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A lot of what youāre saying I do resonate with and appreciate, I do struggle with codependency and itās one of the reasons I advocated for myself to have girls night out. Itās still difficult to see it as self-care, even with the work Iāve done on myself separate from our relationship. Like, my guilt is split between needing time for myself and needing more quality time together since heās gone for work for long periods of time. As far as the dog goes, we are training him, but heās still less than 3 months old. So he canāt be left alone for more than 2 hours in the crate.
Is your wife seeking therapy on top of her medications? Is that something she is willing to do? Iām a long time Sertraline user and was on Celexa for years before that. While the medications are helpful in stopping/slowing her intrusive thoughts, itās like slapping a bandaid on an open wound. There are reasons behind these thoughts and she needs to work through them in a healthy environment.
It would also be helpful (if she is willing to do personal therapy) to also seek a separate couples counselor as well to help navigate this part of your lives in a healthy way.
Let her know how youāre feeling in regards to the future of your relationship. If she is unwilling or incapable of taking care of herself by seeking new meds and/or therapy in order to be a partner in your marriage, unfortunately there isnāt much you can do.
Girl, when I was your age I did that stuff. I'm 34 now and won't tolerate it. He'll never stop for acting like this because he thinks he'll get away with it. You have to flat it tell him I'm done doing this. I'm not your mother and just stop. Stop buying him things all the time, so doing his laundry and cleaning up after him. So feeding him like he's a baby and can go do it himself. This is what I call “a grown boy” he's not a man. He's a child.
If you weren't there he'd have to take care of himself. Her probably won't change. Don't waste too much time hoping he will. Guys like him have growing to do and if they can find girls like you to take care of them, they'll be nothing but lazy children
Then it's a bad circle full of gross misogyny maybe you are better off without any of them, sounds like they would prefer you dump the boyfriend and date the pest, which is just YUCK.
I should have mentioned it but heās on the spectrum and heās quite limited with understanding otherās people feelings. For him not together = I canāt be hurt by wathever he does. Now itās becoming really serious and I think itās a healthy relationship, but itās nude to overlook what happened š
I have never not ended up resenting a girl I dated who had no problem spending my money without a second thought. Itās easy for someone not to care how much something costs when they have no skin in the game. Does she follow all traditional norms or is she just choosing the ones that are convenient for her? Tell her to make you a sandwich or something totally outdated and when she fights back tell her itās ātraditionā. Then maybe you can have a conversation better suited to the rolls you two want to have in a relationship moving forward.
There's no true statistics on that but in 2023, 50-80% of “victims” are lying. I'm not “siding” with an “offender”, i'm just betting my money on something that is mathematically more likely outcome. Here, i'll make an analogy for you so maybe you can understand better. Winning a jackpot in lottery is astronomically unlikely to happen, would you bet your life on winning a jackpot? Or would you bet that you'll lose? If a woman claims she was SA-d, then i bet on the “side” that's mathematically highly more likely that happened, 30 years i would have bet that she's telling the truth more likely but today it has shifted so greatly that it's more likely she's lying.
I'm sure that this will be a very funny story to tell once my black eye is gone in a couple days. Admittedly though, it's kinda tough to laugh about it now because this definitely isn't how I thought my first impression will go and I'm way more nervous about it now than I was before.
The fact that you two fell out of love and grew apart has no bearing. If that was the case, itās a reason to divorce, not cheat.
Cheating is indicative of an incredibly unethical person. Whether you cheat again wonāt have an effect on how people view your ethics and how you on-line your life.
Just tell him. Talk to him about it. Heās unemployed. Youāre under-employed. Money is money.
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A lot of what youāre saying I do resonate with and appreciate, I do struggle with codependency and itās one of the reasons I advocated for myself to have girls night out. Itās still difficult to see it as self-care, even with the work Iāve done on myself separate from our relationship. Like, my guilt is split between needing time for myself and needing more quality time together since heās gone for work for long periods of time. As far as the dog goes, we are training him, but heās still less than 3 months old. So he canāt be left alone for more than 2 hours in the crate.
Is your wife seeking therapy on top of her medications? Is that something she is willing to do? Iām a long time Sertraline user and was on Celexa for years before that. While the medications are helpful in stopping/slowing her intrusive thoughts, itās like slapping a bandaid on an open wound. There are reasons behind these thoughts and she needs to work through them in a healthy environment.
It would also be helpful (if she is willing to do personal therapy) to also seek a separate couples counselor as well to help navigate this part of your lives in a healthy way.
Let her know how youāre feeling in regards to the future of your relationship. If she is unwilling or incapable of taking care of herself by seeking new meds and/or therapy in order to be a partner in your marriage, unfortunately there isnāt much you can do.
If you're swearing never to tell your wife something you did with another woman, then if it's not cheating, it's very close to it.
It's probably cheating.
Girl, when I was your age I did that stuff. I'm 34 now and won't tolerate it. He'll never stop for acting like this because he thinks he'll get away with it. You have to flat it tell him I'm done doing this. I'm not your mother and just stop. Stop buying him things all the time, so doing his laundry and cleaning up after him. So feeding him like he's a baby and can go do it himself. This is what I call “a grown boy” he's not a man. He's a child.
If you weren't there he'd have to take care of himself. Her probably won't change. Don't waste too much time hoping he will. Guys like him have growing to do and if they can find girls like you to take care of them, they'll be nothing but lazy children
Heās not your boyfriend. He can do what he likes.
Then it's a bad circle full of gross misogyny maybe you are better off without any of them, sounds like they would prefer you dump the boyfriend and date the pest, which is just YUCK.
I should have mentioned it but heās on the spectrum and heās quite limited with understanding otherās people feelings. For him not together = I canāt be hurt by wathever he does. Now itās becoming really serious and I think itās a healthy relationship, but itās nude to overlook what happened š
Your husband is gay, and that's okay. But you guys need to get a divorce because this isn't fair to you.
I have never not ended up resenting a girl I dated who had no problem spending my money without a second thought. Itās easy for someone not to care how much something costs when they have no skin in the game. Does she follow all traditional norms or is she just choosing the ones that are convenient for her? Tell her to make you a sandwich or something totally outdated and when she fights back tell her itās ātraditionā. Then maybe you can have a conversation better suited to the rolls you two want to have in a relationship moving forward.
There's no true statistics on that but in 2023, 50-80% of “victims” are lying. I'm not “siding” with an “offender”, i'm just betting my money on something that is mathematically more likely outcome. Here, i'll make an analogy for you so maybe you can understand better. Winning a jackpot in lottery is astronomically unlikely to happen, would you bet your life on winning a jackpot? Or would you bet that you'll lose? If a woman claims she was SA-d, then i bet on the “side” that's mathematically highly more likely that happened, 30 years i would have bet that she's telling the truth more likely but today it has shifted so greatly that it's more likely she's lying.
Document all of this and go to the police. Get a restraining order and change your number.
I'm sure that this will be a very funny story to tell once my black eye is gone in a couple days. Admittedly though, it's kinda tough to laugh about it now because this definitely isn't how I thought my first impression will go and I'm way more nervous about it now than I was before.
I get being lonely. I just think you are better off making real friends. This guy is not your friend.
The fact that you two fell out of love and grew apart has no bearing. If that was the case, itās a reason to divorce, not cheat.
Cheating is indicative of an incredibly unethical person. Whether you cheat again wonāt have an effect on how people view your ethics and how you on-line your life.