How To Handle A Ocd Husband

Don't worry, I believe it's a Newhousomania..like when people buy new cars and even small scratch or dry leaf on the roof is heart breaking seen.

Will be fine after some time.

 

You cannot change him. You can change your reaction to him or you can ask him to seek professional help if it is seriously interfering with your daily life.

 

My husband is same. He keep instructing me n my son 8yr old to do this n tht. When we go out he ll not sit on bench because irs dirty, if we go restaurant he ll ask me n son to fold our sleeves so food doesn't get on sleeves. If my son put his feet on wall he get mad. He is ocd specialist. No change in him since 14 yrs of my life wth him. I m fed up n i ignore him. He does not say much to me because i answer him bck but he keep pocking our son go wash hands, dont put washed hands on table blah blah. I m seriously fed up. So if ur husband is pnly ocd at home it's ok, its limited ocd so u cn manage at home.. Mine is ocd everywer whether we go restaurants park holidays car. Everywer so basically my whole life is don't do this that. I never enjoy going anywer wth him.

 

If we go park in sand my son play, he ll take off his shoes wash his feet then only he ll ask him to sit in car. Is tht normal??? Plus his nature is v hyper n he doesn't enjoy outside much(probably because of his ocd) he think whole world is unclean perhaps. If we go park or anywer in 1 hr he ll start saying lets go lets g9... Basically he has no interest going out or enjoying, he ll be lethargic n ask tp go home. Are men like that exist??? N we live in uae so many things to do but because of his nature i never feel happy to go anywer wth him. I wanna enjoy go out be relaxed not just rush all the tome with this ocd freak person... I m thinking of going only wth my son. Me n my son went expo only us n i felt so gud, no tension of ocd n lethargic husband but then i felt why hell did i got married if i hv to go out alone eveywer... I really feel stuck girls. Otherwise he is ok person. No bad habbits etc, caring n responsible, we eat out etc, he buys us wtever we want, we go on holidays, live in gud house, he think abt our comfort but basically he is not gud companion wen we go out. How shall i face this...?? Plz advice

 

Try making non-committal responses or just nodding your head. If he keeps persisting invite him to straighten the things that trouble him, since others don’t seem to be bothered.

 

Another thing: is he stressed out because of the move? Financial or other issues? That kind of anxiety can cause some people to become very critical and nitpicky, not that it’s an excuse.