My Married Life Turned Into Nightmare

I’m a working professional in an IT company, and so is my husband. Ever since we got married, it feels like all we do is fight over the smallest things. He never understands my feelings and constantly blames me for everything. There’s zero emotional support, and he disregards my opinions completely. He argues nonstop, always needing to have the last word, no matter what.

Whenever I try to avoid a fight, he just follows me around the house, hounding me until he’s “satisfied,” and it completely ruins my peace. His mother even advised me to just agree with whatever he says, claiming he’ll calm down if I do. He’s still living in some outdated era where he believes it’s the wife’s duty to handle all household chores and blindly obey him and his family. Not one person in his family lifts a finger to help around the house, and if I can’t manage everything, he tells me to quit my job-the same job I struggled so hard to secure.

Whenever I take a stand for myself, it leads to the worst arguments that go on for days, sometimes even 3-4 days straight. In the 1.5 years we’ve been together, I’ve done everything to stay happy and avoid these fights, but it’s been impossible. Finally, I came back to my own home, and now I’m asking for a divorce. But he refuses, and his parents are also pressuring me to quit my job, which I absolutely won’t do. He has never once stood up for me against his parents, and his mother constantly bad-mouths me to him behind my back.

He’s short-tempered and extremely aggressive. He’s always focused on his own emotions, expecting me to understand him, and if I don’t, he even starts crying. When I was with him, he had zero respect for me, and now that I’m leaving, he’s suddenly admitting his mistakes and begging me to return. He’s even promising he won’t repeat his behavior, but honestly, I don’t believe him anymore. Please suggest what I should do.