this has been the most horrible week I have had in a long time. first it was unfulfilled sex, then arguments over disability and him giving me mixed messages, one I am helpless and the other is go to work, you havent't worked in 10 years. then more arguments over money. by the way, i make 900 dollars a month on social security , still suffer from extreme depression, and never could hold down a job for over a year and 4 months. anyway, i feel like shit and just want to cry and go to bed, even though my little girls are waiting for me to take them out to the ywca. i feel so miserable. he says he can't even afford to pay for therapy without dipping into the equity loan. he says he gives up financially. he just wants to spend the money and make the kids remember him. i am so sick from all of this i am crying now. i stopped going to church with him. i know i will find a way to pull thru all this but at this point i am wondering if the therapist is right. . . if we go on like this our marriage will be over. i need to regain my powers again even with all this misery and burdens on me. I have to be grateful for my children and continue on whether he loves me or not. he says he does but you know, i have to ask him , and he doesn't even look me in the face when he answers, so i say give me a big hug and he does. i never thought life could be so overbearing in marriage. i need to rebuild my life as if he doesn't exist, since he is giving up.
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Hon,you don\'t KNOW your husband has \"given up\" at all!Men go through \"midlife crises\" too.He may feel like \"less of a man\" b/c he cannot support his family--you included--as he wants to.And his wishing you could work does not mean he loves you ANY`less because you can\'t!It sounds to me like something is going on in him,that has to do only with him--does not affect how deeply that he loves you.Could you go to marriage counseling--maybe just a few sessions?Sounds to me like the 2 of you have a lot of love between you,as well as a lot of things you are both leaving(especially him)unspoken,that need to be said.
I will message you later;Big Hugs to you now!I wish I could be there and put my arms around you.Love Caitrin