Maya, gosh, sorry that you are unhappy about your family. I think not driving and getting out would do me in. Sounds like you are so mellow and non-intrusive with your personality, your husband takes control of everything. He might even take it like that is the way you want things, since you don't speak up. That may make him feel like a manly man, but how about the way you feel? As for the son emulating his dad, mom get him straight on that...remind him you changed his diapers and you don't intend to be talked down to or be treated like someone with half a mind.

You know after all the years you've been married, he may have been like this all along; and just now you are seeing things in a new perspective. Habits have been
made, and now you may need to bring this to his attention about what you are resenting. You may have been the one to change, and you need him to change with you and have respect for you...his being a helpmate, not a dictator. Just throwing ideas out there Maya...hope things get worked out for you. Hugs, bj