My husband said in an argument that he'd be better off alone than with me. He claims I don't send hi…

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My husband said in an argument that he'd be better off alone than with me. He claims I don't send him photos while he's away on business. He said so much, ran me over like a tank. He says we've been together for 13 years, and I act like a shy girl, too embarrassed to be intimate. He expects me to be everything for him when he comes home. I'm only shy around myself. He works all the time, and I'm home. Logically, I almost understand that this is manipulation and abuse, that over the years together he's made me so insecure that I don't know how to break free. I cry and cry, blame myself. He calmly goes to sleep, and I can't handle it. I don't do anything to get sweet words or anything like that, like in that poem – 'I'm bad, you're good.' Or 'I don't love you,' as if he could say that, which would twist things for me right now. I realize that whatever he doesn't give me, he makes up for with accusations. I'm the kind of person someone could live without, but he loves me and lives with me for some reason. Only now, I don't understand why I need all this, or how to escape this crappy situation. I don't have any friends nearby I can talk to; at least here I'm incognito.
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Tatyana
So go to work then
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Yuliya
Tatyana The problem isn't that, the problem is the intimacy, which I don't see, and it seems to be in my head and his. He's trying to dominate me, humiliate me, make me feel guilty. I can't get out of this relationship
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Yuliya
Writing this through tears
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Suhareva Olga
First, understand what you want?
Maybe you tasted a tigress somewhere… There are few men, women are hunters..
And you have daily life, a watch shift..
Honestly, you should go to a psychologist to understand what you really want in life.
Then, maybe you'll realize that you don't need such a man at all.
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Yulichka Sidorik
Don't you feel sorry for yourself? Why don't you leave him? Let him sit and *** as much as he wants.
I've never sent nudes, not to my husband, not to anyone. My husband doesn't ask, and I've always said I don't want to and won't. Neither he nor I have ever seen a problem with this.
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Olga
Tatyana To feel more confident, you first need financial independence. When you can turn around and walk away at any moment, then your husband (if he's not an idiot) will be afraid of losing you, and you'll feel free to do as you see fit, without letting anyone walk all over you. So yes, it's about having a job.
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Saule Mausunbaeva
Tatyana That's exactly the problem. Do you think a woman feels insecure for any other reason?
You depend on your husband for everything, and he knows it.
There aren't exactly lines of suitors lining up to provide for you, plus you have no personal independence. You depend on someone who doesn't even respect you anymore, so what love are we talking about?
Start looking for independence, and confidence will start to come, and with it, the desire to get as far away as possible from a *** like your husband, God forgive me.
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Nadezhda
And how can tears help? Go to the gym, go shopping, and go to the registry office for a divorce. Why do you need gaslighting and abuse?
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Yuliya
Tatyana My baby is constantly sick, and we're all alone here without any grandparents. I don't know what to do, where to go for work, or what to do. I can't figure out how to get out of all this.
He just ran me over and went to sleep peacefully.
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Tatyana
Tatyana What does intimacy have to do with it? Think like a rational person, not an animal.
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Olga
Tatyana When a woman really needs something, she'll find a way. Remote work, a few hours of side work to start; teaming up with other moms in the neighborhood to offer mutual help. There are many options. The main thing is to understand that your husband "won't change his mind," he's comfortable this way and takes advantage of your dependence on him. So, you need to break that dependence.
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Nadezhda
Tatyana And how old is the baby?
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Yuliya
Tatyana Thank you. I really needed to hear that I'm thinking straight and just destroying myself next to him.
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Olga
I've been through something similar. He said he loved me, but then there was a whole list of things I needed to do. I thought if you love someone, you accept them for who they are, but apparently, there are conditions. Then it hit me: I was convenient for him, not loved. He was comfortable with me, but... and then the list went on. I thought about it and realized I probably loved myself more than him, so I ended things. He did text me, saying he'd realized his mistakes, worked on himself a lot, and asked to start over, but I was already in a new relationship.
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Olga
Tatyana You'll be okay when you decide to put yourself first, step by step. I wish you courage and that big leap forward!
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Yuliya
Tatyana 6. He's starting school next year and I'm so worried about him. He loves his dad, he works, doesn't drink or hit me, but he destroys me emotionally. And what if he takes our son? It's happening so often now.
I need to get on my feet, distance myself, and run.
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Tatyana
Tatyana And imagine if your partner left you right now, disappeared, or even died, you wouldn't be left to fend for yourself, would you?
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Aleksandra
That's why I'm not a fan of rotational work.
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Nadezhda
Tatyana He's taking the child... where? For a work trip? Why are you crying like a baby? Send him a message back saying he's *** about nothing, and this isn't what you dreamed of. And you might send your nudes, but not to him. You're just crying. With abusers like this, you need to be like a cat, claws out. Otherwise, he'll destroy you
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Ugnenko Anna
Looks like someone's feeling liberated 🤷 He just doesn't love you, that's all. When someone loves you, they cherish your feelings. But he just dumped a bucket of crap on you for no reason. You should break up, not plan a baby (your status). Imagine this crap multiplied by 100 when you're on maternity leave.
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Yoko
It only gets worse, I've been there. Got divorced, thank goodness
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Vinitskaya yana
Sending you hugs. You're going through so much right now, and it feels like you're being run over by a tank on top of it all. If you post something here, you'll just get a ton of negativity.
Realistically and to the point: You need to sit down and discuss everything. Your thoughts, his thoughts. Ask without blaming and try to understand what's going on in his head and if it's even worth trying to save this marriage.
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Yuliya
Ugnenko Anna We're not planning on it, we already have one.
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Yuliya
Ugnenko Anna I'm thinking my face is covered in shame
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