We got married 1.6 yrs ago. It was an arrange marriage. We never met each other before marriage bcoz he was in US and I was in India. But spoke for 6 months. Now we have tons of issues. I am a very optimistic person and know things can be worked out if one wants to. Coz "Life is beautiful, it’s just we need to knw how to live it beautifully".

Myself: I come from middle class but open minded, liberal and sophisticated fly. My mom, dad and bro are my best frnds. We share everything about each other and have a very deep bond. I did my Bachelor of Commerce. Bcoz of some domestic problem, I couldnt study further and stared working since I was in 2nd yr. I have 6 yrs of exp and bcoz of my dedication and hard work I did well professionally. I was heading HR dept. in one of the Softwrare co. I took care of my parents and younger brother very well. I even own a house in Mumbai. Bcoz of the hardships I have gone thru in life I have developed myself at very stage. I am a very calm, patient person and can deal with things gracefully most of the time. I believe problems are not bigger than humans.
My husband: He is a Masters in Computers. His family is pretty conservative and narrow minded where they think woman are not to be treated equally and wives are inferior then husbands. He doesnt share everything with his family. I dont see that openess or oneness in his family. They all are very serious about education, which is good. And even while evaluating a person his only criteria is HOW QUALIFIED HE/SHE IS, and whats his/her current profile, job status, or university he/she studied. He is very proud of whatever he has today. He is VERY VERY VERY short tempered as well (that runs in his family).

Here is the list for problem.
1) For him I am good for nothing. I am DUMB becoz i am not from comp background.
2) He thinks I am a liability for him becoz he has to spend for me. And I am totally depended on him. I am on h4 in US and cant work. According to him I havent done anything in life and I am just a douche bag coz I am not a post graduate and not working.
3) Whatever he does for me, he says it 10 times. Eg: you eat becoz i earn, stay in this house becoz of me. Whatever you have its only bcoz of me.
4) He is always abusive verbally and physically. Broke my nose ones, and also ruptured my ear drum ones.
5) For him my ex jobs and career is nothing but cheap, low class cos. and his job is reputed and valued.
6) Also hates my parents and dont respect them ATALL doesn’t even talk to them, coz he thinks they are girl’s parents and they have to bow in front of him.
7) VERY money oriented. Everything in life starts with money and end with money.

My parents knws everything n they are ready to take action. His parent knows only 40% and dont try to make him understand coz they are afraid of him. He doesn’t have a mentor or best frnd whom he can talk to about all these issues. I now realize I did biggest mistake by marrying such a egoistic, arrogant, aggressive, insensitive person. Or may be I am not the one he wants to be with. May be he have good qualities but that are not for me. I need to know what can be done to rectify this. Or is there a problem in me. Am I a less of a wife or is he incapable of becoming a decent husband or we are just not made for each other?

I need a serious help to my problems or else I am sure "separation will happen".

Out of everything you said, the domestic violence is such a huge issue compared to the rest, that I feel compelled to address only it. You live in the U.S. Domestic violence is a crime in the U.S. Call the police, have him arrested, don’t bail him out, and testify at his trial. While in prison, he may see the error of his ways.

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13 comments for “Are me made for each other? Shall we live our separate lives?”

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Pondering Divorce

Divorce.
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March 8th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
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Sarah Sue.

your question’s to long and i don’t wanna read .
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March 8th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
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Thatshim

dthis sounds so much like a troll…anyway…separation is what you want followed quickly by divorce
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March 8th, 2010 at 10:34 pm
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Happy-2

Out of everything you said, the domestic violence is such a huge issue compared to the rest, that I feel compelled to address only it. You live in the U.S. Domestic violence is a crime in the U.S. Call the police, have him arrested, don’t bail him out, and testify at his trial. While in prison, he may see the error of his ways.
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March 8th, 2010 at 11:02 pm
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i_ate_sponge_bob

This man will try to tell you everything is your fault, it isn’t. It is him. Even if you were being a pain in the backside NOTHING you do makes it ok for him to hit you.

For your own safety and sanity you need to get out of this marriage and live your own life. Nothing you do will make this marriage better, he doesn’t want to improve it he wants you to do as your told and worship him as the provider.

Luckily you have the backing of your family so get out and away from this monster as fast as you can.
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March 8th, 2010 at 11:47 pm
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Yogendra R

If you were rational while writing problems with him, your husband is mentally retard or not stable or not mature yet, better to leave him early than later. But think again if you were writing these just in anger. I feel some US settled Indians do not like their background and wives. Sorry to put everything in harsh word but that’s how I talk and write.
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March 8th, 2010 at 11:53 pm
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Shawny86

Do you enjoy living in torture?

He broke your nose and ruptured your eardrums? Howso? Have you broke HIS nose and ruptured his eardrums? I bet you haven’t. In a relationship-, yet alone, a marriage, these things should not be happening! You are two married adults. Hitting is what kids do when they get angry or can’t get their point across. This is the U.S. What he did- he can go to jail for.

If he wants you to get an education beyond what you have- ask him to help fund it, since it bothers him so much. Write a letter to his parents letting them know about the abuse happening in your marriage. I’ll bet they won’t ignore it then. If so- they don’t care anyway. You and your family should care enough though for you to make some decisions quickly.

This was an arranged marriage, so by no means is it your fault that he turned out to be a serious JERK. What will become your fault is if you decide to stay with this man another 5 or 10 years and suffer abuse (mentally, physically, verbally, etc.) at his hands. Do not do it! You and your life are worth so much more than that! Don’t waste another minute of your life living in uncertainty, unhappiness, and abuse. It will all just turn into self-hate, depression, and even worse things.

Take charge of your life! If he isn’t willing to help you get in school and stop belittling you and abusing you— Divorce is inevitable.

Good luck. Make the decision that’s right for you!! Forget about what anyone else thinks.
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March 9th, 2010 at 12:31 am
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mt75689

Because I’m an American, I don’t understand how life is in India.

From my perspective I would say that you are doing nothing wrong. You don’t deserve to be treated as though you are less than your husband, and you don’t deserve to be physically and verbally abused.

For things to improve in your marriage, your husband would have to make some radical changes. I’m usually a very optimistic person, but I don’t see how your husband can overcome the lifetime accumulation of beliefs that led to his current behavior.

The other option is for you to become what he wants you to be. That will be very hard for someone with your level of intelligence and education. You will never be happy.

Can you get divorced in your country? Are you allowed to leave an abusive husband? If you can ~ perhaps you should.

Forgive some of the answers from my fellow Americans. They are spoken purely from an American perspective with no understanding of your culture. As you can see by their strong words, our women don’t tolerate abuse and mistreatment ~ nor should they.
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March 9th, 2010 at 1:17 am
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Petunia

It seems to me… He is more or less in his values… Higher than yours.
He may be an educated man.. as far as School goes! But, in the real world, He is
or doesn’t have a clue on relationships.. Or how to handle one.
You have to many mixed up emotions with him. His signals are way off to you.
Your best bet is to cut your losses and get out and find a real man who will
appreciateyou for what you really are and have to offer.
You are not less of a wife if He can’t commit to your level and He will never be happy with you.
In a real relationship, There is not Fake feelings or actions… You are what you are and If he can’t except that, Than Brace yourself for a heavy heart ache…
Just . Get out. Leqave and don’t look back, better things will come your way. you have way to much to offer, than stick with a looser like that.
Good Luck, and God Bless….
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March 9th, 2010 at 1:25 am
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nidhi s

its tooooo long ….give brief
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March 9th, 2010 at 1:48 am
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Vidhi K

Dear, u have the courage and patience to bear this all by ureself!! Hats off to u !…. i know u r still in this relationship b’coz of ure parents….. but believe me u should take a decision asap and leave him!! there is no love, no respect in ure marriage…. u’ll loose ure confidence and ure dignity if u won’t take a decision….. think about the life after u leave him…. u’ll b free to take ure decisions, do whatever u like moreover u’ll be with those who love u, respect u and care about u… ure parents!! And with their support u can again stand up uptight and start believing in ureself again.
Hurry up….. ure bright future is waiting for u…….good luck.
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March 9th, 2010 at 2:34 am
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shadowsdreamisman

Serious help. OK.

To decide on divorce, you don’t need serious help. The legal system takes it out of both your hands and does what it does. Serious help here doesn’t include telling you to divorce. You are smart enough to know what happens down that road.

Serious help means you are considering staying with him. How to do that?

Wow, you are one ambitious person to consider taking that on. That alone shows high quality. A little crazy, yes, but also high quality.

So let’s get to work. You have two things strongly in your favor. First, you admit the mistake and feel some responsibility for where you guys have ended up. That’s important. Get past the anger at him and yourself for the mistake. You didn’t break any laws. It was a really common mistake.

Second, you have clarity. But only for his bad side, not his good side or your good and bad sides.

That’s where you have to start. For every way he is bad, write down two good things. Same for you, bad and good.

You both have features of your personalities that could make this a good marriage. You’re both hard working, detail oriented, and driven to achieve high goals. The intensity (and it is intense) of his negativity usually shows up in a guy who doesn’t know how or is afraid to say he loves you intensely. Which I think he does. It sounds pretty twisted, but people are that way.

How to replace the bad things (not entirely, you guys are human) with good ones? Your guy is afraid of a close relationship. Period. I can smell the sweat of his fear way out here. He works to avoid being close to you…anybody actually. He uses "superiority" to hide behind like a little boy. On the other side of that wall, he’s weeping because he’s so horrible to you. He doesn’t know how to stop it. Pretty sad. He might lose you over that.

His "superiority" is rubbish compared to people who love and care for their family. Consider the superiority your family has in that.

He’s really a failure. A way needs to be found to re-direct some of his financial care into family care.

You won’t get any help from his parents. They probably drove him, praised him for becoming horrible to emotions but good at grades.

So here’s the serious help. Take your sheets of good and bad things about each other. Write a letter showing how much you believe in your marriage because of the many good things in him and you and how you love him (you do). Then tell him you are moving in with friends for one week. At the end of that week, you will meet him at a counselor, that you will make the appointment and be there even if he is not. That you want to work together so each of you can be better at being a spouse.

He will blow up. You stay calm and move out. Don’t respond to calls or emails except to confirm that he is going to show up at the counselor’s office on time. He will threaten divorce or file for it. You will have to have him respect your schedule, not his continuing blackmail and beat downs. It will be very tough. You might have to move home to Mumbai.

He either needs to start showing respect by showing up for counseling or I think you’ve got your answer about whether this can work. Wow, very tough road ahead. Good luck.
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March 9th, 2010 at 2:52 am
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S S

From the issues you raised - you sure are mismatched. You seem to be the more sensitive and patient person. I’m afraid there is no easy way to solve everything in the near future. Try to find out if there is anything worth trying for to continue in the relationship. If yes - go for further studies - you’ll have many options in the US. That will help you in keeping occupied and add value to your personality and profession. After completing your studies - who knows - you can be on a better platform than him and the table may be reversed. If this is not possible - better to leave him now than waiting for things to improve without hope. The more time it takes to decide - the more painful life will become. Even it may reduce your self-esteem and confidence. Before taking any decision give a hard thought and decide - once you make up your mind stick to it. Best of luck.
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March 9th, 2010 at 3:38 am

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