Idk what to do

I love my husband, but a lot of his traits annoy me. He’s given me the opportunity to stay home until our son is 2 while I finish school. He never cleans up after himself, doesn’t make his lunches for work, doesn’t do laundry or clean, too scared to take our son to his swim class alone this Saturday while I do my cpr course so I had to reschedule (as if I don’t our son to swim alone)… he’s been complaining recently that I don’t give him attention or that I don’t seem into him, when in reality I just wish he would help me out. Yes he leaves the house at 4:30am and comes home 7:30pm.. but I’m taking care of our son, our dog, doing house work, while doing school full time and trying to squeeze in home workouts. He won’t let me sign up to the gym, so I told him I want to do therapy because there must be a deeper root on why I’m not as intimate with him anymore, but how the fuck can I go to therapy when I’m with the baby all day? I literally have to consider my workouts as a home work out while the baby naps or walks. He ignores me half the time I’m talking to him as well and the days when I don’t want sex, he makes me feel like shit about it and calls me shady??? I feel like I can really benefit from therapy, but how the hell can I do therapy, take my son with me? I love my husband but 95% of the time I resent him for not helping me and not cleaning up after himself or not taking initiative to help with the baby, I have to tell him to do something. When I talk to him about cleaning up after himself or call him messy he says “I’m talking shit about him”… What do I do. I’m so annoying and lost, cause I love him but having resentment towards him makes me feel like I don’t want to be intimate with him, or maybe im just burnt out by the end of the day that I don’t want to?
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It sounds to me like he's the one who needs to improve, not you. I was struggling with similar feelings, and when I talked calmly to my husband about it he admitted to needing to do more because he didn't realize how little he was helping. You deserve all the respect, understanding, and help that you give your husband.

He sounds like a man child 😩 and tell him all what you wrote here! You worded it very well. Not accusatory, just how your feeling. And girl, what is that about he won’t let you join the gym? Are you his employee? If you want to join a gym, then join one with child minding. Regarding your last question, I feel like your burnt out, resentful, not heard, neglected. All of this will of course affect a relationship. He doesn’t sound like much of a partner or else all of these issues wouldn’t be piling up on you. My vote is you would be better off without him. I wish you the best.

Go take a break somewhere and show him what he’s missing. I don’t think being a provider means that he can manipulate whatever the situation to his liking only. He sounds really selfish especially if he won’t even let you sign up to gym. Who is he to control that? If you haven’t had a child then you can go gym? Just because you have his child, you’re locked down to whatever he wants? Or because you would have to leave the house so he would have to look after the child and he doesn’t want? Sometimes it’s really hard and we try to find reasons to love someone but they don’t make it easy. Why are our lives turned 180 the second the baby is out and they can act like everything is normal for them, like it’s a part time job. He needs to get his act together. If he’s just gonna shame you for telling your honest opinions and asking him to adjust for the better because there’s a child to consider then go therapy and let it out. Someone people are too selfish to see adjustments to their life.

Imo you need couples therapy not individual.

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