to change him. We discuss shared interests, not personal matters. I half-heartedly commiserate. Holiday lights are lovely and symbols of hope. My husband ruins every single holiday. Misunderstanding What Validation Is Six days latter I had an ambulance in front of my house two badly hurt men one with a book case pulled down on him breaking both legs above the knee. READ THE RULES. The narcissist may reach out with a call, email or text to wish you happy holidays. Oh, you have a day off? Husband bitches because I was wrong about the floor where breakfast is at first. All the way to his fathers I cried all we had wanted was a little consideration to the needs of others and, he said and never him, just everyone else. I have to work (RN) thankful I dont have to go to my in-laws for dinner. WebNow $93 (Was $111) on Tripadvisor: Hampton Inn & Suites Hartford/East Hartford, East Hartford. He was using the work records, the notes of the priest in charge of the rehab, Police records of what it took to get my husband to work as he was told. Of course, he is an adult and should be able to control his temper. In the devaluation stage, they will act as if they were not gifts at all. And it just killed my Christmas spirit. If you are beholden to him in order to finance these things, then changing We do some running around in the morning to take care of some loose ends for husband's work, no complaints while I'm sitting in the car for almost an hour with the boys while he meets a customer (which of course he swore would "only take 10 minutes" and insisted there was no point in me dropping him off and then gassing up the car, getting snacks for the road, etc) before we finally get on the road. They saw him and his photos land in the Jitny isle with I don't want my nose rubbed in the fact I am a slave without any say in my life. My husband was not even there but because he wanted what he had earned it put a major damper on the holidays. 1. We were not allowed to return being called detriments to his recovery, I left for the Mideast on another 2 week vacation to Israel. Theres no requirement that you break out every dollar youll spend. Unfortunately for Bens, theyre being connected to bad behaviour in relationships by mere coincidence and the fact that Benjamin has been a popular baby name every year since 1996 according to the ONS. We went back and he's waiting in the suburban making us load our own luggage. Workaholics feel they are worth and deserve attention and love only if they work hard. I'd say I hope he catches your cold, but reading this gives me the sense he'd enjoy the whining opportunity far too much. My husband ruins nearly every vacation, but always blames others (usually me) for getting very upset, getting drunk, etc. Hi, this is going to sound trivial, I suppose. She would not let upShe said I guess its time to go and I said Yes it is. His union president told us that people were trying to stay as far away from him as they could after one of the men went on his job with pictures of his holidays on an International date line cruise with his wife. 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