FH is a #@$% IDIOT - READY TO GIVE UP FOR GOOD

Okay I have been to counseling three times and my FH twice and we are supposed to start our sessions as a couple next week but I don't think we are going to make it through the weekend. We have been fine with one another I have not brought up anything about BM or her damn phone - which is now off - well last night he noticed that I had bitten my nails down to the quick and they were bleeding and I usually have really nice nails so he asks me why have you done this to yourself? I calmly explained that the reason I was getting an extra session of therapy before we started next week was because all of this crap he gave me about BM's phone had made me sick to my stomach, I was having anxiety attacks, I was biting my nails, not sleepin etc. I also told him that I was so upset about the fact that it seemed that he was siding with BM and could not see how hurt I was by his betrayal and secretiveness with BM and that I didn't know if I could handle this because I am devasted by his lack of regard for my feelings. So I told him that I wanted an extra session to help me deal with getting my anger under control and help me figure out if this is the relationship that I want - one that is making me physically ill or can she help me figure out ways to deal with it on my own while he and I go together and work out our issues. HE FRIGGIN EXPLODED! He started telling me I did what you wanted me to with the #$%$# phone and even though it caused all this conflict with BM I still did it. Then he started with the whole thing is ridiculous and that he wasn't paying for it (we know that is a lie because he changed his story 3 times about how she got him $20!). And that even though he HATES BM and only tolerates her now for SD15 that I am just trying to control him because I hate the fact that ANOTHER WOMAN is controlling him. I ran in to the bathroom and threw up after I heard that. He just admitted that BM DOES control him. Then I come out and he is like well now she is not going to get another phone and it is costing me $20/mth til the contract is over (3/09) plus she will be calling my daughter all the time and since it is not on the same plan BM will be using all my minutes and I will probably have to pay for that too. I think my mouth was hanging open the entire time I could not for the life of me believe the shit that was coming out of his mouth. I have repeated to him over and over that you do not do things for other woman period. WE have a relationship. He just does NOT get it. We slept in seperate bedrooms again last night and he is supposed to be home in a couple of hours because we are leaving to go on vacation for 4 days and I can't stand the $#%@#$ sight of him right now. I told him you are more concerned about BM then your relationship with me your FIANCEE. I finally lost it and told him you and BM are sick and and why don't you move back there and just be with her and get outta my life? I told him yeah it would hurt me for awhile but I can move on with my life no problem. The counselour even told me all TIES should have been cut years ago and if there is something SD needs she can call herself since she has her own phone or BM can send an email or if it is an EMERGENCY she can call. NOT TO CALL 50 times a mth. Even if he doesn't answer he has to set boundaries with her and stick to them. The counselor thinks that all these things that I am requesting are normal and acceptable and that is the way that things SHOULD BE and that BM is a master manipulator and has beaten him to the ground for years and he doesn't know any other way in life. Now he is stuck btwn me and BM both making demands but he would rather fight with and try to justify his behaviour til the very bitter end. What I am so angry about and he said it last night is that even though he did I am angry that he still doesn't see it was a HUGE ISSUE. This guy makes over 6 figures a year and he is worried about $20? WTF. The therapist is going to tell him ALL this in our session and I bet you ANYTHING he is going to get defensive with her. He kepts repeating though that he wants therapy so we can fix "our" problems and make them better. I am not the one with the friggin problem - he's pissed off because he has let BM control him all these years and now that he is in a relationship with me I have called him to the carpet on all this bs and he does not like it. I told him in no way shape or form was I trying to control him. I told him that I was trying to HELP him realize that he has been a hostage to this woman for years and that I want OUR relationship to be strong so WE can have our life. The kid is 15 going on 16 and the whole thing makes me want to puke (again) My FH will NOT back down about BM because HE didn't feel it was a problem. I seriously am ready to tell him to stick this vacation up his ass, go to the grocery store get some damn moving boxes and getting him the #$%$5 out of MY house. I don't know if I can wait a whole week til we talk to a therapist - my heart is racing so fast I could be in the god damn hospital by then. Right before I went to bed last night he crawled in beside me and didn't say a word and I layed there for a while I just said out loud I hate your friggin guts - then got up and slept in the other room. Sorry this was so long. Smiling

sparky's picture

Fiancé

You know and I know its time for him to go. I would not take that vacation instead I would be packing his stuff. Do you want to live like this the rest of your life? Did he ever bring any happiness into your life? He is so angry because he knows the X dictates his life and then he gets crazy if he thinks someone would suggest changes. Let him go and find some happiness because it wont be with him. If you were married I would say work on it, but you aren't' so you have nothing to lose.

vickmeister's picture

I wouldn't go

the thought of you on a vacation with him right now just doesn't make a bit of sense. Ask him to go alone, and if he won't, you go to some nice hotel without him. YOU need a vacation; you don't need a week of non-stop combat with the clueless wonder.

I remain, the world's most evil stepmom; ask anyone.

We were very happy

I have to honestly say that before all this came up with BM I was EXTREMELY happy in my relationship. When she started her calling every weekend when we moved in together 9 mths ago and he told me he talked to her and put down some guidelines and the calling DID stop - meaning the phone was now on vibrate - she would still call he just has stopped picking it up even to this day. I thought great let's just move on but when he left his verizon bill open and I went through it and saw all the calls and that he was paying for it - that is when things hit the fan. Sparky you are exactly right "He is so angry because he knows the X dictates his life and then he gets crazy if he thinks someone would suggest changes". I don't understand WHY he is taking his anger out on me? All he has done is drive me away. He has been nothing but good to me that is why this is so devastating.

I think you know what you have

to do. I hate to say it, but the guy is obviously an idiot, and I think with you getting physically sick, you need to get away from him! Hugs! Smiling

bellacita's picture

ema honey i am so sorry

to me it seem slike he is more concerned w pleasing BM and not upsetting HER than u. u need to get away from him...as painful as it may be...somethings just not rite about that. U are the woman he should care about PLEASING.

"Given the right reasons and the right two people, marriage is a wonderful way of experiencing your life."
~the late great George Carlin

doglover1's picture

my a separation might help

maybe he would realize what a jerk he is !

Oh Ema - you poor thing - I

Oh Ema - you poor thing - I wish I had some words of wisdom for you but I don't. You are in such a difficult situation. My advice to you is to perhaps try a temporary separation and continue to go to counseling both together and individually. He has a lot of years worth of shit he needs to work through - it's almost like he has been brainwashed by a cult and needs to be de-programmed. He has become so used to this crazy BM incessantly contacting him and intruding upon his life it seems normal. Your therapist needs to give him a good kick in the ass and a serious reality check. Perhaps losing you for a while will force him to see the error of his ways and accept that HE is the one that needs to change.

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist. - George Carlin

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
  • Textual smileys will be replaced with graphical ones.

More information about formatting options

CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
Image CAPTCHA
Copy the characters (respecting upper/lower case) from the image.