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I am so tired of living with a depressed wife

She is sitting there browsing her phone. That is why she paused the TV series she watches every day for hours.
She woke up during the night and was on her phone until she took the children to school. Obviously shouting with them why they were not ready on time.
She is full of fears. She fears of the future, fears of the financial situation, the future of the children. She cannot stand if something is not the way she wants. Interestingly she has energy to shout and yell. Several times a day.

But I am tired. I am tired of working in multiple jobs. I am tired of doing a full time work and running my business in after hours. I am tired of being neglected and ignored. I am tired of being forgotten. I am tired of working on positivity with children after they flooded with negativity from their mother.
I am tired of life. This life.

She is sitting there. I am looking at her. I know somewhere below the surface there is that woman I loved. The one who was fun, intellectually exciting, full of energy and positivity. Even sexy, mind you. I have not seen that woman for more than 10 years.

Nothing I do can change her way. Well, it's not entirely true, because I really can make things worse if I wanted. But I can't do anything to improve the situation. The best I can do is to conserve it. But I don't want it. I want a new life. We learned in Biology you can start a new life whitout closing another. That is a lie.

You have to kill something first to start something new. You know what most people fear to become a criminal? The guilt. Not the legal consequences.
My wife is dependending on me. At the minimum, financially. I can't do it.

I lost this life. Maybe the next one will be luckier.
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Richard65 · M
This where your marriage vows count, and unfortunately it's fallen to you to do the heavy lifting where your wife and your relationship is concerned. Not enough people take their oaths seriously enough, and persevere as you are doing, so credit to you for that. I empathise with you and its likely that her phone is feeding her paranoia, as the algorithms will keep pushing her fears at her as she scrolls down the screen. Is there any way you can limit her time on it and replace it with family activity? It'll take time and she'll fight the attempt, but you have to start making changes to her routine in order to improve her life. That won't be control, you're her husband and you've identified a serious issue that's wrecking your marriage and your life.
justanotherone · 51-55, M
@Richard65 I cannot change her behaviour. She was always strong and never listened to anybody. Now this actually turned into anything I say which interferes with her is always a no. Besides this is probably something that entertaines her rather than scares her. So it's more like an addiction to escape life. You can only take it away with force not with logical reasoning. Of course I could apply threatening her with divorce but that is kind of dirty if not true and would increase her panic.
Richard65 · M
@justanotherone well, you're an honourable guy by the sounds of this. But perhaps you do need to take more drastic action (regarding her phone) as it's a serious problem. I'm not sure what kind of help is available to you, but I understand it must be devastating for you to see this change in the woman you love.
justanotherone · 51-55, M
@Richard65 I am no saint. I have my flaws and issues too. It's just nothing is that simple as it seems.