I already feel like Scrooge! No matter how much you may love them, family and friends may be stressful, especially if they arrange your vacation; hotels can smell smoke, sex, and despair; and the urge to have a good time can occasionally be the death knell. Welp, as it always happens, I woke up the morning we were to leave feeling like utter dogshit. Press J to jump to the feed. If you havent already dealt with this problem and managed to cope with it in your daily life, the vacation is definitely not an opportunity for an in-depth analysis of your relationship. Addiction to anything. I have had to distance myself from her before because of her behavior. The Thursday, Aug. 6, episode of Teen Mom 2 was a lesson in how jealousy can ruin a relationship. He screamed for crying out loud he had two months he could take off in the two months following the holidays, why did he have to hammer the least seniority to work instead of himself They did not have as much time as he did to take off so he could at least shut up and do as the community wanted, She bounced a heavy glass ashtray off his head yelling he did not owe the community a stinking thing. MOMS ONLY. 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. 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. Her Graduation. Just try it our way just once, he might like it. So sorry that your enthusiasm has been punctured by your husband. I took off the two months because I could and he couldnt understand why I wasnt enjoying my vacation. A parent's conspicuous and continual assessment of a son's or daughter's spouse can form the bedrock of conflict between in-laws. We got back and went straight to his fathers safe deposit and he dragged his father out kicking him and up the sidewalk telling us he would have his property returned he slammed his father on the managers desk handing him the box key telling him he just wanted his passport returned. Happens a lot! He bought me roses and actually bought me a gift (he didnt buy me one last year). Anytime we're doing something "fun" he has to suck the life right out of it. How you frame the invitation is up to you. No judgments, no nastiness. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, creepy pedo posing as an OT/speech therapist. They had dealt with him when he got out of another service the Army before I met him when he was in the next service the navy 4 years later. The demands on our time and patience during the vacation season are increased along with the costs and expectations. By taking advantage of the cultural norms and expectations surrounding holidays or the disruption to normal routines, they can find creative ways to hurt and control. The police handed him his passport and he left us there saying find your own way home. They are trying to use the harmonious spirit to their advantage, hoping youll think its rude not to respond. Get away and take your me time. THE WHOLE FUCKING THING WAS HIS IDEA AND HE SPENT THE ENTIRE TIME COMPLAINING. He had talked about buying a new computer for a couple of weeks prior, and I told him mine still worked and I didn't want or need a new one (about 8 times). I'm congested, my throat hurts, and I'm hacking up chunks of green stuff. 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. Mine ruins every vacation and getaway. Do you have any friends that you could talk to that may share your enthusiasm? Whether that means spending less time with someone, loving a family member from a distance, letting go entirely, or temporarily removing yourself from a situation that feels painful, you have every right to leave and create some healthy space for yourself. I have a whole saga about the last time we went to the local fair. Forpeople with narcissistic personality traits, vacations are often an opportunity to flaunt their wealth, beauty, or whatever else they consider an asset. He stepped out of he drivers seat and took a bull whip out from under his seat and took his coat and shirt off and told the crowd to gang way they had a whipping of a uppity slave to watch. Sooo, I had to make my own special events. Then he bitches that the selection isn't very good. Honestly go somewhere without cell service or him. Your email address will not be published. He put his hands at 10 and 2 on a wagon wheel in his fathers yard already with rawhide wrist ties told those there get him tied to the wheel so the slave could properly be whipped. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. This way, I dont see a messy house, or get "ideas" of how to spend my day. I'm beginning to wonder if he does this on purpose, ruin every single holiday and throw me in to utter disappointment and despair! Theyre so lost in their virtual world when theyre on their phone that they completely zone out. Now he won't send the computer back. His boss only deals with the best and spoils those around him. Just say what's going on. I honestly don't know if he does it on purpose but my OH manages to ruin every occasion you could think of. Reminder to commenters: No. Not a bad idea tbh. There was the frustration, the anger, the display of "can't wait til this is over" mentality. Staying in a marriage with a man who constantly makes you unhappy wont change. csfa league table. I'm sorry your trip was ruined and hope you start feeling better soon! This stuff about having his way and the people it hurt was getting to be insanity on his part. Having angry reactions to feedback instead of being open to it. He bitches about how we still have to go get our car from A WHOLE THREE BLOCKS AWAY. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. On the fifth I was on my knees pleading just wait for the next bid list in two weeks let the four that wanted that new department have it. Ignore the following text - it's meant for search Even if it means that the plan is nonexistent. 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 was thinking by the time we returned my husband would just decide that time to try the vacation we had made for him in January on St, Croix., We were not met that time and when we arrived at his fathers house it was to a warrant for our arrest being handed to us by the sheriff for acting as false agents in canceling him for the younger man. and his foreman was to scared of my husband to write him up. 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. So we spent to the new year in each others company. He wanted his father and the entire community to know exactly what he thought of us trying to keep him in what place we thought he should be. 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. That in itself is not necessarily a bad thing. She left the Dias in tears and gathered the kids and told the deacon following that he could come home in the new year. He was working the inventory on his job at 3 that afternoon when skilled trades could not get him to come to the window to issue a part that was not available in the virtual crib a tradesman climbed trough the issuing window. But you also have to be prepared for various unpleasant surprises whenever your husband feels that he is not in the limelight. Notice they are always laughing and gathered around the dinner table. The stress was telling on his mother between their oldest son not speaking and his father angry about him being so mean about working the holidays and his insult to me. Even when there is no chaos to engineer, they can still use the holidays to manufacture emotions and they do benefit from the emotions of others. 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You can offer him to bring some things that otherwise form an integral part of his routine to make it easier for him to bear the change. Vacation. They saw him and his photos land in the Jitny isle with I don't want my nose rubbed in the fact I am a slave without any say in my life. As soon as the check is paid, he bolts to the stand to ask about prices, etc. The best of the best when they travel for work. Move on and find someone else. 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. We finally find it and it's closed until dinner (off-season hours). That day we returned in 1987 hoping for a little understanding about if he just bumped over 100 other people back in their vacations all it would do was cause bad feelings just to go to his grandfathers in Wyoming to jump on horseback and help with a roundup for a week then after that point the nose of the van west to what he wanted to see for five more weeks. My husband is the same way. Oh God, it's up the back of your pajamas. Again. 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. Remember that he is like a very demanding child who needs a lot of support and love. It seems that for the first time in a very long This sounds like sour grapes to me. He has a thing for computers (we have three in the house already). 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. It would be kind of you to consider your spouses degree of stress. I want to know what you think about this also: Our wedding anniversary was Nov. 4. Im also better at managing my time so he would get so annoyed if something took him longer than me. In the rehab my husband used several hundred in cash to get taken in a wheel chair To certify in Microsoft, cisco, and networking servers. He says he thinks he's going to throw up (spoiler: he doesn't). How to deal: Stand by your choices -- and stand by your man. Fuck everything. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. He should believe that and be happy for you. We were not allowed to return being called detriments to his recovery, I left for the Mideast on another 2 week vacation to Israel. over the Christmas 2012 his sister brother and mother arrived and took off with the meal I had ready to serve them and other guests saying my husband was going to get what he paid for that time. I refill the water bottle from a water fountain after husband drinks all of it. Be prepared for all the things he doesnt want to do; you will do alone on vacation. READ THE RULES. Although the holiday season tends to be stressful, most of us can probably agree that holidays should be a time when appreciation for those you love is elevated and prioritized. I have to work (RN) thankful I dont have to go to my in-laws for dinner. Omg there was a post about a mom doing just this and I was so envious. It can really mess up your emotions. During arguments, you will hear about how much they cost. Depending on the type of narcissist,they thrive in chaos for many reasons. Because she has good traits as well as badWe are both creative people. Narcissists, however, have no interest in true harmony. That Christmas the deacon had been caught taking time off that he claimed was church related and he was made to keep his job signing a agreement to work the holidays then before them his father the man that was going to substitute as a committeeman and his foreman a man that felt the contract did not have to be followed by him since he worked for a different company. On vacation, you should also rest. At the very least, move cautiously. And of course our two boys (13m and 4y) are coughing and congested as well. Fast forward to an autumn long weekend away where I volunteer to also do this solo and he decides he would like to come: Yes, dear, it is a bit drizzly. Someone that could help bring you back up? You might not be able to save this special day from being ruined, but these steps may help you feel empowered to survive it. We go and get lunch, which includes hunting around for the taco shop he insists he wants to go to, where we went like two years ago and the name of which we can't remember. Thank you and take care. 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. I was crying in six months we could try and restart our marriage the right way in peace without the fight that things had become over rights he had earned with 34 years. Sorry for going on so long but I am so upset at yet more ruined holidays that I stopped eating, again! Thankfully, if I point out to him what a shithead he's being, he can usually change it. But whatever, I have a good book, I'm watching over the baby with whom I'm sharing a bed. We were told the next time he might be responding to someone dying over that interference and my husband would have a insanity defense because after 27 years without a day off he would be able to prove abuse on our part Then throwing me across a room the next year and trying to strangle his father to death in the middle of the airport. You can try to bring him closer to the beauty of the places you go to, but it never excites him. So maybe you can't have the lights outside but you can buy a small potted Christmas tree that is either already decorated or you can decorate with a few strings of lights. 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. "if we leave now we'll be in rush hour traffic." 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