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  1. tulip2012

    tulip2012 Silver IL'ite

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    Dear Friends,
    I have posted my problems in sevral threads before and have felt greatly relieved with all your replies.
    me and DHa long with our toddler live separately in a plac about 1.5 hrs far from my DHs place. This is because we prefer to live close to our work place. He is very particular to go there every friday evening and come back by Sunday late night.
    after going to my DHs place I am the perfect DIL doing all household jobs serving food cleaning etc. I have a maid but even then i will be fully occupied.
    Weekdays both of us are under terrible owrkpressure, he will come back late and even after that he will connect remotely and work.
    I am in software field in a managerial post you need not say about all my work pressure. The maid does all the cooking but she is so poor in it that i wil have to do a part of taht alos..at lease the cutting and all she will do and i will do the cooking. plus, I find time to bake some thing for my son at least once a week as he loves variety food.
    yesterday i came late by 8:00 PM and was dead tired
    he asked me to change my dress and come for a walk... I just couldnt do it as i was so tired. anotehr things is last week I told him we will start early from home town and just roam around in the city to do some shopping and all ( he never gota nything for my b day and our anniversary.. so I thot of this chance) He was very adamanta nd he said I will leave home only after 6:00 PM we can use the weekdays for all these...
    we don ot evn talk to each otehr properly on weekdays!! at times he will be in unnecessary long calls with his fornds who are not even calls
    and he expectes me to call his parents and one aunt every day which i am doing daily!

    i was soo irritated.. after going home(native) he will lavishly sleep till 9:00 AM and i have to get up before 6:30 else my MILS face will spoil my wekeend. also she just wants me to do some thing in kitchen always and always tries to giveme old/leftover food. Once i told this to hubby and thn he said you should not take it and all after all he is a moms baby he wont speak anythig against her.When ever i teell him about work pressure he sayd I also have the same why are you complaining.. When i say taht Im tired he says i also get tired but he doesnt care atht I am a mom and a working woman. I tried all ways to tell him but in vain
    These days i feel so insecure and is sleepless at night. he never encourages me for anything always find fault saying Im fat ( i coudnt lose by post delivery weightof 10 Kg) i do so much of paintings and all but he will at least jokingly give negative comments and no positive comments. he always likes to irritae me and do not recognize me at all... I really wanted to tak a break and go for a trip but i keep on saying and he will not agree...
    He wont sent me alone to my home where at least I can relax or let me spend a weekend in the apartment here...
    i used to pamper and surprise him a lot inspite of all these bahaviour but now mind had gone numb.
    i was a very independant gal who was tehr ein the US for some time alone - now im more like a slave and under control. And DH do not want to have some time private for us together, he even told me taht he wants to travel daily from him home which will be very difficlta nd tiring for me. since we are staying here he is behaving as if he is doing some great favour to me. last day he said while going to home town on friday Me and kid should come in public transport to his office from where he can take me to go to home town. also after going ther eonly we will have dib=nner and even my my kid is crying he isists taht I come only after closing the kitchen even is maid and MIL is tehre!!!
    He never understands I am getting tired. and anytim his mom and he are alone I think she injcts him saying a lot of things like as tehre is no one at home FIL is feeling so dull and this and taht...
    He is a very good son I know ( and he should be.. it is parents after all) but why is he taking everything for granted and very rough and rude towards my needs. involving in painting or stiching will helpme relax but he wont do any support for all these.
    Friday evening h will some how find time to buy non veg a nd all to his home but weekly shopping for non veg for the apartment use will ahppen with so much pleading from me. as if he is doinga big favour. In the initial days of marriage he usedto tell me our life should nt be like his parents.. last day I peacefully told him knowingkly or unknowingly our situation is anotehr version of his parents life... I cried a lota nd then he held me closeby... now his dad is admited in hosp for some routine check ups and his behaviour will change again. MIL will create a big funda out of it and he will be blackmailed by saying some things like she is worried about his health and all.
    At the same time my SIL is enjoying life like anything.... she always likes she likes her life after marriage and some how she wanted to get married and all.. my house was a real heaven and I miss tehm all terribly and they too are sad seeing my plight!
    Sorry for the long post.. tehre is again lot to say but Im stopping here!!
    Please tell me some ways to overcome my dear experianced sisters moms and aunts!

    Tulip2012
     
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    tulipzz Platinum IL'ite

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    HUgs..

    You are writing my story from 3 yrs ago. MY STORY. WORD TO WORD.

    See, please learn from my mistakes. DO NOT let it effect you. Emotionally detach yourself from your husband and inlaws for a while. For your own mental state. Speak to your gynic (say check up etc) and get her to tell him you need rest. Then ask to go to your parents every weekend. Tell him you like spending time with your inlaws so you will come there once a month. Take complete rest and DONT WORK LIKE A MACHINE. It will have long term consequences on your health.

    Dont build anger and resentment. Ease your emotions. GO for counseling. I went once and I found it immensely helpful. If you work for big IT companies, they will have a health portal have a 24/7 stress relief helpline (Infosys definitely has one). Talk to a specialist and ask how best you can manage without having to effect your mental health

    Did you try emailing your husband. In some cases, my husband understands emails better.

    Take good care of yourself.
     
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    oh dear... i agree with tulipzz... you have to make a stop to it else it will get worse... telling you from personal experience. The w/e are yours. the way your DH needs time "exclusively" with his mother n vice versa.... even your kid needs ur "exclusive" time and attention. if your Dh does not understand all this, you HAVE to ignore his preaching for a while and follow a routine for urself. You work like he does, yoiu have all rights to do the things u like to make your's n ur kids life better. Stop visiting ur MIL every w/e. If this leads to heavy argument, just visit bi-weekly. Do not ask ur DH to buy or do anything for you for a while. Get your own grocery/non-veg, travel on ur own (even if he offers to give ride). Do not show any affection towards him for a while.
    Let ur DH observe all this, feel guilty for what he does or let him start this converstaion so that he has an open mind when you explain all this to him. If you start this conversation, he will never even try to understand.
    Other posters adviced me to ignore my Dh, which worked good... 6 mnths of crying/begging did no good... but 2 weeks of ignoring, got my moma's boy from his moma's heaven down to earth.

    Good Luck dear
     
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    Hi Tulip

    You need to hit the break and take rest for a while.You cannot satisfy every one at the same time .Make your logical brainw ork more than the emotional one .as Tulipzz said detach yourself from your DH emotionally .Be blunt in saying if you cannot take public transport and if certain weekends you cannot go to in laws house feel free to say NO.......your Dh has no problems saying no to you then why should you feel bad and try to satisfy him .Samething when you visit In laws if if MIL wants you to do something say No you are tired and you don't want to eat left overs .don't complain to DH he is not going to help you in anyway .instead say no to MIL if she cannot take it in positive way its her problem not yours .so just leave it .Try to relax in the weekend don't get up at 6:30 .If your DH says you need to wake up early tell him you ar tired too and you work like him and you need the rest too.

    You need to stand up for yourself .

    My friend has the same issue like you .Though her DH is willing to help in doing the dishes and cleaning up as they both are working her MIL doesnot like the idea of her son working in the kitchen but she is a working women too and she expects her DH ( my friends's FIL) to help her with all chores but son cannot help DIL .what a double standard.On top of it her MIL and DH plays game with my friend too .Like when my friend asks for help from DH do do the dishes and he would walk over ti kitchen and do it and then MIL would stop her DH and say I will do it you can go and after her Son leaves she would walk away as well and my friend would end up doing everything .She felft awkward to ask MIL to do since she volunteered .I told her leave the dishes in sink and don't cook the next day since you delegated that task to DH and MIL took it its their problem .she did that for a couple of times and her MIL and DH got the point .SO be smart friend .Learn to say no
     
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    tulipzzz.. really my eyes got filled reading your reply!

    yes though difficult I am trying to get my self emotionally detached from him
    I started rt from yesterday night. He came late and played a lot with DS and never talk ed word o me. normally I sleep in between both of thembut today DS was i between and I did not botehr to sleep near DH. Morning I and DS got up and went way and normally I will pamper DS and wake him up.
    today i did not do that
    Wen he came I was giving Breafast to DS i asked maid to heat his tea and i just gave it to him and continued my own works
    I did a pinting last night I kept it in shelf where he could see but did not ask him how is it or anything... i wore a good salwar dressed up nicely and just told him bye and came back. didnt even bother to touch him
    he did not go to offc.. doing WAH i think
    I am not going to call... and regarding the not going homething.. his dad got admitted in hosp so this week I cant say no to the trip.. see it is tehse situations which puts me in trouble.. they will make stories telling she dint even botehr to come when dad was not well and all.. so I am thining to go this week and may be refrain from next week...

    hmm redging emails.. Ive sent many which he never replies...
    tahnk you for being with me ... hugs to you tooo

     
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    falguni dear.....
    yes I will do taht but Im sure he will behave like a rock only
    as if he is not botehred.. Im afraid if it will lead to greater problems tooo if I start being very independant.. he will act as if let things work taht way
    Any ways I wont show any affection tahts for sure

    I have soem personla plans and will concentrate more on that an will ignore him
     
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    Thanks tulip. You know what, I am preaching, but it's SOOO difficult for me to practice. Emotional detachment. I explode like a bomb and cool down very quickly. My husband has a child like face and I fall for it very quickly....for my own mental peace sake I have to practice emotional detachment.

    You are doing the right thing. Continue this for a week or so. Don't shout/argue in front of the kid. I feel silent treatment works better.
     
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    This is exactly what I worry about. But you know what, he WILL find it difficult. It WILL bother him. Just make sure you keep your mind at peace. Say no to intimacy too. Just for a week or two.

    My husband is a bit selfish. As long as he gets what he wants, he is a happy bunny. Only when his needs are not being met, he will wake up.
     
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