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Can you recover from falling out of love?

It was a fluke meeting my husband. True by chance fate if you ask me. He was smart, charming and beyond handsome, driven..I day dreamed about him and the day we might marry.. I was so lucky he loved me back and has treated me so well ..and we actually got married 3 years in. We just had a baby a year ago. However things are very different from 7 years ago when we met. They started slowly.. then all of a sudden a downward spiral it’s seems..He’s stopped taking care of himself, the affection is 100% gone, he’s stopped shaving, gained weight and lost his job..he blew our 70k savings on beer. He drinks like there is no end in sight. I’m paying our 3k mortgage alone, and 8 months after getting fired he hasn’t even put his resume together. He farts and burps constantly about 6-7 times a day blatantly in my face despite my telling him it’s gross (and it is, it’s contributed to how I feel about him because it’s a lot and I don’t feel attracted anymore) so immature, not manly. he doesn’t help with the cook or cleaning but instead naps all day... there’s no intimacy..sexually or emotionally.. honestly, I look at him now and don’t even want to be intimate.. I feel repulsed, taken advantage of, no longer attracted...and truth be told despite many many months of trying to talk, trying to convince him to get help with what I suspect is depression.. there is no progress.. and over the past few days? I’ve found myself at threshold.. where I feel like I might be better off without him.. where I want a new life, a partner that is emotionally intelligent.. a partner that seems to actually care and know how to love. I want out.. and I realize I’ve hit rock bottom as far as my feelings for him go. So is there a way back up? We’ve had talks about it. He says he’s just expecting and waiting me to divorce him because he can tell- does that mean he’s given up? ... I don’t want to if there is a chance we can be saved. I’m just hoping one day the old guy I fell in love with will wake up and come back. And if there is even a thread of hope, I won’t let go. I’m at such a loss. I’ve been writing about this for many months.. I don’t know what to do.. has anyone had this happen and things turned around either through your efforts or your spouses? Is there a sign things are too damaged? I also come from a divorced family and I can’t imagine the pain my daughter having to grow up with a split family. I don’t want that for her...I’m so lost. Please help. Would really appreciate stories and advice.
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curiosi · 61-69, F
He is angry with himself, he isn't sure what to do with that anger so he acts out and when you say something it reaffirms his anger so he nurses it. Ignore him. It sounds counter productive and he may get worse but until he hits rock bottom on his own he wont change.