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Married and lonely
60% Normal
12 Comments

I think I made a mistake and that was 20 years ago when I got married. For a while it was OK but the positives started dropping off -- sex, intimacy, understanding, joy. There was never any talk of kids and we didn't draw closer. I feel so different from her now. We're more like room-mates tolerating each other. Add to that I seem to have only one or two people I can call close friends. If I try to meet women it's like I'm cheating; if I try to meet men they're busy with their life in a family or couple. I think this might go on into deepening bitterness. It feels like a failure and divorce feels like a complete failure. Is a long lasting, close, romantic relationship just a dream? If what I have now isn't normal, how do I get to normal?
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Comments (12)
Anonymous
Jeeze! Get a divorce and find true happiness and quit whining. I can't stand people that stay in relationships and whine about it like it's a life sentence with no hope of parole.
Anonymous
For pete's sake move out and file for divorce. What are you waiting for?!!! Move on!!!
i wonder how many relationships there are simply because the people felt they were expected to be in a relationship.
ive been in a relatoinship three times before and i always ended up just tolerating the woman being around.
sad but true but men and women have a tendency to not have anything in common except need for sex.

Ive felt the same thing as you... pressure to be in a relationship.
Everybody around me seems to make the ridiculous assumption that the reason i aint stuck with some needy woman is that there is something wrong with me.
It sucks.

The only way to happiness here is to get less occupied by what others think of you.
Its your life not theirs.

Your problem is that you aint trying to be happy, youre trying to be normal.
But your problem is not lack of normality, its lack of happyness.

And in order to get happier you must file for a divorce, move out and make new friends.
Brainstorm about what in life you find fascinating.
What makes your heart beat faster?
Whatever that is, act on it.
Drown yourself in what you find interesting, and the absolute best would be to meet people through that interest.

Its never too late to improve your life.
Dont listen to the idiots that say stop whining and move on they obviously havent felt the way you feel right now. I too am in the same situation as yourself my husband and i are living like flat mates also. It isnt an easy situation as you tell yourself everyday but we had something special and where did it go ? Will it ever come back or Do I move on. What if i do the wrong thing and regret what i have done. Its not an easy situation and i really understand and feel for you too.
I guess you have never loved someone enough to understand that sometimes people live in hope that it can be worked out its true what they say the grass isnt always greener on the other side
From your words it sounds like your are bisexual. Either turn your partner into a kinky love making machine or find someone that matches your profile in life.
try and work things out with her , do new things together and try and rebuild a fresh start coz u never no , u could let her go and then its too late! if it dont end up working out , just get a divorce,although its stressful to go through! also try having a few weeks away from eachother , (a break from eachother) as that might work! gd luck!
Listen the ones that tell you to get a divorce and move on. Sometimes it gets scary but life is too short to waste it with a woman who doesn's seem to care about your feelings. I know, we all have fallen in love and some marriages have worked out, but some have gone sour. Talk to your wife, tell her how you feel, and than decide if the marriage is worth keeping. Communication is the key to a happy success of marriage.

I knew my husband for a month, got married an now am happy for 32 yrs. He is a truckdriver for 10 yrs. We still love each other, we communicate a lot. We tell each other of our problems, etc. I am lonely because he is gone for 3 to 4 weeks, we see each other 3 to 5 days in a month. I wouldn't of stayed with him if he was not interested in me. I would of left if long time ago.

I know you want children, tell her how you feel. Friends aren't going to be there for you, she's your partner, should be your friend and lover for always. So talk to her.
it's completely normal, get a divorce. Move on, enjoy your single life, until you decide if meeting a girl again is the right thing.
Go on a vacation...to my house. You, Magnum, and I will rock it till the break of dawn.

You could bring your husband too. But he sounds like a crabby person. Is he a RedNeck?
I am MetroSexual

****Methos= $ shoved in pants****
You need to remember why you married this person to begin with.

If there is a stable foundation of love and commitment, then you can mend what the years have done to you. If you guys got married because the sex is good, then I'm sorry. People these days just jump into bed with one another and call that love. I can't understand it and I don't think I ever will.

Have you tried talking to her about how you feel? I'm sure the woman isn't a complete Ice Queen. Ler her know that you aren't fulfilling your potential as a spouse and decide how you guys can start again. Don't give up so easily.
what do you miss most friendship or intimacy? what brought you together in the first place? maybe you need to go to marriage counseling, with or without her. and ask yourself what do you expect without marriage., maybe she has something in her past that is preventing her from being close, maybe she feels the same way you do, try talking and go to counseling, maybe you need to find happiness inside, before relying on anybody else to make you happy. it's ok to want to have a good relationship, it means you are a loving person, but first start by loving yourself.