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This sounds like what my marriage turned into about seven years in (about the time I was diagnosed as infertile, after we'd always planned on having a family). All of a sudden I couldn't do anything right. There was no reasoning with him a la Cary. I got so tired of it that I left, and filed for divorce a year later. The day the divorce was granted, I walked out of the courthouse feeling nothing but relief. I've since heard other similar stories from women in which it eventually came out that the man wanted out (often because of a girlfriend on the side) but didn't want to be the "bad guy" and end the relationship. LW, I think you're going to get a unanimous response of "run" from the posters here. Then after you've run a safe distance away from being constantly harped on and belittled, ask yourself why you put up with it. You do not deserve it. No one does. It's better to be single than to be with someone who constantly reminds you what a disappointment you are ... and I speak from experience.
