We just had a serious conversation about our marriage and him not pulling his weight with household chores but also not even helping out as much in caring for the baby. He turned it around to me saying he stepped back from us because of the disrespectful way I speak to him. SO HOLD ON YOU JUST DECIDED TO STOP BEING A HUSBAND AND A DAD BECAUSE YOU DIDNT LIKE THE WAY I SPOKE TO YOU A COUPLE OF TIMES OUT OF FRUSTRATION. GET THE F OUTTA HERE! Example is we were meeting him today after work and he went to the wrong place and I told him to hurry up please because I wanted to get home in time for LO's nap so our LO didn't get overtired. He took me saying hurry up as disrespectful because I didn't say please (I did he just conveniently didn't hear that). I did hang up the phone afterwards immediately as I was frustrated. I've lost so much respect for him and don't want to be with him tbh but I feel stuck. Like I don't even know how I would go about looking for another place for us to live and also not going to lie even though I'm basically a married single mum at least he used to participate in his fair share of care for our baby. He's just lazy and wants a maid. Am I being irrational?!
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Maybe take a few days to cool down then try to talk and see where that gets u. Communication is important plus u both will be cooled down

Iām so sorry. š hope everything works out ok. And here if u need anything

So he apparently made the decision to withdraw (from his CHILD) based on your behavior⦠but didnāt mention jt to you⦠didnāt try to actually have a conversationā¦? Heās either making that up to deflect (likely), or heās acting like a child ātaking his ball and going home.ā Itās kind of a twisted sibling behaviour to weaponised incompetence, making you the excuse for no accountability.
Best case scenario - heās acting defensive because he canāt admit he just has no idea how to be useful. I am amazed how often that seems to be the case with some men - if they arenāt totally confident in a situation they just opt out rather than risk failure. But of course itās too hard to say that out loudā¦
Worst case scenario - he actually believes the things heās said, and think thatās how an adult behaves. Letās hope itās not that.
Man Iām mad on your behalfā¦