Thanks Rhapsody,

I probably should have seen it from the beginning. After we were married a month or so, I can remember crying telling him I can't take all this stress, I need to go talk to a priest. Well I never did. I guess I got numb to it. I had alot of numbing to do. I grew up in a house that there was no yelling at all and my parents didn't argue in front of us.

Anyways, he seemed like the person you would want to settle down with. He doesn't drink or smoke and has good values. As time moved on and there was more stress in our lives, with kids and etc... it only got worse.

He does have some good qualities. He is a very supportive dad. He never misses any of their activities. Although the kids get the brunt of him pushing them with their grades and activities, especially in sports. Sometimes it is just relentless. When I try and say something, he'll say I wish I had someone pushing me when I was younger. And I'll tell him, with the way you approach it, you make them seem hopeless. There are times when he goes overboard and will apologize to the kids.

Right now I deal with it by distanting myself from him. Either I'm reading a book or will go watch TV somewhere else. At times, I sit there bracing myself for his next tirade.

Thanks to everyone this is doing me wonders.