When someone shows you who they are, believe them. You started your post by saying “we're both very much in love…” I'm sorry to say this but you may be the only one in love in this relationship. Your husband may feel a certain way about your weight which is understandable but what a sensible partner would do is sit you down and discuss how he's feeling and then maybe you both can come up with a solution or something. You don't go making mockery of your wife with third parties outside your family and worse of all, his friends were decent enough to find it awkward making him look like an even bigger jerk. You say you've lost the weight and are feeling confident again so I say, take that confidence and leave his ass behind. You'd have many decent guys wanting to be with you. Perhaps he forgot that marraige is for better and for worse. You don't bail or mock your spouse when they're down. That's an a-hole move.
Absolutely this. When I first started dating my now husband he told me to ‘f#ck off’ during an argument. When we sobered up I told him if he ever spoke to me like that again we were done, no more chances, no excuses, this is it. He hasn’t and we have been together nearly 20 years, subsequently we’ve never used empty threats with ending the relationship either. When I’ve said these things are deal breakers for me, I’ve meant it, and he knows it and has a choice on how he wants to on-line his life too.
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I think what you are saying is pretty much exactly how he feels. He says he feels useless when I’m sad and he can’t help. He is very solution oriented and ‘let’s fix this’ kind of guy. But the fact that he can’t even listen after I explain to him I just want to be heard is so disheartening. Especially when I do it for him every single day because he has anxiety and depression. I’m not trying to be all ‘tit for tat’ I just for once want the same effort I give back.
I respect your opinion and thanks for sharing. Just for my own benefit why do I need professional help? Was there something I said that makes you think I am wrong about the narcissistic behavior? I assure you this is not an argument this is really me trying to better myself.
Does he realise nobody else got any sleep either?
When someone shows you who they are, believe them. You started your post by saying “we're both very much in love…” I'm sorry to say this but you may be the only one in love in this relationship. Your husband may feel a certain way about your weight which is understandable but what a sensible partner would do is sit you down and discuss how he's feeling and then maybe you both can come up with a solution or something. You don't go making mockery of your wife with third parties outside your family and worse of all, his friends were decent enough to find it awkward making him look like an even bigger jerk. You say you've lost the weight and are feeling confident again so I say, take that confidence and leave his ass behind. You'd have many decent guys wanting to be with you. Perhaps he forgot that marraige is for better and for worse. You don't bail or mock your spouse when they're down. That's an a-hole move.
I think everyone is right. I hadn’t considered my parents enablers and I’m reading about what that means now.
Absolutely this. When I first started dating my now husband he told me to ‘f#ck off’ during an argument. When we sobered up I told him if he ever spoke to me like that again we were done, no more chances, no excuses, this is it. He hasn’t and we have been together nearly 20 years, subsequently we’ve never used empty threats with ending the relationship either. When I’ve said these things are deal breakers for me, I’ve meant it, and he knows it and has a choice on how he wants to on-line his life too.
It is ok to set boundaries and stick by them.
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I think what you are saying is pretty much exactly how he feels. He says he feels useless when I’m sad and he can’t help. He is very solution oriented and ‘let’s fix this’ kind of guy. But the fact that he can’t even listen after I explain to him I just want to be heard is so disheartening. Especially when I do it for him every single day because he has anxiety and depression. I’m not trying to be all ‘tit for tat’ I just for once want the same effort I give back.
I respect your opinion and thanks for sharing. Just for my own benefit why do I need professional help? Was there something I said that makes you think I am wrong about the narcissistic behavior? I assure you this is not an argument this is really me trying to better myself.
She never said he said that to her. She said she was attracted to older men bc SHE found younger men to be immature.
You’re an odd one.
What was she wearing? I wouldn't have a clue if someone was touching my waist if i was drunk and wearing something heavy like a hoodie.
Dude, if she was girlfriend material she wouldn't have went back and fucked that other dude.
Especially after you told her you loved her.
You are missing the forest for the trees here. If she was into you then fucking some other dude would be the last thing she would do.
You are the backup because that dude just wants to fuck her and not be her boyfriend.
Don't run for 2nd place in your own story.