PUSHY OR OK....should i call my separated husband to tell him to come...

Hello

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...over to talk to me about our future? my husband and i have been separated for over 2 months now. this is supposed to be a time where we both work on our issues, i have been doing the counseling, working on mine, while he has been constantly going out to bars, clubs, friends, the single life full steam ahead.

i am pregnant and he has not been there for me in anyway. just a phone call late at night about once a week or sometimes longer in between. i have only seen him once, and he seemed very uncomfortable around me, he gave me a peck on the lips and a friendship hug goodbye when he left.

he tells me he wants to stay married, but needs his space right now. i asked him if he just wanted to work things out because of the pregnancy and he said, no that there are other reasons for wanting to work things out. he said that he still calls me his wife and that he is looking forward to the baby and tells all of his friends...who by the way...want him to divorce, sabotage our relationship right and left...and they all cheat on their wives......well.....moving on...

i feel like i need more from him. i need emotional support, i feel like calling him and giving him the ultimatum to either come home or its done.

i cant handle feeling the humiliation and rejection from him during my pregnancy. he doesn't even care to go to any doctors appts with me, he doesnt ask me, and when i had preterm labor...he was at the bars with his friends getting drunk and didnt even care that i might need him to drive me back to the hospital. that devestated me. i sobbed and cried for hours and tried to settle myself down for the babys sake.

i'm so sick of this crap. how can he love me and claim to love my 7 year old who is not his biologically, then litterally drop out of our lives.

he doesnt even ask to visit my child who loves him with all of his heart and sees him like a dad.

i thought about sending him a text telling him i have a doctors appt next week, but i keep thinking what is the use. he will probably say that he has to work. it makes me sad that the baby isn't important to him.

i have been preparing for single motherhood again...preparing my home for the new baby.

i am debating whether to call him and demand he come over face to face so that i can tell him that i think this separation is ridiculous...and that he should come home or we should divorce because i cant handle his attitude of unconcern and i feel like he doesnt love me. i am in constant emotional pain.

i have a gut feeling that he wont come home, that he is screwing someone and that he loves his single life.....and that he wont be there for the baby, or help me.

i am so angry that i feel like he is just jackin me around in my mind and heart.


should i call him, (he might not even respond)......to see what his intentions are or is that just another desperate attempt to talk to him?

should i tell him about another doctors appt? or is it pointless?

thnk you. :(
 

Camille

Member
Call him and tell him you two need to have an important talk. When he comes, tell him there are two options. To work it out or to get a divorce. Just explain how you are feeling, tell him everything that you have told us. Don't let him get away with any more foolishness. Ask him why he really wants space. Just make sure you are actually getting straight answers from him. Good luck.
 
I don't think you're unreasonable in wanting a decision from him but I doubt you'll get anywhere if you talk to him now. Men freak out when babies come into the picture. Your 7 year old isn't his, therefore he hasn't had to feel the REAL responsibility of having an infant of his own. If you need support, I suggest you confide in family or friends because he sounds pretty flakey right now. If you give him an ultimatum, he WON'T choose you. I guarantee it. You're oober hormonal right now and super sensitive and even though I'm not justifying what he's doing, actions speak louder than words. What does he need space for? He's an adult and should be dealing with his responsibilities like you are. If you're really that fed up, don't even give him a choice. You think he's really just drinking with his friends? I doubt it.
 

Renee

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Wow. Except for the being pregnant part, you just told the exact story of my husband and I two and a half years ago. We also separated to "work on our issues" which was his choice. I never wanted him to leave and tried everything to make him come back. I let him come over when he felt like, cooked his favorite foods when he visited, gave him sex when he wanted it, etc. This separation went on for almost 2 years, during which time he gave me no financial support as I battled cervical cancer.
I finally got tired of waiting in vain and consulted a divorce attorney. We couldn't agree on a fair settlement for our joint debts and my lawyer wisely advised me to sit tight and wait. The longer we are married, the more he will have to pay when we finally go to court. So I left the divorce process alone and went about my life and started dating.
After 9 months of absolutely no contact, here comes husband telling me how miserable his life is without me, how he has been in therapy for the last 7 months and realizes what an idiot he is and that no other woman will make him feel the way I do.
I am telling you this whole long story to explain my advice to you. DON'T call him. Do your best to move on with your life and make him think you are okay without him even if you have to fake it. Become unavailable and less convenient to him. Never be rude, always be pleasantly indifferent. Give him some time and guess what.... he WILL come back. The more often you call him or try to woo him the more he will think you are willing to settle for things as they are. It is so hard and I know what you are going through. Keep your head up and stay positive. All the best to you.
 

t_jet_72

New member
No don't call him. Don't have any contact with him. Get some self respect and go on with your life..your child..planning for the little one. If he wanted to be married he would have been there all along. Take his hint, and get a lawyer. You have no right to demand him to do anything..he has already moved out.
 

t_jet_72

New member
No don't call him. Don't have any contact with him. Get some self respect and go on with your life..your child..planning for the little one. If he wanted to be married he would have been there all along. Take his hint, and get a lawyer. You have no right to demand him to do anything..he has already moved out.
 
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