How will you react if your partner will tell you "You are making self-pity".. ))

Philippines
August 31, 2011 8:25pm CST
We had a petite argument recently, it raised my eyebrow and i had to talk back.Until telling me that i'm making a self pity. it so happened that i was having a multi -tasks in order to finish everything before the sun start to shine.I have to shout my children telling them if they are ready for school since i'm in the kitchen doing multi job while they are eating, instead of assisting them in the dinning.Maybe my partner observed what i was doing and he was maybe irritated or he felt that i wanted to caught his attention. So he told me why not do all that chores when we are gone, so i have to answer him back that i'm running out of time, and i want to accomplish everything before our youngest will go to school, and he said that I'm always having a reason and i'm not listening to him and I'm always making myself right at all time. I just put myself into silent because my children are listening.But what hurts me must is that telling that i'm having a self pity. I wanted to text or call him but i know he always fell that he is right.he has that superiority in him. Wew! i wanted to realize him that things at home is really difficult doing household chores.Thanks mylot for this site i can already express myself.
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• United States
1 Sep 11
It sounds like your husband doesn't help you much. I bet his main job is to hold the couch down to the floor while lying around on it.. while you do everything. He could pick up a hand and help you a bit rather than just to tell you that you are full of self pity. It always makes me wonder why we are with men who treat us badly. I'm not anymore... I can do bad all by myself.. I don't need a man to bring me down and not help a bit.
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@nurseclare (2209)
• Philippines
1 Sep 11
hi dimple, i know you're having a hard time with your hubby. Don't just take it so deeply. Sometimes husband wants to raise up issues, to boast about himself that he's the head of the family (so irritating). Juts keep going and try to understand him. If my partner utter those words to me then i will kick his as (just kidding). I will just say to him that will you please shut up because I am tired with the house hold chores. Better not be late going home because we will talk.
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
26 Sep 11
Personally I think sometimes we need people in our lives to help point out and show us things like this to help us be able to grow and move on while learning from our mistakes. It may not always be the easiest thing to do, and many times will seem like a Bad thing while it is happening, but it is meant to be an experience that we will learn and grow from. Many times these experiences is what will help make and shape us into who we will be tomorrow, even if from the beginning we end up looking at it as an argument or fault.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
1 Sep 11
hi dimple well tell hubby he is not always right and that you could use his help at times when things get backed up. tell him to get up off his keaster and lend a hand as you only have two hands and need four at times. I think all men have this superiority complex and believe me they are often wrong, wrong,wrong.Here in the US we women often ask our husbands for some help and a lot of men will help us too. so however you word it tell him its not self pity its a fact that you have enough things to do for two people as you only have two hands.Its not self pity to tell a man you need some help.if he loves you enough he will want you to be happy too.
• Philippines
5 Sep 11
thanks hatley, i just did but we really can't help that men here have that bossy attitude in general.Women have more patience and prefer to be in silence not to make things worst. We have inherited that traits our ancestors.But during this modern times its already fading and we have open our eyes already.