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Weekend Update

lisa510's picture

Well I hope most of you had a better weekend than I did. Here it goes:

DH goes off on Sat morning to a fishing trip with friends. I'm left alone with SS22 and SD16 and SS22's weekend girlfriend. I'm laying in bed reflecting on my life. Paying bills for skids, not seeing my own bio kids enough, alone in the house, blah blah blah...

Stress is setting in and I decide to smoke cigarettes - I haven't smoked in 6 months. I'm not happy with my life. Skids are slobs, don't relate to me, disrespect DH, and on and on and on....

DH comes home and I tell him, "oops, I smoked today." He flies off the handle, throwing shit everywhere and expressing how upset he is about that.

I want to talk about my investing in this home and skids and not getting anything out of it. He's concentrating on the fu@king smoking.

We drive to Walmart parking to talk in the car. Skids are home and I don't want them to hear us fight (yes, I care about that). When I tell him his 22 y/o son doesn't deserve to move into the bigger bedroom in the house b/c 22 y/o can't keep his smaller bedroom clean, he blows his top, gets out of the car, slams the door, and walks home.

BACKGROUND- we're building a bigger master bedroom on to the house b/c ours doesn't have a full bath. His 22 y/o son is a slob!!! His room always smells and is always a mess. He wants his 22 y/o son to move into the old master bedroom. I have two bio sons that sleep in the living room when the come over. I also don't have office space. MY LOGIC : WHY WOULD I GIVE A SLOB A BIGGER SPACE TO BE A BIGGER SLOB!! I'd rather put a bed and futon in there, put my desk in there and use the room for my bio kids and my office. I DO PAY THE MORTGAGE TOO.

I get home (remember he left me at the Walmart parking lot) and he's outside with skids talking. We end up talking to the skids about cleanliness of their rooms. They don't care. They say, "What does it matter? Their our rooms!" SS22 asks his Dad if he really wants their rooms clean. So I speak up. I tell them: "your dad wants you guys to keep your rooms clean, but you're disrespectful and don't listen to him. you ignore him. why does he have to blow his top before either one of you do what he says?"

DH expresses to them that I take care of them too, through paying the bills and food and insurance on their cars. They don't care. They hate me even more, esp SD16. She's such a bitch! She stood there with total attitude and DH is such a pussy - he just keeps talking and talking.

We go inside finally. Well, DH continues fighting about the smoking. Starts blocking my way in our bedroom, telling me to look at him when he's talking to me, standing really close to me.....I'm seeing red flags every where!

Later he's reading all the text messages between my and my sister. Then he actually accuses me of having an affair!!! OMFG!!! I'm home ALL day with the fucking stupid lazy skids!!!

Forget the skids. I may be in bigger trouble.

Comments

Willow2010's picture

Oh me oh my! How long have you known your DH and how long have you been married? Do you work and how do you split bills?

Has he always acted like a jerk like this before? He sounds like he is trying to intimidate you and that is not a good thing.

lisa510's picture

First let me tell you that I am an idiot. I didn't know him very long (months) and we've only been married for 4 months. I walked into a situation I wasn't ready for. He wasn't like this before.

I have two of my own boys and I'd hate for them to see me fail AGAIN, but.....idk

Ingrid's picture

Holy insanity Batman!
Smoke a F*&%ing cigarette sister!
About your boys...they love you and even if they had to walk you down the isle 8 times, hopefully, they would always hope that this is the one.
RUN LISA RUN!!!!

lisa510's picture

It sucks. they actually like my DH. i don't know how my life ended up like this. my ex would never even raise his voice at me. living with regrets is living in hell....

Willow2010's picture

Oh hunny, that does not make you an idiot, it makes you human. My advice it to lay it all out for your H and get some counseling, if he won’t go, then you still need to go.

I bet your kids would rather see you divorce again, than, be tied to a man that treats you this way. Would they have been impressed to see him leave you at wally world or blocking your way from a room and telling you to look at him when you talk?

That makes me mad just thinking about it.

lisa510's picture

I'm smart enough to know that this isn't the healthiest situation. I am here alone. I live 20 minutes from my bio boys (19 and 16), but I have no friends or family. My sister lives in FL and my parents live in NYC. So I have no support group.

I've put in all my chips on this relationship. It's bad enough I have to put up with these fucking skids, now I have this damned issue.

I don't know what to do. I love him, but I know I have to love myself more!! I'd hate to fail again. I'm the laughing stock of my family. I fucked up a 20 year marriage with my ex, and now this, too. What the hell??

I told DH about counseling, he said no. He doesn't believe in that. I think the bottom line is that I'm gonna have to have a good talk with him. If he doesn't acknowledge his behavior, I'm gonna find my own place. I'm gonna have to fail again. Oh well......what new with Lisa?

Bojangles's picture

I agree with StepAside - the smoking isn't the problem, it's a symptom of the real problem which is the stress in the house because no-one respects and understands everyone elses boundaries. I told my DH last week that I feel like I need to take up drinking and smoking so I can cope with the stress of finding out that SD14 has been drinking and snoking! I think it's also ironic that your DH is prepared to do the overbearing assertive 'father' role with YOU about your smoking - which is totally inappropriate and disrespectful, but not step up to be that assertive when dealing with his children! Smoking may reduce life expectancy but so does stress!

lisa510's picture

Bojangles!!! You hit the nail on the head! That's my point. I told him it's so easy for him to fight with me than to lay down the law with the skids. His response is that I like the drama!!! OMFG.... I lived with my ex and two bio boys for 20 years-----GUESS FUCKING WHAT----NO DRAMMMAAAAAA!!

I tried to explain to him that the smoking is about the stress and not THE problem but a byproduct of the stress. He wouldn't hear it!

Gosh I love this man, but sometimes, love is not enough. Really.