my husband ruins every vacation

I asked him what it was. We are bombarded by advertisements showing happy happy families. Just have to say - I can totally see my husband doing/saying all of these things when he's in his bad mood. Key points. We invalidate other people by saying they dont feel what they are saying they feel. He put his hands at 10 and 2 on a wagon wheel in his fathers yard already with rawhide wrist ties told those there get him tied to the wheel so the slave could properly be whipped. I was concerned when you said your husband has a temper problem. It became more and more of a conflict. Get away and take your me time. Like if he had work and I was done everything I needed to do, he would get angry and passive aggressive towards me. Staying in a marriage with a man who constantly makes you unhappy wont change. I've never figured out all the whys and why nots but my husband acts like this a lot. What we need to keep in mind with narcissists, however, is that these things may or may not have happened as described and its that they use these stories as a weapon to manipulate others. Workaholics really do feel like the world will come crashing down if they dont perform to the best of their ability. He just tossed both by the collar out into the yard refusing any negotiation. What a tool, you can do this thing for the kids! Its called a vacation day not Saturday. Whether its a ruined vacation, celebration or a holiday season that provides this clarity, it can feel rough, but we need to accept the clarity it bringswhen the glaring What could make your husband ruin every vacation when you both need it and have wished for it for so long? I did tell him that he never listened, knowing full well he would blow up about it, but honestly it is the truth. Reminder to all: watch out for a creepy pedo posing as an OT/speech therapist giving fucked-up potty-training advice, and don't sweat it if your post gets 1 or 2 instant downvotes. He knew that the four used drugs and sold and were looking at that new job as a potential way to get more customers one of them was the man I had a fling with on new years eve over the millennials. This can help you have peace in your life and survive this holiday season. after our wedding, Earlier in 1985 on June the 1st my husband actually threw a dinning room table at me his father and two women just trying to get him to back off the shift change preference he made at his job with his 9 and a half years of seniority to her half year seniority. 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Narcissists ruin holidays and make what should be a joyful time of year into a time of tears and anxietyand sometimes even fear. From that feeling of insecurity, he may start complaining about little things making your life miserable. Its totally not his fault of coursehe earns his vacation and should take itbut it was like dancing around a starving child while eating a sandwich. That evening the sheriff told us he was tired of having to answer our calls for help since it was our own fault for interfering in my husbands rights. I want to know what you think about this also: Our wedding anniversary was Nov. 4. Morning comes around 7am and the kids wake up. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known I agree, but ask that we stop to get some ice cream at some point during the ride because my throat is on fire from coughing and sickness and I just want something that will soothe it. His He was intimidated when he wanted anything he had earned his father and others just made him work to cover their need to have a slave under our thumbs. We have been married 25 years and a Content on HealthUnlocked does not replace the relationship between you and doctors or other healthcare professionals nor the advice you receive from them. I half-heartedly commiserate. We finally find it and it's closed until dinner (off-season hours). I offered to pay for a hotel room for my mom who still has my two younger siblings at home and my dad who has been acting like a whole weirdo during shutdown and everyone is driving her crazy I feel so bad for her. Then he starts listing tasks that I can take care of since I am home anyway and finally lists a kid related task that I have been begging him to do for months because it stresses me out. The "Happy Holidays" season has just begun, make it the best you can. He went out and found his father waiting to take us to church Jumped on his hood yelling this is what I think of you and society as he urinated on his windshield then left for work with his mother crying. When it's "acting" mature it's annoying AF. Tonight he comes home, complains of a headache and storms off to bed. We head to breakfast. We argue for awhile before we load up the car and leave the hotel, just like he wanted. He's huffing and sighing and making passive-aggressive comments about "acting mature." Holy shit what a whiner. Why Your Husband Wants to Name the Baby After His Father? Notify me of follow-up comments by email. The next week I was going with my husbands parents and his fathers best friend to a community awards dinner When the mental health sent him home by insurance taxi, With his mother and sister we planed a dinner the next weekend. You also deserve dignity and respect. If he's not very interested in whatever it is it's non stop complaining, but then denies doing it on purpose to aggravate me in to cutting whatever it is short, or into not doing it at all/him not having to participate. By taking advantage of the cultural norms and expectations surrounding holidays or the disruption to normal routines, they can find creative ways to hurt and control. These people are usually well-organized and methodical, so they will be happy if you, for example, leave it to them to plan a tour or adventure while you are on vacation. Of course, he is an adult and should be able to control his temper. I have a whole saga about the last time we went to the local fair. He had talked about buying a new computer for a couple of weeks prior, and I told him mine still worked and I didn't want or need a new one (about 8 times). What in the holy hell is his problem?? Heading to the car, I remind him that I want to stop and get coffee and he makes a snotty comment in that "aggressive tone that has enough of a laugh in it that I can claim I was 'just joking'" voice. Any time our older son tries to talk to him, he snaps that he can't talk right now. I have to work (RN) thankful I dont have to go to my in-laws for dinner. But I push through. Knowing narcissists try to ruin holidays and you cant control it can help you detach from how they behave. Ugh. You can offer him to bring some things that otherwise form an integral part of his routine to make it easier for him to bear the change. This is because the disruptions to normal routines and expectations around these events even for other people. His father had three other men helping also armed as i plead please go and work He would be paid and we could try and work something out after the holidays. We had no Idea that things could get worse in telling us what he thought of us. During arguments, you will hear about how much they cost. The husbands story went viral on the AITA subreddit, getting over 15.8k upvotes. Ignore the following text - it's meant for search I said that would be the case when we were packing, and it is fucking autumn after all, so how about just sucking it up and stop encouraging child to also be angry and miserable? This sounds like sour grapes to me. And it just killed my Christmas spirit. It sucks a lot of the joy out of the time off I take. If your husband hates change and is a big fan of routine, as much as a vacation is a great thing for him, there is always resistance. Even if theyre dont celebrate or you dont, both of you may get many invitations, and attending may be social. Feel free to pm me. And your spouse might just learn how Yes, it is possible. to carry the 1yo) and that he just wants to get to the car and I'm TOTALLY DISREGARDING how shitty he feels because all I care about is getting my own ice cream. He will immediately experience any ambivalence on your part as rejection. 4yo, where are your shoes? It went a bit farther on New years eve when I was a little more than drunk with the family tension at an all time high, My husband refused to talk to us when we called, The security officer told us we did not want to know what he thought of us, since he should have been in Germany. As I was at work my husband cleaned the house spotless it looked amazing. Share kindness, support and compassion, not criticism. All while he's sitting and panting and whining about how incredibly difficult it was. Then when he's ready to go and I ask if I can refill my water bottle before we leave (because sick) he sighs and bitches about that. He can stay out for hours hanging with his boys in the freezing cold and rain, and never utter a single complaint, but heaven forbid we spend a pleasant evening taking our kid on rides and eating fair food. "if we leave now we'll be in rush hour traffic." Husband keeps ruining the holidays for me. Dear god, yes. Here are the 9 worst relationship mistakes and how to start fixing them today 1. Your husband always needs a little more time to get used to any change, so this also applies to your vacation. If you enjoyed the holiday season before you knew the narcissist, by arming yourself with the knowledge about what to expect, you can continue to enjoy them now. Every single special occasion *I* ruined. So we spent to the new year in each others company. I called 911 to stop my husband from committing murder on a man he had rendered defenseless causing major head trauma, My friend was taken to a major trauma center. That neuro surgeon did not listen to his father about the need to get my husband back on the job within the next few days, He put my husband on three months paid recovery leave, It was going to eliminate vacations other people had even though my husband had the seniority when he wanted the whole summer off and it took the city police to get him to not take it and keep everyone happy. The fucker was heavy and pedaling it around was harder than we expected. Husband sighs and insists we HAVE TO check out RIGHT THEN, and when I suggest I call to the front desk and request a late check-out, he says we might as well just go home and cut our trip short by an entire day. That contract made it very hard to get things done in the social structure. I feel devastated. On the fifth I was on my knees pleading just wait for the next bid list in two weeks let the four that wanted that new department have it. Sorry for going on so long but I am so upset at yet more ruined holidays that I stopped eating, again! It almost ruined our marriage honestly. We go to the zoo, we have fun, but there are a few instances where husband is cranky for seemingly no reason. But you also have to be prepared for various unpleasant surprises whenever your husband feels that he is not in the limelight. My Husband Ruins Every Vacation: Coping Tips There are many ways for your husband to ruin your vacation. I honestly dont think he realizes he does it. then came the ten year seniority gift of A paid trip for two to Rome. I hope that you and your husband can really talk about what is causing these sudden mood changes. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. My husband went so he could see his kids and I stayed home and looked after our dogs so we wouldnt have to board them in a kennel. Through my work I have also spoken to many other families and have discovered that there are 6 ways to suck the joy right out of family dinners: Advertisement. I spend the night coughing my guts out. WHY. I will NEVER receive an apology..I dont expect it.not from a narcissist.I did write her a letter (not mean but honest..)telling her that I will have to keep my distance from her for a while . I've also pretended to go to work and just snuck into our guest room and shut the door , Thats why you dont tell him your taking any time off and pretend like your going to work, the hole 9 yards. His wife was a RN that drew the holiday ER duty and was not able to come either. He wails that he "isn't going to make it" the last five blocks. Both women and men can face loyalty dilemmas. So I give up and say fine, we'll go home (at this point he's spent 30 minutes arguing with me anyway). Your husband and mine are cut from the same mold, I swear. At Christmas my husband had a shotgun pointed at him and forced into another holiday to work. Last night was my birthday. The next morning his mother and I met him to ask what would it take to stop the pain he was causing and he said stop telling him he had no rights like his father kept saying he had no right to over needs, He said that his father. You are a human being and deserve to have this happinesss. He says he thinks he's going to throw up (spoiler: he doesn't). Not even the usual drop dead would not talk to any one after that day. Nothing feels worse than being so excited about something and having someone you love completely kill that instantly. We do some running around in the morning to take care of some loose ends for husband's work, no complaints while I'm sitting in the car for almost an hour with the boys while he meets a customer (which of course he swore would "only take 10 minutes" and insisted there was no point in me dropping him off and then gassing up the car, getting snacks for the road, etc) before we finally get on the road. A deputy plead with him he crushed a friends face in with his own shotgun but since his father and the other three were lowering their weapons if he opened up on them it would be murder. Workaholics feel they are worth and deserve attention and love only if they work hard. The people around me weren't like I was. Sorry, love. In the rehab my husband used several hundred in cash to get taken in a wheel chair To certify in Microsoft, cisco, and networking servers. Just try it our way just once, he might like it. It seems that for the first time in a very long You can be sure of one thing your relationship needs a severe review. Narcissists are good at playing innocent when they want to. The stress was telling on his mother between their oldest son not speaking and his father angry about him being so mean about working the holidays and his insult to me. Help a BroMo out and give her an upvote, ok? Communication is the key to a lot of things. His mother refused to go even for her 5th Anniversary party. 7. She would not let upShe said I guess its time to go and I said Yes it is. So as she left I told her in a very quiet but direct way go away and locked the door.I was ready to SCREAM at her but knew that wasnt the right way to deal with her I also wasnt going to let her start a fight ..which is what she wanted me to do. The best of the best when they travel for work. Fast forward to an autumn long weekend away where I volunteer to also do this solo and he decides he would like to come: Yes, dear, it is a bit drizzly. Your power as a person comes from standing up for who you are. This can give them a lot of power over us because we just want to keep the peace, especially if we have children with them. I had set up the B and B four hours to the north as the hoped for replacement that he was being given by the company adding 2 paid weeks on to the two months he had not used a day of, I found a German sex shop and bought some very sexy things to wear on that two weeks and had the hope after that since he had so much money in the bank and the doubling of the pay he earned since he was hitting everyone over the head with grievances over having to work the holiday. and intended to give it to him at Christmas so we could go to St Croix after the express was done for my two weeks to recharge from just trying to gain cooperation the last three years in any thing without a fight starting In 2008 h as his father and three others used shotguns ti force him though his work gate and he snatched one out of a friends hands and crushed his face in with the butt. Misunderstanding What Validation Is I explicitly made the suggestion so that he could take a break because he says he's feeling so awful, I'm sick too and the only request I'd made was that I could grab some ice cream for my throat, and if he's feeling SO AWFUL AND EXHAUSTED after 10 straight hours of sleep and full health, how the fuck does he think I'm feeling seeing as how I'm coughing my guts out and only got 5 hours of broken sleep? His pretty foreman was threatened by the last man that if she sent my husband back home there would be a wildcat that she would be credited as allowing. If your husband agrees and wants to be with you, great; if he doesnt want to, thats his business. Or we'll leave now and stop in a city on the way after I've dozed in the car and we can spend time together then. We tried to call him on his job in the plant to at least try and hear us out and make a vacation holiday after his 45th birthday. To view profiles and participate in discussions please. Your email address will not be published. 1. No sex for him and no family either even his youngest brother had died earlier that year of colon cancer had children to carry on for him and he was ten years younger and all I had done was lay with other men and not him so take my guardianship and stuff it he cared less what we wanted and I could go be the hypocrite in Church and enjoy my respectability in that days show. Mine ruins every vacation and getaway. Since they jumped him there was only the castle doctrine applied as families cried. A codependent person on vacation will want to do all things together. It can really mess up your emotions. He was telling me to either pull the slid bolt and let him in or he would let himself in, The door and frame landed on me when his countdown stopped breaking my leg and he said next time I better get him hurt from long range because if he lived he would lay me next to whoever I got to hurt him. Not a bad idea tbh. This way, I dont see a messy house, or get "ideas" of how to spend my day. Example: at the zoo, we've been walking around for awhile and come by the cafe, I suggest we stop and get lunch since we all haven't eaten since 8am (which we had to do quickly because husband had to get to work by 9) and at this point it's 2pm. Don't side with your parents against your spouse, and don't carry their criticisms home to your spouse. Two years latter thinking he was going to hear our marriage was dissolved, that he was out from under the court and able to finally take a day off, He stood in the court when threatened with contempt and told everyone there he had nothing but contempt for the lot of us and walked out saying go ahead jail him he would like the rest. 4yo, stop playing with your toys and just get your clothes on! My husband ruins every single holiday. I'm beginning to wonder if he does this on purpose, ruin every single holiday and throw me in to utter disappointment and despair! Communication is key to a close relationship. This holds true regardless of what holiday or holidays youre celebrating or even if youre not celebrating at all. John responded: 'I do have a couple [of sons], but they're both spoken for.' I felt at that point, he was kind of forcing me into They spin tales about how they never got any presents when they were children, or about how their ex always ruined the holidays for them. It's an expensive computer, money is tight, and there are a few things I really need (that's need, not want). Then he gets huffy and storms off to work. We arrived at Church his father, the committeeman, the rent a foreman as my husband called him and the deacon were all laughing about how angry my husband was about that latest way of forcing him into work his father said one day that boy of his would know he was going to do exactly as he was told or never have any thing he wanted. He keeps asking what I want to do next, I'm not about to answer that because every fucking suggestion I've made all morning has been met with attitude, so I tell him just to do what he wants, and he unloads on me about how I'm being so nasty towards him today and ruining the trip (FUCKING WHAT). Just because he would not try it our way for 15 years. Their behavior is designed to please to appease and counter to control. Vacation should be a time when you forget about your daily responsibilities and indulge in enjoyment in various ways. and I along with our friends since 1985 had kept him from any thing he had earned in time off or seniority rights I had not been any kind of a wife just cheated on him claiming it was because of his social none cooperation and me. If you havent already dealt with this problem and managed to cope with it in your daily life, the vacation is definitely not an opportunity for an in-depth analysis of your relationship. 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