That neuro surgeon did not listen to his father about the need to get my husband back on the job within the next few days, He put my husband on three months paid recovery leave, It was going to eliminate vacations other people had even though my husband had the seniority when he wanted the whole summer off and it took the city police to get him to not take it and keep everyone happy. Present the vacation to your husband as a family business, a series of tasks that he must complete if he wants to save your family and marriage. A hotel room to myself? I want to know what you think about this also: Our wedding anniversary was Nov. 4. Every holiday, every birthday was an event, a memorable one. Man I am exhausted just reading about it! He wanted his father and the entire community to know exactly what he thought of us trying to keep him in what place we thought he should be. Thank you for responding. What could make your husband ruin every vacation when you both need it and have wished for it for so long? Not even the usual drop dead would not talk to any one after that day. I was even signing that when we returned from Rome I would go any where at any time he wanted and be the sex partner he wanted as well as the willing travel companion. It isn't about him, it's about your kids. His steward told us he had worked his last holiday. !Oy Vey!! Of course, now he changes his tune and starts insisting that I take a nap. The only thing they dont understand is that the only thing that will collapse is their fragile defense mechanism against feelings of inferiority. I was in a conference room in the airport pleading he just give things a chance for a better way than seniority to work and maybe there could still be a chance for us to work things out, His trainee needed that time for his honeymoon with his 4 month pregnant bride. But my life has always been hard. every time I or his father intimidated him or caused him to work time he should have off he was going to hurt us in 2006 about the trip to Scandinavia he kept his promise at the airport door telling me as i retched on the floor after he kicked me in my belly and hit his father so hard he landed ten feet away as I begged holding my stomach stop hitting us and just do as he pleased those holidays of 2006 his area manager would not allow any one off until things could be sorted out without seeing someone else hurt or jailed My husband did not give up his position even with the union pleading just try some other options why was having his choice so important and he made the whole department work redoing the inventory and virtual cribs One union official told us he had made what should have been the best department in his plant to work in so Toxic over getting his time off the way his high seniority could get it they could not keep any one working in it. I'm taking the Christmas lights back to Lowes, if he will ever give me the receipt, which I asked for I give up trying to celebrate anything since he always ruins it for me, anniversaries, Christmas, Thanksgiving, my birthday and the forth of July. me the picture. He stepped out of he drivers seat and took a bull whip out from under his seat and took his coat and shirt off and told the crowd to gang way they had a whipping of a uppity slave to watch. Narcissists try to ruin the holiday season by holding our desire for joy and harmony over our heads so that they can get their way. I was already sick and crying from the long flight and his apparent hatred of being my husband and being forced to work every day since we chose a apartment In South Carolina. Later at the zoo, the 4yo is asking about going on the train, husband bitches that we just missed the last train and are going to have to sit for 20 minutes and wait, then when we board the train 10 minutes later he bitches because there's a family taking too long to buy their tokens and holding everyone up, then bitches because the operator again held the train while another family came rushing over. (If anyone watched Bling Empire, when they flew to Paris, think that sort of treatment) What in the holy hell is his problem?? Maternity leave is HARD WORK. Not only are all of those other things taking your attention off of themyou may also be sharing in activities that make them feel left out. Protect your (actual) holiday. The worst part? It's sitting on the dining room table. You deserve someone who respects you and wants to do whatever he can to make you happy. You can offer him to bring some things that otherwise form an integral part of his routine to make it easier for him to bear the change. Last but not least, avoid letting toxic people, places, or things disrupt your time spent together. BP was at 250 over 180 pulse rapid the ekg said heart beat was very bad. All he had to do was select from the list we provided and he would get his holidays and vacation starting then, In 1999 he had not had a day off since November 1981. and he had been in several fights with younger employees just trying to get him to at least try our suggestion that he-stay home from the millennials Use his 25 year seniority time of two months and start taking time off after starting on the 8th. One of the healthiest strategies for dealing with family drama during the holidays is to protect your actual holiday if you can, says Campbell. When it's "acting" mature it's annoying AF. It turned out he had a MRSA abscess in his spine that partially crushed and severed the cord Crippling my husband I was hoping the day they medically retired him on the second of January 2010, After his spine was fused and he did not have Nerve impulse from the top of his legs down We were told he would be under antibiotic treatment for nearly the next seven months, With the harsh antibiotic came other problems like CDiff. It might not be the same but it would start a way to peace and nobody else would end up going to the ER. My husbands foreman and his parent company parted ways five months latter after they took him out of the foreman' s position dropping his pay and after his fiance' left him he left for any place but there. Again. Dont let him make you feel guilty about your commitment to work. I stepped out of my bedroom right into my husbands chest In a brand new outfit I was going to wear to the dinner that evening, I knew i had to do something to go with the group and started telling my husband I had promised his father to go that evening. Narcissists, however, have no interest in true harmony. His diagnosis was my husband suffered from intense mental and physical exhaustion as well as something else with the headaches he was having his father yelled at us pump Tylenol and sinutab into him until July 31st 2001 when a coworker threw a half inch hex key bouncing it off a machine and hitting my husband in the head. Holy shit, I'm sorry your husband is such a tard. Forpeople with narcissistic personality traits, vacations are often an opportunity to flaunt their wealth, beauty, or whatever else they consider an asset. to carry the 1yo) and that he just wants to get to the car and I'm TOTALLY DISREGARDING how shitty he feels because all I care about is getting my own ice cream. Spoiler alert: I didn't get a damn thing to eat because he refused to wait in a long line. apparently he preferred bitching at me while son and I waited in an even longer line for the god damned ride. I hope that you and your husband can really talk about what is causing these sudden mood changes. More Vacations. Let him enjoy the fact that everything is his way. I say fine, forget it, if it's that damn important to him that we get back to the car let's just go, he of course starts arguing that I wanted my ice cream so we have to go get it (because MARTYR), I just walked away back to the car, closed my eyes and slept the rest of the way home without saying another word to him. Just because he would not try it our way for 15 years. Two years latter thinking he was going to hear our marriage was dissolved, that he was out from under the court and able to finally take a day off, He stood in the court when threatened with contempt and told everyone there he had nothing but contempt for the lot of us and walked out saying go ahead jail him he would like the rest. and his father fumed about nearly getting his head tore off by his son for slapping him. We were trying to think of a way that he would be treated in a wheel char when he finally came home that was not an interference in our life. No big deal. Depending on the type of narcissist,they thrive in chaos for many reasons. Next time he suggests something to do, ask how he would feel if you spent the entire time complaining about everything he wanted to do to make YOUR KIDS have fun and give them good memories. This stuff about having his way and the people it hurt was getting to be insanity on his part. We go to the zoo, we have fun, but there are a few instances where husband is cranky for seemingly no reason. Your husband always needs a little more time to get used to any change, so this also applies to your vacation. Learn how your comment data is processed. I am so sorry. WebMy husband is a prima Donna and ruins every vacation . Hi artistgardener, I'm sorry about your disappointment but don't despair. Husband keeps ruining the holidays for me. In the devaluation stage, they will act as if they were not gifts at all. My husband had warned me to enjoy the show when she opened the folder and several 8x10s fell out showing the deacon going into a motel when he was supposed to be at work with another woman. Narcissists ruin holidays and make what should be a joyful time of year into a time of tears and anxietyand sometimes even fear. Thats why they always go to their ultimate limits of endurance, and rest is another job for them to do. He was definitely angry that I didn't want to do it. I don't get a nap, but I stop at a coffeeshop to have a large latte and bang out some work, and am feeling pretty good when he comes back to pick me up a little over an hour later. I'm only 9 years in (3 married) and I take a mom cation every year minimum 3 days, preferably 5, with our trailer (that I can't drive/tow ) up in the mountains. Another had a vic 20 keyboard lodged in his jaws and his teeth broken out and his father and the last man trying to get him to work suffered bad facial beating. As with canceling plans, its about the lack of care they seem to show for both your feelings and about what they told you they would do. He told me he bought something for me, and it was a big surprise. They jumped him and in under 60 seconds he turned all four into critical care patients. Why is this person in my life? It turned out I was the smartest one of the bunch. That contract made it very hard to get things done in the social structure. After awhile (I can be slow lol) I Narcissists may make plans with you to go to your parents home for a family celebration but cancel last-minute. I was going to do Christmas BIG for the first time in my life really. Oh my God, my family was just like that. His trainee ad others needed the summer months off. I've never figured out all the whys and why nots but my husband acts like this a lot. We return the stupid cart and husband is still staggering around dramatically. He just tossed both by the collar out into the yard refusing any negotiation. How you frame the invitation is up to you. So instead of sucking up his pride and telling me what was going on he just acted like a dick and made me think it was my fault. There are parties, family events, your friends, your children they dont like that. They may also ask you what gift you would like, making elaborate promises. Narcissists try to ruin the holiday season by holding our desire for joy and harmony over our heads so that they can get their way. That is awful. I opened it to a note that said worth more than our 19 year marriage had been. His mother sister and I decided besides the 1300 Euro clock we bought for his Christmas birthday gift we had better have a vacation he would like already in the works. SHIT. Don't despair, Make it a Hallmark Thanksgiving and Christmas by doing something special for yourself. Sorry for going on so long but I am so upset at yet more ruined holidays that I stopped eating, again! Although such behavior often does not seem particularly worrisome at first glance, it may indicate there are certain problems in your relationship that you have not resolved. The fucker was heavy and pedaling it around was harder than we expected. Why would the narcissist go to all that trouble to cause misery rather than joy? Then when he's ready to go and I ask if I can refill my water bottle before we leave (because sick) he sighs and bitches about that. His father was yelling never was he so unfair in his life, was his gift really necessary, It was only time off we were asking him to take when it was better for the rest of the community, He said the community could go to hell since he was having to lead the way. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. I have to work (RN) thankful I dont have to go to my in-laws for dinner. All while he's sitting and panting and whining about how incredibly difficult it was. When the person is finished talking, say: Well, my age is not your business, and please dont ask me again.. Such people respond well to tasks. Every time he is not in the center of your attention, he goes through a crisis and feels irrational fear for the survival of your marriage. It is the time when happy couples renew their relationship, deepen their closeness and make beautiful memories. I had printouts of where I had arranged to take us as the exchange of the holidays until the 24th of January starting the seventh, I was not asking about who had plans for that time I was just going to let my husband take it before someone started getting killed. I have a friend who is a vulnerable narcissist. No matter where it is. She hade a very active social calendar that would be ruined if she was placed on second shift she was the youngest of the two women seated at the table when to get him to withdraw his shift preference, I told him for two years he had to start being agreeable to the requests of society, and then we could start our life as a married couple. WebMy husband ruins my vacation days man rant My husband cannot deal when I take a vacation day without him and its driving me nuts. 7. Anytime we're doing something "fun" he has to suck the life right out of it. I nurse the baby. They make a mountain out of a molehill. Then he bitches because the boys aren't being calm. Theres no requirement that you break out every dollar youll spend. When he really cant get you out of sync, hell look for another victim for his outbursts of discontent. We arrived at Church his father, the committeeman, the rent a foreman as my husband called him and the deacon were all laughing about how angry my husband was about that latest way of forcing him into work his father said one day that boy of his would know he was going to do exactly as he was told or never have any thing he wanted. Have you tried calling him out on his negative attitude in the moment? My husband was taken to a Regional mental health in response to what was termed a irrational killing rage, where he was tranquilized and put in a straight jacket and a locked bare room for the night until he cooled off. Having angry reactions to feedback instead of being open to it. Just have to say - I can totally see my husband doing/saying all of these things when he's in his bad mood. The next week I was going with my husbands parents and his fathers best friend to a community awards dinner When the mental health sent him home by insurance taxi, With his mother and sister we planed a dinner the next weekend. we arrived at his fathers with the sheriffs second in command trying to clear the area of a crowd in front of his fathers house. If you havent already dealt with this problem and managed to cope with it in your daily life, the vacation is definitely not an opportunity for an in-depth analysis of your relationship. Tonight he comes home, complains of a headache and storms off to bed. WebWhy do you have to ruin everything? So, what does it mean when a vacation with your husband is the opposite of the above for you? Just be aware of narcissists gift-giving strategy as a way to get something in return. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Thats not a vacation, thats maternity leave and thats a lot of work! He has ruined two Xmas days, my daughters first bday & now Mother's Day. We go and get lunch, which includes hunting around for the taco shop he insists he wants to go to, where we went like two years ago and the name of which we can't remember. Well,, this year she ruined a holiday by starting an argument about something not worthy of an argument.I tried to explain .. tried to be empathetic but also honest. Nothing feels worse than being so excited about something and having someone you love completely kill that instantly. By taking advantage of the cultural norms and expectations surrounding holidays or the disruption to normal routines, they can find creative ways to hurt and control. I realized that people who are otherwise wonderful do this, and accidentally ruin their relationships with people who want to love them, but eventually stop subjecting themselves to that persons invalidating bullshit. Y'all. So maybe you can't have the lights outside but you can buy a small potted Christmas tree that is either already decorated or you can decorate with a few strings of lights. So we spent to the new year in each others company. To find him curled up in the crib unable to be moved without screaming it took a ambulance crew t get him on a gurney then to a ER where they sedated my husband and put him through a MRI after signing his own treatment paperwork before putting him under and drawing blood. You deserve better communication. Mine ruins every vacation and getaway. Give him a vacation. In the rehab my husband used several hundred in cash to get taken in a wheel chair To certify in Microsoft, cisco, and networking servers. He screamed for crying out loud he had two months he could take off in the two months following the holidays, why did he have to hammer the least seniority to work instead of himself They did not have as much time as he did to take off so he could at least shut up and do as the community wanted, She bounced a heavy glass ashtray off his head yelling he did not owe the community a stinking thing. Denying. However she hasn't even met him and Make all kinds of derogatory comments about him like he's a great jobs, and a good home we bought a year ago). But he's contrite and says he'll keep himself in check now. He has a thing for computers (we have three in the house already). There are many ways for your husband to ruin your vacation. FUCK! people with narcissistic personality traits. Then he bitches that the selection isn't very good. Every year the same thing happens, husband is unhappy about going to get the tree and makes everyone miserable. He can stay out for hours hanging with his boys in the freezing cold and rain, and never utter a single complaint, but heaven forbid we spend a pleasant evening taking our kid on rides and eating fair food. I was just trying to see a young couple get a better start in their marriage than we had 28 years before because it now hung over our heads and had crushed any thing we could have had, I plead please don't send me to prison I would forget the society needs and they would have to fend for themselves from then on. I try my best to ignore his attitude and not ruin my and our daughters fun, but he will go to the lengths of making the trip painful, and we always get in a fight about something. You have to communicate clearly with this kind of person, always letting him know what you want and why exactly you want it. I have no respect for men like him that treat their wives like this. Communication is key to a close relationship. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. armed with a cease and desist order against the county from a federal court he planned against the wish's of the good old boys in the county to leave for the millennial celebrations in Germany after 19 years I had hoped for forgiving and understanding but when two deputies showed up to hold him without charges until Christmas morning and get him to work till then out of the jail. 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My husband went so he could see his kids and I stayed home and looked after our dogs so we wouldnt have to board them in a kennel. Remember its good sides, and with enough preparation, patience, and support, you might be able to save your vacation. Hi, this is going to sound trivial, I suppose. But so what? This is the precursor or the excuse to the other things they might do during the holidaysif they are mistreating you during this time, they can blame it on the fact that they have bad holiday memories. The demands on our time and patience during the vacation season are increased along with the costs and expectations. Press J to jump to the feed. He went out and found his father waiting to take us to church Jumped on his hood yelling this is what I think of you and society as he urinated on his windshield then left for work with his mother crying. Well, forgive me, but a husband who deliberately destroys your joy at the holidays sounds like a collossal ass, especially one who uses his temper to scare you and buy gifts that are really for himself. Confessional #2498539. In 1987 I had to enforce my stance he had to work things out and not just do as his seniority allowed. I finally fall asleep a bit later. John responded: 'I do have a couple [of sons], but they're both spoken for.' I've also pretended to go to work and just snuck into our guest room and shut the door , Thats why you dont tell him your taking any time off and pretend like your going to work, the hole 9 yards. If so, tune in to Shrink4Men Radio on Monday, November 27, 2011 at 9pm EST when your host, Dr. Tara J. Palmatier of Shrink4Men, will explore the question, why does my wife, girlfriend or ex ruin every damn holiday? But my life has always been hard. 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