I Hate My Wife

Sorry To Interrupt

By: abusivewife

Written on March 21st, 2010

My husband and I had a major blow out recently. Really it pales in comparison to the years of fighting we've gone through. Of the seven years we've been married so far I have to say this last one has been the best and even then it's been hell.

I found this group after googling "why does my husband hate me". I didn't expect any answers or even any experiences similar to mine. I don't know why I asked. I'm glad I did though.

I read story after story. Page after page. In all of them I hear my husband's voice. I'm fat. I'm lazy. I'm mean. After about page 10 I realized it wasn't his voice I hear, it's mine. I started to confront the truth about myself. Though my husband may have his problems, the vast majority of them have come from me. It's been my insecurities, my inability to let go and constantly victimizing myself. I've become a fat lazy alcoholic abusive *****. I've picked and nagged and abused and tried to make him as rotten as I've let myself become. It has been a living hell of my own making and it's still sinking in. I'm still too ashamed to say it out loud to anyone, even him, but I'm sure plenty of people I know already know it.

These stories have been a real eye opener. I don't want to be like your wives. I don't want to be that kind of woman (for my own sake!). It's been two weeks since I found this site. I've stopped drinking cold. I've cleaned the house. I put down the chips, turned off the tv and went outside. I already see a change in my children. Even my husband seems cautiously happier. I'm looking into therapy to confront my insecurities and addiction. I can't do it alone and I can't force my husband to fix it for me.

My regret is that it took miserable stories from strangers on the internet for something inside to finally click instead of seeing the miserable faces of my husband and children everyday. I don't mean to interrupt your posts, I just want to thank you for sharing your experiences.

By: abusivewife

Age: 26-30 , Female

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11 responses

lmtnmn

Thanks for sharing...

Nov 27, 2012
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MagicCookie

Wow i didn't expect for any woman to realize when the problem it's really hers...I mean i am a woman and i am careful about these things only because my mother makes us all miserable for every of her problems and i don't want to become my mother...Truth is for realizing what's wrong you're already 10 times better than you have been before and the next thing you have to learn is to tell when something is wrong and you don't like it with a calmer mood.

Nov 6, 2012
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anothermom2

Yes, get help, addiction is a terribly hard thing, you can do it tho, with a lot of support. Good for you!

Oct 25, 2012
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usakindatheart

keep going outside..

and cancel the tv

get help

Aug 6, 2012
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revolutionyc

i hope you are sincere. I am not married but my sister has the same deep rooted accountability and self respect issues that you an many others describe on this site. She has these bright spots where, everything changes. She takes up some new cause, starts going to the gym and takes an interest in her self. Several weeks later, its back to the same, sorry routine. Erratic behavior, indulging in excesses, abusive and accusatory behavior. Often times running to the "trigger" men in her life. These behavior patterns and mental issues take years of self development and personal accountability to over come. I do however, feel that, at least in the moment you posted this and wrote about, you are sincere. As that "it was my voice" is a HUGE step in self realization. I had the same thing and that was a crucial step for me. Good luck to you and your family

Aug 29, 2010
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moleandmouse

life's not about having no problems. it's about how you deal with those problems. keep on keeping on. you are brave.

Jul 18, 2010
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Space1999

Dear AbusiveWife

Well at least you admit to destroying you husbands world, which is better than most women do. However I don't have a lot of confidence that things will change. You like most of our wives will follow the status quo until we get up the strenghth, or our children get old enough to leave you. Then you will play the victim and blame us (as always) for all your own problems. I hope you are different. You will be the first.

Space1999

Jul 8, 2010
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- shoshanabeth
  I have read a lot of stories on this site, accidentally found it and was shocked at how women treat men, then I realized I did some of the same stupid stuff. After two weeks lurking on this site hubby asked what I was reading. So I showed it to him, he started reading the "I hate my wife" entries. Weird thing was we both started seeing things we did to each other that was just plain stupid. The last couple of weeks I think we have talked more, been more considerate to each other, and actually showed some real genuine love and affection, to each other. Its not like we have not had our troubles we have married each other 3 times trying to make a go of it. We are almost at the point now of finding out that you really can live together without fighting, you never get to old to learn new ways to communicate or show love. Little did I know that sharing with him this site, it would open up a door for us to appreciate each other a little more for what we had going for us. So sorry to hear some of these stories it is so sad so many people hurting. I once told him that I thought our first divorce was probably 75% my fault, due to being totally independent. It was a big turn around in our relationship, because I NEVER took responsibility for an argument, and I always had to win. We are still working on it, not perfect, but living in relative peace.
  
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intheweeds

Somehow I think you are scamming us. While your post reads very well I can't help but think you are some crazy person posting about what an awful person you are seeking attention from all the down and out men on this board hoping that you will be the answer and prayer for all of us. If what you say is true then you have become the answer to your husband's prayers. All of us men can only hope that our wives would stumble across a board and ask 'why does he hate me so much'. You know - I didn't start "hating" my wife until she had an affair. I don't think she had sex with the dude - but she was certainly checked out of my relationship for 2.5 years. I left her over it - and accepted her back based on advice from her brothers who I admire. That's it - that was her one chance. Since then she has just become isolated and everyday excuse maker of why she didn't do her chores or participate in anyway. Quite frankly - I feel bad for her as she is the daughter of an alchohic father and her mother was a patsy who never taught her a thing about life. So I am living with the teenage version of a 40 year old. I wish you both could hook up and you can enlighten her on how miserable I am.

Good luck with your situation.

Mar 25, 2010
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ambrosiaster

Keep it up. May you and your husband, your marriage, and your children be all the better for it. For all the self-effort in the world, follow through on the counselling idea anyways. A good counsellor could help even the slightly confused person. Sounds like you'll benefit because you want to. Congrats to all the other men here who had the courage to write, so after about 10 pages you could see yourself in their stories too!!

Mar 24, 2010
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MollyClock

I really applaud you for taking these first steps to fixing your problems.

It takes a LOOOOOOOOT of courage to admit to yourself that you are causing the people in your life pain. No matter how you got to the first step of admitting it, whether it be because you read stories by strangers on the internet, you should be really proud of yourself for wanting to change.

I hope you get better and I wish you lots of luck with dealing with your problems. I'm sure you will have the support of your husband and children as they see you continue to make positive changes in both your life and theirs.

Mar 21, 2010
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