when it doesn't work
losing at love
So we had the wedding Oct 19, 2008. It was a small family affair. I did alot of the favors and centerpieces myself, everything was really done by the families or people who came to the wedding. Everything was going ok. We had dated before awhile back and recently gotten back together, been seeing each other this time about 3 months and there we were getting married. Fast forward to 2 months after. I had made some errors right before the wedding, an ex had seen me while we <me and Jesse> were out and left his number on my winow of the car. So I called to find out what he wanted. After that phone call I lost the number for what would be forever to me. Not forever for my ex, He decided to text me a happy new year greeting. This would cause an uproar in the household. I had not made contact with him, I did however make a joke with my cousin about it which husband did not find amusing. And I borrowed a different ex'x car early in the marriage to take one of our dog's to the vet, it was an emergency. I didn't see the harm as Jesse had my car in another city, and the vet was doing me a favor with a free consultation and I did not lie about anything, I told Jesse straight out exactly what washappening before it happened. Apparently there is a do not ever speak to your ex rule. All of that was like the 2 months we were married. I swore to never talk to any of my exes ever again. Well when Jesse lost his job, he sat back and took the free ride. For a long time. I thought being supportive would help, it did, helped to doormat me. When I finally came to my senses and started getting on him he began lying to me about looking for a job. At least thats what I caught. There were a few other small, is that possible, lies. He had chatted up a girl he knew back in the day about how she should have married him ?????!!!!!! WHAT yea that's a great relationship builder. Anyways there are a couple other girls he chats up online and i am totally uncomfortable with it he knows it, but i really dont think that makes much of a difference. Yea Ok i will take the hey you're insecure hit, but Hello he has already been caught lying to me and someone else should have married him .....we aren't even at 6 months and I have been putting ewverything I have into keeping us afloat while he is sitting at home all day chatting on website, or commenting on topics and nude piks of girls on exxposed website. I mean really i have had so many conversations well not even face to face because by the time i get home he doesn't talk to me it is like he shuts down and just cries that he is sorry and we will be ok. And dum dum me falls for it everytime. In the course of a days argument he can belittle me by telling me im crazy and stupid, degrade my intelligence, invalidate everything i have to say or feel, turn me into the most horrible person on earth, and make me feel like everything that has gone wrong is my fault. And then I find myself apologizing when I haven't done anything. I just want the fighting to stop. But what have I done wrong, I held all the bills down, tried to stay positive, yea it didnt always work. But I am stressed out to. All of these things just kept bottling up and bottling up and now i have exploded. We had the "talk" about him getting his s**t together 2 1/2 weeks ago. Not much has changed.
Discussion
Wow, kassandra. That sounds like a lot to deal with in the first 5 months of a marriage. I agree, with the arguing and the belittling you two should definitely separate for a while. Have you guys thought about couple's therapy? Do you want to make it work or are you emotionally done?
As far as the job hunt, I looked for work one time for 6 months and that was sending resumes out EVERYDAY. I am not kidding. So, if it's only been a few months, I think you might need to back off of him for a little bit.
But there is more there, with the other girls, the insults, the manipulation, the porn and the lies. I think at this point it's not helpful to try and blame yourself by asking "where did I go wrong" but to ask where can you both go from here. What do you want? Do you want to work it out? Or do you want to leave? either way, your best bet is to decide what you want, discuss it with him calmly and move forward. Blame shifting never works. And if your decision is to leave, then don't let his pouting and his passive aggressive phone calls get you down. He is just using that as a way to manipulate you into feeling guilty. It sounds like its working.


