On dear, I feel for you Vauxhall58 & HAZBEEN. I've been going through a similar situation for the past few years, although he still works & I'm self employed / semi retired. I was a fool when younger, working full time, bringing up my kids (not his though they lived with us) trying to do all the housework, shopping,cooking etc. and now I'm older and at home more he just expects to be waited on hand & foot. Unless I make a real fuss he never moves from the TV & sofa in the evenings or at weekends apart from to eat, shower & sleep. If I suggest an outing or a weekend away he's always 'not bothered '(his way of saying no). Hardly ever have sex, it can be months & months and we don't even very often sleep in the same bed anymore. So.... I just got a life of my own, am frequently out with friends and away on holidays & mini breaks. The house is a tip when I get back but I just clean up & look forward to my next outing! Why do I stay? Because our relationship is now more of employee (he pays the household bills) & housekeeper ( which is how I earn my keep). I don't actually hate him and very occasionally we'll have a laugh, I don't want to upset the family dynamic for the DC & DGC, I can more or less do whatever & go wherever I please and know from experience that the grass isn't always greener.....