What do I do?
My husband (27) and I (22) (age gap, I know) have been married for about 7 months now. I’m currently finishing up school, working part time, and doing majority of the house work. He works full time. He’s always felt he’s always right and didn’t need to apologize in situations, but recently he’s gotten worse.
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He’s ADDICTED to discord, and his phone. He says it’s for “bourbon hunting” but he’s constantly messaging other people and hiding his phone from me. To the point where I try to talk to him and he just ignores me because he’s messaging others. I’ve also caught him searching up p*rn on his phone multiple times, and he won’t even apologize for it. I don’t care a ton about him watching it but it does make me feel a little sad about myself and an apology would be nice.
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He can’t give me basic respect. He laughs at everything I do- any mistake, if I’m being clumsy, etc. when I ask him to do something: for example, I’m spring cleaning my closet and had clothes on the ground. He decided to trim his beard over my clothes. I asked him nicely to stop and he always just gets upset and calls me dramatic. He was also wearing shoes, stepping on my clothes, and never cleaned the trimmings up. Small things like this happen every day.
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he’s so beyond mean. He calls me names, calls me fat, and ESPECIALLY makes fun of my family, for no good reason. I’ve told him many times how I feel about this and nothing. Ever. Changes.
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money issues. He’s the main breadwinner but I still pay a portion of the mortgage, anything that’s mine, and a lot of my own food. I have some student debts and I truly truly do work so hard at my job, cleaning our home and doing my school work. He constantly belittles me for not making any money and is always telling me I’m not doing enough. He’s off spending THOUSANDS of dollars on bourbon but is mean to me because “the only reason we can’t have kids right now is because of you(me).”He’s also super weird about paying *me* when he owes me. We sold an item the other day, agreed to split it, and he then changed his mind because he had to meet the person on Facebook marketplace while I was away. He then claimed I owed him for something, but wouldn’t tell me what. I’m quite literally struggling to pay for gas while he makes six figures.
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he also stopped being romantic with me or trying to have sex. And when it does happen, it feels very lazy. He hasn’t called me pretty or beautiful in probably over a year, but I make sure to tell him he looks good.
There’s so much more that he does and I just need help. Is this normal? Am I overreacting? I’m honestly so depressed and I feel so stuck because I moved across the country for him. At this point I break down literally every day trying to talk to him and it never gets anywhere. I love him but I just don’t think I can do this.
Posted Apr 5, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC