I moved to the United States 6 years ago from England to live with my current husband. But he has anger issues. He has never been physically abusive to me, he just yells and screams a lot, especially when things don’t go his way. When anything bad ever happens, he takes it out on me or my 2 boys (aged 16 and 18). The last 2 times he has gotten mad, the neighbours have called the police. He always tells me he wants divorce when I stick up for my kids when he is yelling at them for something they didn’t do. But then he tells me that he is sorry and he was only joking about the divorce. But the last time he went ballistic, I was in the shower getting ready for work at 5:30am and he started yelling at me through the shower curtain, and I don’t even know what was going on. He through in the divorce word again, so I told him I would give him one. He left for work and the police showed up. I asked them to call him and tell him to please stay at his mother’s house for awhile till I figured things out. I filled a suitcase for him and left it on the back steps. He came and picked it up and left. But then he called me saying he didn’t want to impose on anybody, so he was going to sleep in his car (and that made me feel bad about the whole situation). He also told me that he was sorry and he didn’t really want a divorce. He even told me he knows he needs to get some help for his anger, but I don’t know whether he means it or not. I mean, he can’t even commit to quitting smoking. Now I don’t know what to do. This is my third marriage. My fist husband was an abusive drunk. My second husband was just like the one I got now. And my 16 y/o son is terrified of him because he told us he was gay about a year ago, and my husband is homophobic, so he takes out a lot of anger on him sometimes. When he gets angry, his eyes get glossy and he screams so loud they can hear him down the street. He gets a look on his face like he just wants to kill you. He is a really good guy, but his anger overwhelms everything else about him. I really can’t even tell you whether or not I even love him anymore. Do you think I should just divorce him and move on? And maybe after the divorce, take my kids back to England where we have family, because we have nobody here? Or should I give him another chance, and try to make him get help for his anger, and stick to it? I feel so alone and have no clue what to do!
2006-09-19
07:24:58
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