Submitted by ThommyChi t3_z8uoh1 in relationship_advice
TattooPuddle t1_iydbwwt wrote
So........what advice did you want?
ThommyChi OP t1_iydi23m wrote
Like I said she pays for groceries and electric $150 And I pay $1000 rent and $100 for internet.
Max she spends on groceries is $500. But I’d much rather shop smart and have a plan every week. I feel like I don’t have a voice or that she never validates my concerns, whether financial or emotional because of the things she does.
She will Stonewall, where she says nothing whatsoever when I’m trying to talk.
She will shut the conversation down by saying she’s sleepy, then if I don’t go to sleep she’s right back up and active and happy, because the conversation was avoided.
She says things like “this is so embarrassing, the man is supposed to provide”-bringing up splitting bills.
Even when I get to the point of crying out of frustration, after she’s mad me so angry by acting like a child, saying that I don’t want to leave her but I feel like I’m gonna have to, and she’ll just sit there staring at the wall. Never takes full accountability.
How can I get her to act like an adult? Do I just threaten to pack my shit and leave and go no contact like I have before? I feel like she needs therapy in order to act right.
That’s what a Psychiatrist told her in January. She was prescribed mood stabilizers but they didn’t do much, and that’s when she was told she needed therapy.
She didn’t take it well. She said “I’m just fucked up man!” And cried for hours in bed
TattooPuddle t1_iydj4ap wrote
>How can I get her to act like an adult?
You don't. That has to be something she wants to do and she clearly isn't in the head space for that. If you're unhappy in the relationship, just leave. Don't drag it out. You tried the ultimatum and no contact thing and it didn't work so I can't see why you'd want to stick around anymore.
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