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Old Nov 13, 2008, 11:33 AM
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It sounds like there are a lot of communication difficulties between you. He sounds belligerent and hard to get through to. I think you will be beating your head against a wall to try to reason with him or get him to see a different point of view. Therefore, I think you need a trained professional to help you two learn to talk to each other and listen to each other. Can you ask him to go to couples therapy with you for the sake of your marriage and household harmony? From your description of him, I think it would be helpful if your couples therapist was male. My H (soon to be ex-H) was an "I'm always right" kind of guy and didn't listen to me or really women in general. Our therapist was male and this helped my H listen to what he had to say and respect him.

About the oven--it could be that you don't need a brand new one but just some less costly repairs. My oven went out twice (and stovetop worked just fine). I was able to get it repaired for under $100 each time. Eventually it was unrepairable and I did get a new oven, but if money is tight, you might want to call the repairman first. I know it's hard to reason with your H, but perhaps suggest you will start saving for the oven by taking $100 out of your joint checking account each week and setting it aside. Soon you'll have enough for the oven. Something tells me your H won't like this, but maybe it's worth a try....

Best of luck.
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