Fallen out of love with Husband?

by bloominglotus 108 Replies latest social family

  • nugget
    nugget

    lotus you have a plateful and a half with relatives, a husband dealing with PTSD, 2 small children and goodness knows what else. In short you are overcommitted and some or all of these things is helping to fuel the issues within your marriage. In addition just as you are dealing with these things your husband is too it is not a happy mix.

    Relatives how long are they staying and what process is in place to move them on? It sounds callous but having an end date is essential. Staying until they die is never a good option unless you love them very much, they are extremely old and you have the time to care for them properly. If your relatives do not meet this criteria and they are adults then they need to be aware of the temporary nature of their accommodation with you. You need space in your home to deal with your own relationship with your husband.

    My MIL is a challenging lady, she had an abused childhood and was an abusive parent herself. She is very high maintenance and she lived with us for a time until she could get herself settled. I never allow things to escalate and refuse to play the game. If she is sulky and angry I just ignore it and treat her with warmth and affection as if it just isn't happening. Because I don't fuel her behaviour it is hard for her to sustain it. One day she said to me you treat me dreadfully. I responded with "Be grateful I treat my own mother much worse." I have to see past the issues with her and realise that she is not entirely responsible for how she is. I am a relatively calm person so it helps I show her affection and love even when she frustrates me and try to listen to her concerns and issues. Over the years I have learnt what are her trigger topics and avoid them or diffuse them but it has taken time. My advice is as soon as she tries something or a situation starts to develop extinguish it as quickly as possible. This is a time when procrastination is not an option. If she is critical thank her for her opinion you will think about it. If she is rude thensay we try not to talk like that to one another as it sets a bad example for the children.

    Before your MIL comes sit with your husband and discuss the ground rules and pitfallsand agree a strategy. She will try to make trouble so make sure that you are united whatever she tries. If she detects friction in your relationship she will exploit it. Make sure you know when the visit is ending it is easier to endure when there is a finite time scale. And resolve the situation with his brother, how old is he and what is he doing to make his own way? Start making plans for his brother to be independent, living with you is not a long term solution for him. Is he planning to go to college? Does he have a job? what are his plans? If he has none then get him to make them and give him a timescale if necessary.

    Get counselling from a professional, a third party will be able to make your husband hear what you are trying to say and they will also help you to understand what is going on in his head too. His lack of personal care may be rooted in other issues not just in laziness. They will also help you to stop abusing one another. This is a time when you must think of the children and a home where parents treat each other badly is unhealthy it has to stop and you must do what ever it takes to stop it.

    You have taken on too much responsibility and quite frankly something will give. You need to create calm and peace in order to understand how you feel and to be able to address the issues in your marriage. Clear the clutter in your life.

  • bohm
    bohm

    holy crap burns, you are certifiably shitfaced :-). people are never happy -- dont drink alone, but when you follow their advice and go online, thats suddenly a problem to!

    what have you been drinking?

  • sooner7nc
    sooner7nc

    Wow! This got even worse after I went to bed. Facepalm time.

  • mrsjones5
    mrsjones5

    Just read the whole thread. I'm hoping the gal who started was able to gleam out some good advice and I wish her well.

    Was that BTS or a doppelganger?

  • Robdar
    Robdar

    Hi Blooming, welcome to the board.

    Throughout my life I've noticed that young women tend to be rather hard on their husbands and often expect them to look, think and act like the men they see on tv or read about in women's magazines like Glamour and Cosmo. Those sort of men are a fantasy. An unkind and unrealistic fantasy. Please rethink what you are expecting of your husband and try to cut him some slack. I believe you are trying to be fair to your husband when you say that you understand why his feelings would be hurt over you telling him he looked like a bum. After all, you would be insulted too if he told you that he did not find you attractive. Heck, it might even affect you to the point that you do not want to have sexual intercourse with him.

    Why are you pushing your husband's buttons if you know he has PTSD? Don't get me wrong, abuse is never the answer and should not be tolerated. But I have to ask you if you are you mistreating your husband through emotional abuse? Many times emotional abuse can be experienced by somebody being badgered into doing something they may not want to do. Now, I am not saying you are emotionally abusing your husband but I do wonder about it. Especially since you are on this board bad mouthing your husband to a forum of total strangers.

    I suggest you take this matter off our public discussion forum and see a marriage counselor. If he won't go with you go alone because marriage is more than looking good and walking off into the sunset together with buns of steel.

    I wish you luck.

    Robyn

  • beksbks
    beksbks

    Sigh

  • Robdar
    Robdar

    Has the mental image of a sunset and buns of steel gotten your juices flowing Beks?

  • Simon
    Simon

    BTS: I think you've had enough chances and we've put up with more than enough of your crap.

  • Open mind
    Open mind

    Robdar: "marriage is more than looking good and walking off into the sunset together with buns of steel. "

    Now that's a quote worth remembering.

    Good one Robyn!

    om

  • Violia
    Violia

    Iron, that was so beautiful and as the song says" straight from the heart". very nice.

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