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I met my husband in school. We dated for 10 years before we got married. We are now married for 3+ years. We have had innumerable fights after the marriage due to his family. Initially I used to shout, pour my anger out whenever we fought. He has changed a lot over the course. We still go out for dinners and everything but something’s a miss. He says he’s content and is in a happy space. He doesn’t want to talk about any of the things that bother me or us for a matter of fact. I feel I don’t know this person. He’s nice to me but definitely we don’t share our feelings. I have asked him to accompany me for therapy, he has blatantly refused. There’s so much more going inside me and each passing day it’s even more difficult to communicate. I don’t know how to stop needing him so much. Because besides feeling all these things, I still tell him each day how much I love him without being reciprocated. He’s got too much to care about everywhere. His parents don’t get along. Right after our marriage, his sister lived very near to our place and would often leave her kids for me to babysit as I wasn’t working at that point of time. Whenever she fought with her husband, she stayed with us and I felt that she bossed around. They are not bad persons and I don’t really doubt his parents or his sister’s intentions. But they are too clingy, don’t leave you space and truly have no friends around and all they want to do is hang out all the time together. His mother has a very controlling nature, I really need to see what I utter before her, because that just offends her whatever I tell her. They do love me but I have never been able to reciprocate that love since it is always too much for me. His mother doesn’t like me to speak to his father. His sister doesn’t like when I and her husband talk whenever we meet. I sometimes feel that my SIL’s husband certain times try to talk about the entire situation but I avoid since I don’t want to create any scene. And all the time whenever his parents were around with us, either his sister would be over our place or we would be going to their place. Now that we are in a different city for a period of 2-3 years on the account my husband being transferred. My husband talks to his parents 5-6 times a day. He would call them separately and talk for long hours with his mother. He’d never tell that we are going out for dinner or meeting someone and we never tell them about any vacation we take. We are to move with them in next 2-3 years as he wants to take care of them. Again his sister is going to be pretty close and all that charade. He has clearly told me that his parents are his priority and then I come for him. I am really not the kind of person who would ever ask him to choose between his parents and me. I know the importance of parents in one’s life. His mother is not cool with him visiting my parents, so he would barely visit even though he likes being around my family. And he clearly tells me that you overthink, that’s your problem. Whenever I try to tell him we don’t communicate, he’s just tell me I don’t know which couples do. He’s actually seen marriages like that only. So I just don’t know what to do
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You sound very unhappy. The fact that he doesn't return any loving feelings and you're longing for that worries me. If you continue giving without receiving long enough that part of you will die. You shouldn't have to sacrifice your entire happiness to care for his parents if it's just to much you need to tell him you can't do it. And stick to it. I'd hate to see you completely lose yourself. Stop this before it starts or you might just lose your mind.
ReplySounds like he’s expecting you to be supportive of him and his family, but he is not giving the same support to you. He sounds like he’s not as committed to the relationship as you are, which creates a power imbalance that you are seeing. Him giving you an ultimatum to move with him because you love him is not fair to you. Obviously you love him, but if he loved you he wouldn’t tell you that you have to move to be a good spouse. Love is selfless, and from everything you’ve said, it sounds like he’s been very selfish and not giving you the love you need.
I know it’s hard to imagine leaving him, but I think that is your best option right now. He obviously doesn’t care to fix the marriage since he refuses therapy and refuses to talk about things, so stop trying. You can’t force someone to care. Maybe when he moves back to his parents, don’t move with him. If time passes and he still isn’t interested in therapy or investing in you, then file for a divorce. That way it gives you time to live on your own for a bit before dealing with a divorce. But honestly I think you would be fine if you divorced him now.
And if financial issues or job issues are keeping you from divorcing, then start looking for jobs that pay enough for you to live by yourself. Go back to college online if needed. You can provide for yourself. Don’t let him use money as a threat over you. It is better for you to be divorced, poor, and happy than to be married and rich with no love.
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