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He takes credit for my ideas, he insinuates himself into my work life, he appropriates my friends: What's going on?
  • The real questions are

    But the real questions are, has he always been like this? This kind of stuff usually just doesn't develop overnight, and you didn't mention anything like "Ever since his dad died, he's done X." And if he's always been like this, why have you put up with it for ten years?

    Oh, by all means, try marriage counseling. Urge him to do individual counseling. But most important, get yourself to a therapist to figure out why you've been married for ten years to a man who usurps your ideas, suffocates your identity, and trash talks you to your friends.