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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do want my kids to be happy, but am wondering how long I am obligated to stick it out in this frustrating marriage to a difficult and controlling person.  I would not necessarily classify it as emotional abuse (no name calling etc) but everything I do, from how I pack lunches, load the dishwasher, comments I make in conversation, is wrong and needs to be criticized.  I just try to talk to DH as little as possible, and do things alone with the kids or with my parents and friends without DH.[/quote]

I would call that emotional abuse. Is he depressed?  Unhappy people often spread their unhappiness to others.  I assume he wasn't always like this since you did marry him for a reason, right?[/quote]

I completely agree. I recently went for counselling at a women's shelter because of the effects of my husband's emotional abuse on me. I had no idea how much it impacted my health, identity, work, family, and friendships.  He suffered from bipolar and continually blamed me for not taking good care of him. I had no attraction to him whatsoever because I became his caregiver and "mother". That relationship seriously sucked the life out of me to the point my daughter was asking me to leave him. I feel ashamed that I stayed in it as long as I did but now I am so much happier. [/quote]

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