I do not want to judge my friend and her marriage. What I do want is another person’s opinion to see if my view is off base.
My friend (a female) is married to a guy she adored since childhood. He is younger than he and she had a child to a previous relationship before dating and finally marrying him. He had to finish college when first married, but also took part time jobs to equal her income, and made more than she. To make up for not working full time and because she hates to cook, he does all the cooking, cleaning, running errands, yard work and childcare. They now have a child together also.
Often he is approached by women and at work was inappropriately approached to which he opened addressed the matter. She gets mad at him when women are interested in him, yet he never goes out without her, but she likes to have a ladies night out at least once a month where as she dresses to attract men.
She complains that he is not romantic enough, even though he designs jewelry for her, creates romantic trips and treats her life a diamond in the rough.
On vacations and when she is with her other friends, she rebels and acts like he is a loser. He gets quiet and is full of turmoil during these times.
It would break my heart to ever see them part, but I cannot figure out how she can be so thick. If they do break up, she will sleep all the time (like she often does now) and ignore her children and cry he was so rotten. Short of waiting for this to happen, is there a way to get her to understand that she needs to put some effort into her marriage?
2007-09-03
09:15:11
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