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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 147061" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Then roll on, 18th birthday, and eviction. If you can't tell him, he will have to find out for himself the hard way - in the real world.</p><p></p><p>In the meantime - could you stand to live in Fort Knox with everything locked up?</p><p></p><p>My eldest sister went through this with her ratbag ex-husband. He would raid her kitchen utensils and take whatever he thought would do what He wanted, in his workshop or in his job. She would find her best breadboard used as a disposable surface to mix up putty, glue or tile grout. When challenged he would act all offended because "it was only a bit of wood" and then promise to get her a new one. He rarely did - and when he did, would often do the same thing again.</p><p></p><p>He took her best, sharpest kitchen knives ("because they were the sharpest, honey,") and took them out fishing. When the dinghy capsized coming back into the harbour over the bar, of course her best knife went to the bottom. And no, he never replaced it. "It's only a knife, for heaven's sake."</p><p>For her, as for you, it was about disrespect. And yes, that disrespect showed up in every other way also, in the way he treated her especially.</p><p></p><p>He did a good thing for her when he left, but it took her a long time to realise it. He had trained her to be a doormat and she missed being walked over.</p><p></p><p>But he also had to mend his ways - his next wife turned out to be a tartar, she ruled him firmly and he learned to behave. She's now dead, he's still a selfish git, but at least he's out of her home and her breadboards and kitchen knives are safe.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 147061, member: 1991"] Then roll on, 18th birthday, and eviction. If you can't tell him, he will have to find out for himself the hard way - in the real world. In the meantime - could you stand to live in Fort Knox with everything locked up? My eldest sister went through this with her ratbag ex-husband. He would raid her kitchen utensils and take whatever he thought would do what He wanted, in his workshop or in his job. She would find her best breadboard used as a disposable surface to mix up putty, glue or tile grout. When challenged he would act all offended because "it was only a bit of wood" and then promise to get her a new one. He rarely did - and when he did, would often do the same thing again. He took her best, sharpest kitchen knives ("because they were the sharpest, honey,") and took them out fishing. When the dinghy capsized coming back into the harbour over the bar, of course her best knife went to the bottom. And no, he never replaced it. "It's only a knife, for heaven's sake." For her, as for you, it was about disrespect. And yes, that disrespect showed up in every other way also, in the way he treated her especially. He did a good thing for her when he left, but it took her a long time to realise it. He had trained her to be a doormat and she missed being walked over. But he also had to mend his ways - his next wife turned out to be a tartar, she ruled him firmly and he learned to behave. She's now dead, he's still a selfish git, but at least he's out of her home and her breadboards and kitchen knives are safe. Marg [/QUOTE]
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