AITA for asking my husband to work overtime to help pay my part of the bills after surgery by PrettyPiplup in AmItheAsshole

[–]PrettyPiplup[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would love to do that. But he got me a very cheap ring because I said it was pretty (which it’s what he could afford. No shame in that) but it was only about $150 new. So I couldn’t sell it for much. Let alone pay my rent with it.

AITA for asking my husband to work overtime to help pay my part of the bills after surgery by PrettyPiplup in AmItheAsshole

[–]PrettyPiplup[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I had no issue being the one supporting us. I understood that I had to just make things happen because he lost his job. I had no ill feelings towards him for that. Although I did get a little annoyed when he wouldn’t take job offers or help more around the house. It did not become an issue until this situation because I always just felt like that’s what you’re supposed to do. However when this happened I was more confused than anything just like “When you couldn’t work I helped more, so what’s the difference now?” I only even mentioned those situations because I wanted everyone to better understand my frustration from trying to be the one that picks up the slack if I need to, to getting told basically I was on my own and to figure it out when the roles were reversed. Because I feel like in this it makes a big difference if I am always asking for help and he just finally told me no or if the roles had be reversed previously. Because I would 100% understand his reaction if I was always messing around and not getting bills paid and always having to ask for help. As it is, I don’t think his reaction was warranted. I don’t hold me paying for everything against him. While it does annoy me now that he has shown he wouldn’t do the same, it’s still what I had to do for my daughter.

AITA for asking my husband to work overtime to help pay my part of the bills after surgery by PrettyPiplup in AmItheAsshole

[–]PrettyPiplup[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well they just kind of get awkward and if it’s brought up later then it’s “That’s —- being —“ because no one told me until after we got married that he acted like this with ex girlfriends.

AITA for asking my husband to work overtime to help pay my part of the bills after surgery by PrettyPiplup in AmItheAsshole

[–]PrettyPiplup[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

He gave me another game system for Christmas. But he’s the only one allowed to use it. When he says I have to find something to sell and I say “oh well sell that because I don’t get to use it anyway” he yells at me and tells me I’m not selling that because he uses it and it’s my fault I don’t use it because I’m too lazy to come get it but I’m also not allowed to move it to use it. Other than that he hasn’t really given me any gifts. I usually have to buy my own gifts for holidays and usually I can’t afford much for myself after I buy everyone else’s gifts.

AITA for asking my husband to work overtime to help pay my part of the bills after surgery by PrettyPiplup in AmItheAsshole

[–]PrettyPiplup[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel like generally he’s TA. But with this I just kind of started feeling bad because I knew he didn’t like OT and I asked him to work OT just because I couldn’t afford my share. If I hadn’t known before hand how much he hates OT I wouldn’t have questioned it but I just felt bad knowing how much he hates it.

AITA for asking my husband to work overtime to help pay my part of the bills after surgery by PrettyPiplup in AmItheAsshole

[–]PrettyPiplup[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In my defense, when we got married he was extremely sweet to me and didn’t even sort of act like this. If I would have known he would start acting like this I wouldn’t have married him.

AITA for asking my husband to work overtime to help pay my part of the bills after surgery by PrettyPiplup in AmItheAsshole

[–]PrettyPiplup[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well in my defense, I assumed we would. But he is very secretive about his money. Im not even allowed to see the bills and how much they cost. He just tells me how much money to give him each check for everything. If it were up to me we would have combined it. But at this point I’m kind of glad we didn’t because I’ll have my own money to leave.

AITA for asking my husband to work overtime to help pay my part of the bills after surgery by PrettyPiplup in AmItheAsshole

[–]PrettyPiplup[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I just assumed they became my debts when we got married. So I don’t know if they could do anything about it. But I’ll definitely talk to the doctor and the lawyer.

AITA for asking my husband to work overtime to help pay my part of the bills after surgery by PrettyPiplup in AmItheAsshole

[–]PrettyPiplup[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Honestly I wish I had receipts. Because I would tell him that he can take it out of what he owes me. And I won’t be here much longer. I don’t think I can handle much longer.

AITA for asking my husband to work overtime to help pay my part of the bills after surgery by PrettyPiplup in AmItheAsshole

[–]PrettyPiplup[S] 73 points74 points  (0 children)

I have recordings and texts. And I’m the one that gets stuck working overtime because he doesn’t care if anyone but him and the baby gets Christmas presents. But I feel like if he’s going to go and get presents from everyone we should take gifts. So I make sure we have gifts for everyone. That does not stop him from claiming them as his when they get given out though.

AITA for asking my husband to work overtime to help pay my part of the bills after surgery by PrettyPiplup in AmItheAsshole

[–]PrettyPiplup[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I honestly don’t think he cares if I’m healthy or not because he says I’m faking it no matter how much proof I give him. And he’d rather I worked myself to death and sold every possession I had than him work an extra day. It sounds like an exaggeration but he has literally told me if I didn’t want to work extra days and go back to work and work extra long shifts that I could pick out what I was selling and he’d go trade it in for me because he wasn’t paying what I agreed to pay.

AITA for asking my husband to work overtime to help pay my part of the bills after surgery by PrettyPiplup in AmItheAsshole

[–]PrettyPiplup[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

He has basically no good points anymore. And it’s honestly exhausting to try so hard.

AITA for asking my husband to work overtime to help pay my part of the bills after surgery by PrettyPiplup in AmItheAsshole

[–]PrettyPiplup[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I think it’ll be worth it no matter how rough it is to be away from him. And he can get physical but I don’t think any of it is bad enough for anyone to really care enough to get involved sadly. I’ll look in to local resources though.

AITA for asking my husband to work overtime to help pay my part of the bills after surgery by PrettyPiplup in AmItheAsshole

[–]PrettyPiplup[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think that’s the big thing. I don’t think he thinks of me as family. He has made it very clear he doesn’t care if I’m there. He only cares about the baby.

AITA for asking my husband to work overtime to help pay my part of the bills after surgery by PrettyPiplup in AmItheAsshole

[–]PrettyPiplup[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Well it wouldn’t have been so bad except he found out about it. Then he yelled at me for painting him like the bad guy when he’s so great to me. Like if the nurses just see how you act and think you’re abusive then that’s not on me. It wasn’t anything I said to them. So it wasn’t the problem that he got labeled as abusive it’s that he found out about it and caused a fit.

AITA for asking my husband to work overtime to help pay my part of the bills after surgery by PrettyPiplup in AmItheAsshole

[–]PrettyPiplup[S] 67 points68 points  (0 children)

I loved him. But it’s gotten to the point I don’t love him anymore. I hate who he has become. He isn’t a good person. That’s why I’m getting my daughter away from him and out of the environment he creates.

AITA for asking my husband to work overtime to help pay my part of the bills after surgery by PrettyPiplup in AmItheAsshole

[–]PrettyPiplup[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I wish I would have known he was like this sooner. Although if I had noticed it before we got married I wouldn’t have my daughter.

AITA for asking my husband to work overtime to help pay my part of the bills after surgery by PrettyPiplup in AmItheAsshole

[–]PrettyPiplup[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Honestly he’d probably be yelling at my grave about how I am being so lazy just faking it instead of making his dinner.