My life is hell. Â No, I’m not your average guy, and no I’m not looking for attention. Â I’m considering suicide. Â I love my kids, so I have found a way to get through today. Â My wife is driving me insane. Â We fight.. Â dirty.. Â I say things I know hurt her she says things to hurt me, wow how human.. Â however, Â I recant my mean and thoughtless words, and back up my recant with actions. Â I show her what I said is not true. Â On good days I chase her like a school boy and his first crush.. Â I love her madly.. Â she never recants. Â She says things that are very hurtful to me, I deserve it, but part of fighting is making up. Â I apologize, Â show remorse. Â She doesn’t do that and I can’t take it knowing someone I love so much can feel the way she does about me. Â Does that make any sense to anyone? Please help me. Â I fear my ability to cope with her lack of affection and intimacy are wearing thin. Â This is my last effort to prevent what seems the inevitable. Â I’ve put all I have into this marriage. I can’t loose this. Â I love her. Â I need her. Â She has changed. Â I fear this is too far gone. Â Today she thought I disconnected her phone. Â I did it once about 7 months ago. Â I’ve since been in classes to help myself react to others. Â I didnt disconnect her phone. Â She lost signal. Â She didn’t ask, just assumed and then brings her mom into it. Â I can’t show her change if she assumes before I can do anything. Â Its killing me that I’ve put so much into this change I’ve made and she isn’t giving me a fair shot to show her. Â Is it that I’m not, nor never was the problem? Â Please tell me.
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From the way you describe it, it seems she’s the primary cause of the problem.
However… as unfair as this may be, it’s possible that she has decided you are the one who says hurtful things, which cannot be taken back, no matter how many times you recant or apologize or show the words invalid through action.
It’s possible she’s scarred and vindictive.
One cannot unspeak the spoken unspeakable. You can be sorry, express remorse, and do all in your power to compensate… but it’s entirely possible that you have indeed broken her heart with words, as unfair as it may seem, despite her own participation and possible instigation of the verbal stings.
She may have started the fight, and maybe for stupid reasons, and maybe what you said was even true and deserved… but you forgiving her, and you apologizing, and you doing all you can possibly do… does not, will not, obligate her to forgive, will not enable her to forget, even if it was all because of what she made you do.
Or… “she’s just mad.” No one is required to play fair, and if you ever beat a woman at her own game… she’ll probably be mad. People who are mad, are often disinclined to play fair.
All you can really do is be patient and genuine, and… give her a chance to give you a chance. If she doesn’t, or won’t, or can’t… that’s on her, not you.
But women are people too, and sometimes people are irritated and tempted to assume the most likely (in their mind) possibility. If she understands “he’s being mean” more than she understands how phones work… if her understanding of how phones work is “he makes my phone work,” then if it stops working, you’ll be the first suspect, rather than the far more reasonable and logical possibility that it simply lost signal, which happens to almost every phone, sometimes.
Be very careful what you say to her, since it’s very likely she’s still hurting from previous words. She’s watching you very closely, due to the lessons learned through being hurt. If she starts saying hurtful things, do whatever you can to resist counter-strikes, even if you feel she deserves it. People with hurt feelings are notorious for being irrational and causing more problems based on past experiences.
I appreciate the insight. I don’t instigate any of the situations. Yes its my fault I said what I did, but I’m human and can only take so much of her antagonizing before I retaliate. She also becomes physically violent. I have never hit her nor defended myself from her insane attacks. I have cuts, bites and right now an eye that is swollen. I’m a big boy ill heal, but the damage she is doing to me and my kids is deeper than physical. I am trapped. I say this cuz the last time she did this I called the cops, I was bleeding and needed medical attention from an attack my daughter witnessed, I did nothing, she lied and got me arrested. Lucky me I’ve never been in that situation and it has been dismissed and soon expunged from my record, oh, she later wrote a letter to the judge saying I did nothing to her… still I was put through the ringer. So now, if we fight and i tell her i want a divorce, the first thing she does is say she’s gonna call the police, when I’m the one clearly being violated. Its sad I can’t rely on the system we pay taxes to support. So that’s where, trapped in limbo comes from. I’m trapped, but at this point I’d rather be dead. I’m just trying to get things in line for my kids before I make my exit. Starting investment funds insurances and what not… I can’t leave and I can’t be with her anymore, there is no other alternative. .
I’m not saying anything you already don’t know, but you have to put your kids before yourself. And this means considering what kind of impact your suicide will have on your kids. I don’t care if you are male or female, if you are being physically battered, you need to find a temporary place to stay, possibly seek a restraining order and file for divorce. If she knows she has a strong hold over you including calling the police on you when she is the one who should be arrested, then she is framing your entire relationship in terms of control and controlling you. If so, then she has no love in her heart and doesn’t deserve your love. You need to focus everything good in you on your children, find a way to live without your wife for the sake of your children who will need a good father and role model in their lives.
Yeah, that sucks. I agree with jswissman.
The law enforcement is totally biased in the case of events like you described. The only way is to remove her ability to control you in such ways. Maybe don’t even tell her you want a divorce. Find another place to stay and just file. I’m not sure if there is anything you can do about her lying to get you arrested. If you’re not there, she can’t do that. If she doesn’t know you want to divorce, she can’t react to it.
im so sorry you are dealing with this. I can relate somewhat… i think my husband is a sociopath… or at least.. something.. he has destroyed me… US.. and i keep fighting to fix things… he says he wants to but dose nothing to help… a lot has gone on.. he fucked up a lot… but my point is… some times when your the only person putting effort into something it feels like the weight of carrying it all alone is to much. you have kids to think about. me too… I hope you figure out how to cope. and if you do… let me know ok.