So it'll take us 5 minutes longer to get where we're going? He would have been on his way an hour latter if his father did not use his friendship with a judge to get my husband ordered into work overriding the union contract. I'm picturing a candle there burning brightly. We argue for awhile before we load up the car and leave the hotel, just like he wanted. My husband is the same way. If you are beholden to him in order to finance these things, then changing His mother sister and I decided besides the 1300 Euro clock we bought for his Christmas birthday gift we had better have a vacation he would like already in the works. I was just trying to see a young couple get a better start in their marriage than we had 28 years before because it now hung over our heads and had crushed any thing we could have had, I plead please don't send me to prison I would forget the society needs and they would have to fend for themselves from then on. The more I tell these stories, the more horrified I am at my obliviousness through the years, and my blindness to what asshole moves these types of beliefs and behaviors are. So sorry that your enthusiasm has been punctured by your husband. Your power as a person comes from standing up for who you are. As with canceling plans, its about the lack of care they seem to show for both your feelings and about what they told you they would do. How you frame the invitation is up to you. Your husband sounds like a total ass that doesn't respect his wife. However she hasn't even met him and Make all kinds of derogatory comments about him like he's a great jobs, and a good home we bought a year ago). You have to be prepared to never be the center of attention. We have been married 25 years and a She complains she hates Christmas because its too commercial, but then gets angry if I dont spend enough money on her gift. Just be aware of narcissists gift-giving strategy as a way to get something in return. Her Graduation. The fucker was heavy and pedaling it around was harder than we expected. Remember its good sides, and with enough preparation, patience, and support, you might be able to save your vacation. But I push through. Horrible things happen in this world and some people have had some horrible things happen to them, during holidays and otherwise. His father and I along with the people we invited to the Christmas we had planed as the last without my husband being involved Went and had a dinner at Denny's, I felt bad that we had to do that because my husband for 31 years had fought us tooth and nail to not have a rewarmed meal or sandwich for his holiday meals, remained angry telling us we had stolen his life, and his mother was hoping he was out of rehab soon. 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. Man I am exhausted just reading about it! This stuff about having his way and the people it hurt was getting to be insanity on his part. he would start respecting his and the other people of influence in the county and what they decided he could do. Exchange days for who is organizing what if one person wants the spontaneous experience of finding yourself on a boat with a psychotic billionaire, and the other person likes to purchase all packaged tours imaginable. Jerk. Vacation. Thats when I snap at him to please stop giving me things to do on my vacation day and to let me just enjoy myself for a day. Well, you can share your enthusiasm here. 1. His mother refused to go even for her 5th Anniversary party. 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. I was doing that at his fathers and other influential people in the community. Sorry that I dont need to stop and get a snack/take breaks and just power through my task and get it done faster, not my fault you dont do that! I don't get a nap, but I stop at a coffeeshop to have a large latte and bang out some work, and am feeling pretty good when he comes back to pick me up a little over an hour later. Six days latter I had an ambulance in front of my house two badly hurt men one with a book case pulled down on him breaking both legs above the knee. 1. What a tool, you can do this thing for the kids! Its called a vacation day not Saturday. In the devaluation stage, they will act as if they were not gifts at all. It was completely unnecessary and she ruined what would have been a really enjoyable, mellow holiday.And she gave me lovely gifts..But what good are gifts if you treat the person your giving the gifts to like a dish rag?Kinda kills the enthusiasm doesnt it. His mother had cut him a check for the cost of the none refundable flight. There was more than one shouting match about signing himself out of the rehab for the holidays at home, I just wanted to maintain a peace over them and the rehab required since there was apparent fear about him coming home in 2010, 2011 and 2012 they to keep someone from suing them required my signature to allow him home on thanksgiving and The Christmas holidays. When it was the opposite and my job was more demanding and he had more free time, he was perfectly fine with that and often played video games around me while I spent hours on work I brought home. READ THE RULES. I have no respect for men like him that treat their wives like this. But somehow I manage not to be such a whiny bitch about it. They told us their sob stories when we first met them about how their past partners mistreated them or about how down on their luck they were. With DH if it's something he's wanting to do he will drag me around for hours (or me and SD8.) He has a thing for computers (we have three in the house already). Describing how my husband helped himself to sex with me while I laid crying in the fetal position on a hotel bed the night before my sisters funeral was nothing short I realized that people who are otherwise wonderful do this, and accidentally ruin their relationships with people who want to love them, but eventually stop subjecting themselves to that persons invalidating bullshit. I'm only 9 years in (3 married) and I take a mom cation every year minimum 3 days, preferably 5, with our trailer (that I can't drive/tow ) up in the mountains. Dont sabotage your holiday for your partner. If you are being love-bombed, they may load you up with elaborate presents, but be warned that they are keeping track. Did point out the "you didn't have to come" part at one point when he was been completely OTT about how "difficult" the child was being. people with narcissistic personality traits. Their histories sometimes are not truethey make up entire personas of things that didnt happen to them, or exaggerate or project their own behavior onto others in their past and then use those events on those with whom they interact with currently in order to get away with their new behaviors. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. I'm congested, my throat hurts, and I'm hacking up chunks of green stuff. BULL. It took a lot of time, talks and finally a break down on my part from being burnt out for him to fully realize how selfish he was being. Anyone who has ever joined us, our mothers included, have refused to ever join us on a vacation again. It makes them feel important and powerful. Both women and men can face loyalty dilemmas. 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. Anytime we're doing something "fun" he has to suck the life right out of it. Move on and find someone else. They may also try to evoke happy memories in you that overcome your instincts not to interact with them. Finally I get up (not like I was sleeping anyway), change the baby, get baby dressed, find the 4yo's shoes, get the 4yo dressed, all while husband gets himself dressed and stares at his phone. Good grief woman I'd have lost my ever loving mind. However, this year, set spending limits for your vacation budget. 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. Happens a lot! csfa league table. His wife was a RN that drew the holiday ER duty and was not able to come either. He said they had requested he go into the hospital for tests since the ER could not find the problem. Denying. A parent's conspicuous and continual assessment of a son's or daughter's spouse can form the bedrock of conflict between in-laws. As I begged I offered the sex life he had wanted before the Millennial I offered to stand with him over the holidays and call the police if his father sand others did any thing to stop him from taking the time off. It seems that for the first time in a very long time, I was beginning to feel better, even starting to get in the Christmas spirit. the man broke his wrist hitting in the isle. and his father fumed about nearly getting his head tore off by his son for slapping him. Around 2am husband stirs and sees me still up and reading, and asks if I've been to sleep yet. You may be experiencing abuse, but not realize it, because their strategy of expressing hostility is covert and manipulative, leading to Everyone described what happened next as seeing my husband flash across the isle and grab the man by the throat holding him off the floor with one hand as his pretty foreman went and begged him to put the man down he was going to get time off for his unsafe action. Although such behavior often does not seem particularly worrisome at first glance, it may indicate !Oy Vey!! More Vacations. Husband keeps ruining the holidays for me. It seems that for the first time in a very long They would rather be the cause of your unhappiness and misery than not be the center of your attention at all. Not a bad idea tbh. She was gone with the bank accounts and all the household goods and the newer of the two cars and had moved to her fathers in El Paso and filed for a divorce the deacon found himself without his family, the committeeman that was planning to run for the office the next election found no seconds when he tried. Think of the least romantic thing youve ever said to your hubby when that happens. Until then, I'll just be over here mentally kicking your husband in the nuts. Jesus. I try to see the good. Gross. Then he bitches that the selection isn't very good. At Christmas my husband had a shotgun pointed at him and forced into another holiday to work. armed with a cease and desist order against the county from a federal court he planned against the wish's of the good old boys in the county to leave for the millennial celebrations in Germany after 19 years I had hoped for forgiving and understanding but when two deputies showed up to hold him without charges until Christmas morning and get him to work till then out of the jail. Thank you so much, man,' Karl said If they believe the holidays are foolish and irrelevant, they dont care that We head to breakfast. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. We feel like we have to walk on eggshells and we cant speak up or be ourselves just to have a somewhat normal holiday season. What is not possible is to change him. I'm pissed off at this point and, honestly, my feelings are hurt because I feel like he's punishing me for not feeling well even though I'm trying to minimize the effect my being sick will have on the trip. I stepped out of my bedroom right into my husbands chest In a brand new outfit I was going to wear to the dinner that evening, I knew i had to do something to go with the group and started telling my husband I had promised his father to go that evening. Why couldn't he just be man enough to accept he was never going to be allowed his way and just do as he was told for every ones good. You bow have a honey do list! This is the precursor or the excuse to the other things they might do during the holidaysif they are mistreating you during this time, they can blame it on the fact that they have bad holiday memories. Not even the usual drop dead would not talk to any one after that day. Thankfully, if I point out to him what a shithead he's being, he can usually change it. Your husband and mine are cut from the same mold, I swear. We finally find it and it's closed until dinner (off-season hours). For whatever reason, he's flat-out refusing to consider letting me take a quick nap and then continuing on with our trip as planned and wants to torch the whole thing. You may have gone no-contact with the narcissist in your life. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known When the ER found his EEG all over the place an MRI was done and a tumor was found on the top of his brain stem and he suffered from Hydrocephalus that night in a 25 hour surgery that his father screamed was to be done when nobody else needed the time off they stopped the brain swelling and removed the tumor. Why Your Husband Wants to Name the Baby After His Father? I have a whole saga about the last time we went to the local fair. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. He is such a grump its unbelievable. Honestly go somewhere without cell service or him. Baby, did you poop? Is he 10? 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. Don't despair, Make it a Hallmark Thanksgiving and Christmas by doing something special for yourself. I spend the night coughing my guts out. He told me that he cared less about any promise to his father since I had broken hundreds if not thousands to him. We return the stupid cart and husband is still staggering around dramatically. OK THEN. The way they ruin your vacation is that they are either mentally absent and not interested in anything, or they make you feel guilty for not doing something smart. Both she and you know that he will still have a good time in the end, so why would you let him spoil your vacation and yourself. Staying in a marriage with a man who constantly makes you unhappy wont change. Let him enjoy the fact that everything is his way. As I was at work my husband cleaned the house spotless it looked amazing. Its not ok and I hope he can learn to stop this crap with you because it is just manipulative. Im starting to get less patient.I have been a very good friend to her over the years but this latest episode wasnt necessaryespecially with what we have all been through with the Pandemic. But my life has always been hard. I resent him. Even if they seem heart-felt in the moment, you are likely to pay in some way for those gifts later. Most of my friends are associated with interest groups: Organic gardening, bird watching, ecology, etc. OH GOD, the whining about crowds. If you want to change something, work it out in adult fashion with your spouse." Psychology Today has a handy reference to this sad situation. You must live your life your way," Tessina says. 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. Always someone after the holiday getting sent to the ER busted up with proof they had forced him into work at gunpoint and since nobody wanted more hurt they just left it alone. Just say what's going on. Unfortunately for Bens, theyre being connected to bad behaviour in relationships by mere coincidence and the fact that Benjamin has been a popular baby name every year since 1996 according to the ONS. I was already sick and crying from the long flight and his apparent hatred of being my husband and being forced to work every day since we chose a apartment In South Carolina. I knew a mom whos family acted so helpless when she was around that she literally rented a hotel room for a vacation. me the picture. Dear god, yes. Below are seven ways that narcissists can either interfere with holiday conventions or use the holidays to cause chaos. "if we leave now we'll be in rush hour traffic." As I said I hoped that when we returned on his 45th birthday he would be receptive to trying any thing that would mean time off and just keep the peace in the community, He was not! Don't side with your parents against your spouse, and don't carry their criticisms home to your spouse. He always does or says something that ruins my birthday- it's like he really begrudges it! Well, forgive me, but a husband who deliberately destroys your joy at the holidays sounds like a collossal ass, especially one who uses his temper to scare you and buy gifts that are really for himself. THE WHOLE FUCKING THING WAS HIS IDEA AND HE SPENT THE ENTIRE TIME COMPLAINING. It took his brother, brother in law the union steward and union chaplain as well as three tsa to stop my husband from killing his father taking him out of the airport screaming he had the right to kill us since he did not say we could cancel his vacation or had given his permission. But he's contrite and says he'll keep himself in check now. 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. Baby, how'd you get one of Mommy's earrings?!?!" Your email address will not be published. They make a mountain out of a molehill. A codependent person on vacation will want to do all things together. You are not the only person who goes through this same feeling of let down in what the holidays and special events of the year should be like. 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. 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. 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Take a moment to pause and think about the people in your circle - select a person or two who you would like to meet away from the interest group and ask for a get together over coffee. On vacation, you should also rest. In 2003 I gave his father his passport to lock in his safe deposit to stop him from the Ireland trip to keep his father happy, I left a note to please just make a list of what he would consider for the time after the new year or better yet just talk to his foreman get the time arranged for and then make the reservations just not any place cold He would get his passport back before the new year and nobody had to be beaten to a bloody pulp if he would just keep the peace about choosing something else after the new year, In that note I said there had to be a way to stop the impasse. 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. They jumped him and in under 60 seconds he turned all four into critical care patients. Addiction to anything. I was in orange and white strips in the county jail until labor day. 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. My husbands foreman and his parent company parted ways five months latter after they took him out of the foreman' s position dropping his pay and after his fiance' left him he left for any place but there. We both work demanding jobs, and he runs his own business, so he doesnt often take a lot of time off. This makes my blood boil! My husband just told me he hates me, he doesn't care about my feelings because My mother does not want me happy and tries to ruin my relationships, Husband says he cannot have a happy life with me. And it just killed my Christmas spirit. WebMy husband ruins every vacation If you love your husband/wife but feel like your marriage is losing its spark (or your spouce wants a divorce) then read this postto save your marriage. 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. Your email address will not be published. But I fucking swear, he bitches THE ENTIRE TIME we're riding. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, creepy pedo posing as an OT/speech therapist. He had worked for the city and was cut back, then ran for city council and went to work in the plant. He bitches that he won't be able to walk tomorrow. I was going to do Christmas BIG for the first time in my life really. 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 next vacation was to Athens in 1990 again we returned to his being told he was not taking time off as he wanted but would have to accept our decision of a winter vacation to start on January the 8th. we arrived at his fathers with the sheriffs second in command trying to clear the area of a crowd in front of his fathers house. 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