Tuesday, January 17, 2012

What should I do about Christmas?

I have a huge problem with my husband about Christmas. We have a six month old baby and we live 1 1/2 hours from our family. My husband decided two days ago he did not want to go be with family for Christmas he wanted us to stay in our home alone. I did not agree with this. Let me give you a little background. My husband and I have been together for 3 years and married for 3 months. Throughout the relationship I lived with my parents in grad school and did not work before moving in with him. Therefore my parents were handling several of my bills. My then boyfriend was always angry because I would say I had to do something for my parents some weekends and could not come up to visit. My husband has a very broken relationship with his family. HIs mother is definitely an alcoholic and they have a very detached relationship. On the other hand, my family and I have a close but normal relationship. My parents buy things for their grandson and come see him about once every 3 weeks. My father treats us to dinner when he comes up, which is not very often, and has treated my husband to an NFL game. I talk to my mom maybe twice a week. However my husband claims that I am attached to my parents. I invited my parents and his family up for Thanksgiving. Only my parents came and his mother did not as she is unreliable. He feels that this was a problem because we should have spent the day alone. Now we had been buying gifts and doing things preparing to go visit for Christmas, and out of the blue he decides he does not want to go. He has been sleeping in the other room and not talking all over this for two days. I said that I rarely get to see my family, this is our son's first Christmas, and I want everyone to get a chance to see us and spend time with family. Also, my husband acts annoyed whenever my family comes around, which is not often and they are not rude or intrusive, and he gets annoyed when I am on the phone with them which is maybe once or twice a week for 30 minutes or less. My parents and I NEVER talk about issues in our relationship. I am at my wits end. I feel that he does not want me to ociate with my family and is being quite possessive. I am very tired of this annoyance he displays when my family is around. He has even told me that he envy's the closeness in my family and we are like the Cosby Show. I would compare his family to something that would have to be shown on Showtime or HBO due to the cussing, craziness, drinking, and dysfunction. Also, I have NEVER said anything bad about his family and I am always very welcoming to them when they come to my home or we go see them. What should I do???

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