This problem has been plaguing my emotional health for some time. A couple of years ago, while discussing business, I told my husband that a business contact told me he was impressed by me. When I told my husband, he said, "What's so impressive?"
I let it go at the time, but last night, something similar happened. I told him I had been talking to a business contact and they had commented that I was unique. I was flattered, so later on that night, in passing, I told my husband how nice it was for someone to say something like that to me. Again, he deflated me by saying, "What does he find so unique?"
We've been married for 7 years and I love him, but I want to be able to talk to him without him tearing down my self-esteem.
I have tried to talk to him about it and he apologizes...not for implying that I am not impressive or unique in my own way, but because he wouldn't be impressed by anyone unless they do something he finds truly remarkable - like finding a cure for cancer.
2007-11-07
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