Posted by Glenn Fagelson on November 7, 2001, at 21:21:24
In reply to Unhappy spouse, posted by Gracie2 on November 6, 2001, at 18:27:51
> I just wondered how everyone else is doing with their spouse/significant other. My husband was supportive at first but now he seems to be getting tired of me and my emotional problems. He is growing distant and resentful that I'm not working much. Everything is my fault. I asked him if he wanted to go to marriage counseling but he said that was just "mud-slinging".
> Still, things are going from bad to worse, and I'm starting to wonder what I would do by myself after living with the same man for 18 years. I suppose he is going through a mid-life crisis. He wants a wife who is cheerful and industrious and organized and neat and friendly, a "normal" person who socializes easily, has no need for a psychiatrist, does not suffer from mood swings or any other mental aberration, particularly the really bad days I have from time to time, when I cry easily and don't want to get out of bed.
> Maybe he will leave, I don't know. I can't become that person he wants, much as I would like to. But it is so strange to think of being alone after all these years.
> -GDear Gracie,
That's too bad; it doesn't sound like your
spouse is too supportive of your condition. We
all need support, don't we?
Hang in there, Glenn
poster:Glenn Fagelson
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