My husband is in his late 60's, but over the past few years has aged mentally. All he wants to do these days is sit and watch TV or fall asleep in his chair. It's an effort to get him to go out and do things like we used to. If I go off and do things on my own, he moans that we are leading separate lives. He's not affectionate verbally or physically (except in bedroom and even that isn't very often these days!). Tried talking with him to find a solution, but he just gets defensive and martyred - says things like it's all his fault, that he can't do anything right. He criticises me every day for something or the other. I feel like the real me is curling up and dying inside, as I am naturally a vivacious, happy person who likes to socialise and have some fun, but he is making me feel like an 80 year old pensioner, and I just can't face the rest of my life being like that. He has given me financial security and I appreciate that, but it's the things money can't buy that I need.
2006-07-30
05:37:15
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