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I'm tired of the name calling every time we have a disagreement

Well, this is my first post here and my first day to join and read posts. I find this group to be knowledgeable and supportive. My husband and I have been married nearly 13 years now. A first for both of us and we married later in life. He has always been controlling and I let him. I didn't feel that I should be the leader mainly due to the fact that he has the money. It was his house we lived in, until 2 years ago and he is a control freak. We have one child and no more to be. We are also much older parents. Not by choice, but because of my fertility issues and marrying later. Anyway, throughout this marraige, my weight has creeped up and with hormonal changes going on for several years, it is much higher now than when we married. Ok, I was way underweight 13 years ago. I have put on 50 pounds and still look pretty good for my age of 44. Most guess me at 35. I do have lovehandles and a bit of a pouch. Everytime we get into an argument, he goes right for the juggler and begins his nasty little comments on my weight and what a ugly body I have, etc. Yet he still wants to have sex with me. Still desires me. Our sex life has not been a vigorous one, getting together about every 2 weeks or so. Lately, less. It's my fault. I have no sex drive, zero labido. I'm hormonal and since moving I am home sick and my allergies have gone NUTS. I'm sick all the time, so it seems. I don't desire other men, and neither one of us has cheated. Yet. When we were just dating, we only saw each other on weekends so it was more so then. He brings that up too. My husband controls all finances. Always has. I had to demand an allowance to pay for my own needs and wants. Since moving, we are in a very high tax bracket now. We sold property high during the boom. He controls all the income still. I feel that I am entitled to something, thus the allowance. He had me quit working years ago and now I am caregiver of our child, and want to be. I don't want someone else raising her and he doesn't either. So now, we are not speaking and I'm thankful. He always hurts me verbally. I can't seem to do much right in his mind. Can't even keep our homes clean enough for his likes. Blah blah blah....... I'm tired of the verbal abuse. I'm tired of his control over everything. I'm afraid of losing everything in a divorce. I don't know my rights. I don't want him to know if I go to a lawyer. I don't want this small know it all town to get wind of this and be made to look like some bitch on the take. I'm rather lost feeling. Not sure if I want to take a final step in this marraige, yet I'm sure it's the way to go at this point. Neither one of us is truly happy. I am tired of him threatening me with getting a girlfreind on the side for sex if I don't put out. After this long together, he is now insisting on 2 times per week. If I were a guy, there is no way I could get it up. I'm just not interested in the same old boring sex anymore. I'm rambling and going nowhere in my quest for help....... Sorry. I'll try later to get it together better and have a better mind set.

by bluegirl   7 Posts 
Posted on 11/21/2008 12:16 PM
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I think I have figured some things out, my marriage is comparable to that of Ricky and Lucy Ricardo, in I Love Lucy.  He controls everything and leaves Lucy to beg or scheme to get her way........Ok not quite that bad, but close.
And now, once again, seems things - words, will yet again be swept under the rug until next blow out.
I don't want a divorce, but I said it, hoping for change, but after this many years of the same old same old, I don't see it happening. 
Thank goodness I am not the type to go looking for something or someone else for comfort.  Neither is he. 
I think even a judge would recommend counciling for us before he would grant a divorce.  If only I can get him to go.
But like another poster stated, control freaks don't think there is anything wrong with them and that is exactly what I have delt with. 
He has not lost any sleep.  Me, Just a lot of tossing and turning and not wanting to put our child through life as a child of a broken family like I had to do.  Not wanting her to make choices or be away from either of us for any reason, other than maybe small trips to beach...etc...
So, life goes on.
I do think I need to take a short trip to beach again to go fishing and meditate with out him......There's just something so comforting about the waves and smells of the beach!
Thanks everyone for listening and offering suggestions.
by bluegirl   7 Posts
Posted on 11/22/2008 11:38 AM
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i'm thinking about this & will comment again
by childless   551 Posts
Posted on 11/21/2008 6:10 PM
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BTW childless,
My labido has never been a hot one.  Men in my life wanted it to be for the most part and were sorely dissapointed that it was not, but my husband wasn't pushy about until the last couple of years. 
It's now he is "joking" that he needs a girlfriend to help him out.  He uses his enlarged prostate as the biggest problem and he needs release from that.  I mean, what a turn on, NOT! 

I enjoy cuddling and touching without sex and don't even get that anymore.  It has become a sleeping bedmate and house mate relationship.   I don't go to bed now until he is sleeping and I carefully creep into bed to not disturb him.  HE goes to bed like an old man, early and gets up 3 hours before I have to get up and get our little girl going for school.
The more I write about this, the more pissed I am for putting up with it like some 2nd class citizen who stands around waiting for handouts.........
Gotta vent now.

by bluegirl   7 Posts
Posted on 11/21/2008 2:21 PM
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Over all he is a good guy and a good husband/father and I have been a good wife and mother to our child. I'm just tired of feeling like I live in a cage and if my feathers ruffle or I don't want to do what he does, good god, I'm then beaten down verbally by his abusive words regarding my body. Yesterday it was, your stomach is bigger than your boobs and go take off your clothes and look in the mirror. Ouch. . But I know that he was only being hurtful and it worked. I guess I still care, because it does still hurt each and every time he does it. He tries to act all loving at times to get my affection and then once again, he reverts back to the jabs if he doesn't get what he wants. I am also sick and tired of his control over every aspect of what I do and what I can not do, such as handle any of the finances. He has never fully trusted me in that department and for no other reason than he has seen friends of his get screwed in divorces. He even put everything we have into a living trust in his name and has a stipulation that should he die before me, and I re marry, I get nothing. I only agreed so that our daughter would never suffer financial losses if I married a man who only wanted me for the $$. We sold land during the big boom and have a hefty profit margin now. More than most would dream of. Most of that land was purchased a few years after we married. He controls every bit of that through the trust. This husband of mine even wanted me to sign a post nuptual agreement when I was pregnant! Seriously! He has huge trust issues when it comes to money and huge head issues with weight. Of course I looked at him and told him he was Crazy if he thought I would ever agree to that! But it was shortly after that, he had a trust put together. We got into the big money several years later, following that. I don't feel that I have his respect even though I feel that I deserve it. I've done nothing wrong in this marraige and never breached his trust.
by bluegirl   7 Posts
Posted on 11/21/2008 2:11 PM
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