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<blockquote data-quote="BackintheSaddle" data-source="post: 622116" data-attributes="member: 17503"><p>Thanks everyone...I love all the good advice...we did go on a date for a nice dinner on Sunday after I finished (and yes, I was hoping the bright yellow would brighten up more than just the kitchen!)....I thought about starting a new thread about keeping a marriage/partnership intact through all of this...you've given some wonderful advice and I've always been struck by how close you each seem with your husband...going through this, I've learned that I have few friends I can talk to about this and am having to find different support for myself and I rely heavily on my husband as my best friend...I talked to him about how with him being so withdrawn and isolated from me, it felt more alone than I thought I could handle...we're having a better week-- he seems to be feeling better, we're both on pmeds to get through this and his new one seems to be helping...he actually got a little frisky tonight!...</p><p>;-)...we've had a really close relationship over the past 10+ years-- we were a blended family to say the least...I was a single mom of a 2yo and had been a widow and he was a divorced dad with 2 kids...so the first few years were pretty rocky and add to that the challenges with my kid, difficult child (whom husband adopted), who started having issues in 2nd grade, there's always been a lot of pressure on us which has served to bring us closer and more heavily reliant on each other but he's not a great communicator (typically man in that sense), though he is really sensitive...like Cedar said, he's more upset about what he's seen me go through because of my parents and how difficult child has attacked and blamed me mostly (he doesn't blame husband hardly at all), he feels bad that he couldn't protect me from all that-- I appreciate you reminding me of where his pain is coming from because he's not really sharing...over the years, we have been in individual and family counseling, me and difficult child mostly and then as a family to address issues with difficult child...husband doesn't really believe he needs it...he relies on his relationship with God to guide him and give him support and I can't do that and get all I need...I've had a harder week this week with regard to difficult child...he's back to not answering texts and since it's eerily quiet from the nut house he's living in, I can only imagine what's going on...and my imagination is probably worse than the truth but I'll never know-- or at least not for awhile...</p><p> </p><p>thanks again all...I hope you have a blessed day and are having 'easy', painfree weeks (or as close as is possible)...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackintheSaddle, post: 622116, member: 17503"] Thanks everyone...I love all the good advice...we did go on a date for a nice dinner on Sunday after I finished (and yes, I was hoping the bright yellow would brighten up more than just the kitchen!)....I thought about starting a new thread about keeping a marriage/partnership intact through all of this...you've given some wonderful advice and I've always been struck by how close you each seem with your husband...going through this, I've learned that I have few friends I can talk to about this and am having to find different support for myself and I rely heavily on my husband as my best friend...I talked to him about how with him being so withdrawn and isolated from me, it felt more alone than I thought I could handle...we're having a better week-- he seems to be feeling better, we're both on pmeds to get through this and his new one seems to be helping...he actually got a little frisky tonight!... ;-)...we've had a really close relationship over the past 10+ years-- we were a blended family to say the least...I was a single mom of a 2yo and had been a widow and he was a divorced dad with 2 kids...so the first few years were pretty rocky and add to that the challenges with my kid, difficult child (whom husband adopted), who started having issues in 2nd grade, there's always been a lot of pressure on us which has served to bring us closer and more heavily reliant on each other but he's not a great communicator (typically man in that sense), though he is really sensitive...like Cedar said, he's more upset about what he's seen me go through because of my parents and how difficult child has attacked and blamed me mostly (he doesn't blame husband hardly at all), he feels bad that he couldn't protect me from all that-- I appreciate you reminding me of where his pain is coming from because he's not really sharing...over the years, we have been in individual and family counseling, me and difficult child mostly and then as a family to address issues with difficult child...husband doesn't really believe he needs it...he relies on his relationship with God to guide him and give him support and I can't do that and get all I need...I've had a harder week this week with regard to difficult child...he's back to not answering texts and since it's eerily quiet from the nut house he's living in, I can only imagine what's going on...and my imagination is probably worse than the truth but I'll never know-- or at least not for awhile... thanks again all...I hope you have a blessed day and are having 'easy', painfree weeks (or as close as is possible)... [/QUOTE]
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