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I am having issues with my husband. We have talked numerous times about his hygiene. I have bought all types of products for him and he just seems not to care. It is severely interfering with our marriage. I do not hug, kiss, have sex with, or even sleep in the same bed with him. I am embarassed and will not even invite friends over because I feel like the way he presents hisself makes me look like a bad wife. He hardly bathes his self he walks in and stinks up an entire room. His teeth are caked with food and tarter build up and it smells as if something died in his mouth. His toe nails are discolored and so long they are turning to the sides from being squished against the top of his shoes. He has dandruff cause he never washes his hair and in his eyebrows because he will not wash his face. He is not depresssed because he always wants to go somewhere and be around people ugh. In the last six months he went from some issues to just down right nasty even my five year old makes little remarks like daddy stink. He will not even wear clean clothes most of the time Or he just puts them on top of a nasty body. We have had numerouse discussions about this and quite frankly I want a husband and not a child I have to baby sit in the shower. I have two young children. I do not have the time to play the lets take a shower game every night and besides that the smell would probably make me drop, being that I am also pregnant. He will sometimes change for a week or two but for the most part this behavior is consistant. I am even considering divorce. Am I being unreasonable, what else is there left for me to do. Is this an acceptable reason to walk away from a marriage. He keeps trying to get close to me physically and sexually and I am repulsed. I can not run in my own home forever. My son is not seeing a good role model, and I have no desire to even touch him. I am desperate for any suggestions.
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How long has he been this way?
Honestly, it sounds like some type of mental illness may be involved. Or, could he be angry and getting back at you this way?
How does he get away with this at work?
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It has gotten worse over the last couple of months. I shudder to think how people at work view him and knowing he is married they must wonder what kind of wife he has. My husband has four degrees one in mathematics, masters in biology, and microbiology as well an sports medicine. He has the smarts in terms of education andd qualifies for many good paying positions but never gets the jobs he wants. I know it is because of the way he looks when he shows up for interviews. I can press his suit and he will ball it up throw it in the car and the next time he has an interview will put it back on wrinkles and all smelly and all, not bath and show up at an interview. The only reason i think his current company has not let him go is because they can get him to bend over backwards and do anything. He will work will no one else will, will not take sick leave time, or vacation and it is paid vacation. Will go in three to four hourrs early and stay late. Other than that I think they would have fired him long time ago based on his appearence.
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