I got married a year ago. After 6 months we moved in with family while we saved money to buy a house. Our honeymoon was wonderful. But after that, things seemed to go downhill. Now I am lucky if we have sex more than 3 times a month. Either he is tired or sick or has a headache, or he's just so stressed out by his job. Or he blames it on the somewhat close proximity of family. We barely talk, mostly we fight. Am I asking too much. I feel like I made a huge mistake, but everytime I tell him how unhappy I am, he just says that things will be better when we buy a house and move out. He had to talk me into marrying him b/c I didn't want to get married at all, and now he is acting like I disgust him. And he is lying to me about having quit smoking. I just don't know what to do, and I don't really have anyone that I can talk to.
Move the fuck out whilst you still have a marriage to salvage. There are times when outside influence is required in a relationship. A marriage less than a year old isn't one of them.
You're supposed to start building a life together - not listen to parents and siblings bitch, moan and irritate you.
divorce him
I always thought, why ruin a perfectly good relationship by getting married?
Everything, right down to the fake-quitting of smoking.
But whether it is or not, this is what I have to say.
Tell him how unhappy you are, and when he reacts in his usual way, suggest counseling. Get a professionals view point on the subject.
yes living with family is going to cause a strain.
As for the sex. Well. Is it really all about that?
I mean with your circumstances, I think you have more to worry about than getting laid more than three times a month. No offense, but I think you need to prioritize.
But really, get some counseling. It's more common than you think, and not bad or a faux pas at all.
We don't talk. He comes home, he wants dinner (@12am/1am) when I'm already tired, wants his clothes cleaned, wants me to rub his shoulder-and then asks if we're doing anything on his day off or if he can go hang with friends, like I wouldn't like time with him-suddenly sleeping next to me is enough quality time.
He never cares to hear what is wrong, but IF any 'feelings' are expressed they are only returned with 'Oh whatever' or he leaves the room. What really pisses me off is that in spite of all of it, I still love him.
I am trapped being on bedrest, can't go to bars and hangout, can't be in the outside world, and his coworkers are the ones he talks to all day so at the end of the day he is done 'talking' and just zones watching tv while on the computer-damn itunes...
Thanks guys for the great advice...FYI: "just move out" and "huge mistake" is not advice nor is it helpful. We can't help the situation we're in, unfortunately my private school no longer has the enrollment it needs to keep me employed so I got the cut-and with a baby on the way...'just move out' isn't really a reality now is it.
I think jimmy45333 was right, this is just something that needed expressing since no one can really tell you what to do. Divorce doesn't seem like the answer though, it seems like an easy way out-unless you truly want nothing to do with him.
Good luck, we don't have easy decisions to make!
my advice talk to him when you both have time
he's probably stressed because of family that's why hes smoking
if you want to sex propose that they go out and rent a cheap room somewhere
but in my experience if he talked you into marrying him then you should think about the marriage you have and if you still want it
I recommend getting some marriage counseling, from a local minister or marriage counselor. If either of you work and your job has an Employee assistance program, you can usually see one for free through them. In the counseling session you can both determine whether this marriage is worth saving or whether its best you both move on.
The advice for her that some gave included leaving. A viable option, for her (the poster), but not you because of your financial need and maternity.
I also suggested counseling for her (the poster) things may change whether it is her partners behaviour, or her take on it. I would urge the same for you.
Good luck!
That sucks.
Maybe you shouldn't have married him in the first place?