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Q: Am I wrong for wanting to know
asked by: raggs52 on October 25th, 2009
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This is new to me but I need to ask someone. I have been married for 20 some years and I love my wife totally. She is everything to me and the perfect woman as far as I'm concern. She is my best friend and we use to talk about everything and do stuff together all the time. We both have made mistakes in the past, that is part of life. But for the past 2 years she has shut me out of her life, she won't talk to me about things and basically has run me down on everything. She has a special ability to get people to open up to her and she has the ability to comfort them when they are upset. I have seen her help kids to adults get through ruff times. She spends all time on her lap top talking to people from all over. I quit asking her cause she won't tell me nothing. But the other night the phone rang at 11:30 at night and it was a older man. When I asked she said it was a friend. Yes we got into a fight. She then told me it was a husband of a woman that she talked to that died. This man lost his wife and somewhere along the time span he lost a son also and she has been helping him get over the rough times. She said he does not live in this country. I don't want to know what they talk about but is it wrong of me to want to know what she is doing. I mean she has not told me that she loves me for over 2 years but still cares. When she is not working she is home so no she is not going out or seeing anybody. But it still is upsetting to me that she can't confide in me anymore and does not thing I would understand. I don't know if she just don't care anymore or if it may be the change of life cause she is going through that. I know for myself I have realized a lot of things that I have done wrong over the years, but I never stopped loving her and trying to show her. Am I wrong for wanting to know what she is doing or who she is talking to. I have never hide anything from her since we have been together.
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CarolineEF
replied on October 25th, 2009
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Yours is the problem of literally millions of men and women in the new world of the Internet....Many of them can get so involved in this new life that they have found that they forget the place where they belong...They think that they have become a Psychologist...They have found this new gift of "words"...They are going to save the world and the habit becomes bigger than big...Your problem with your wife plagues many women...Lonely women who become romantic lovers via email...Discover some new person within themselves...They escape to this new friendly world that they have found...Here they can make friends as close as a high school clique of years ago, who will understand them...They forget that each and every woman is beautiful behind a keyboard and a man takes on a new and different meaning...They can't leave this world of "make believe"....The world would miss them and they love this new addiction that they will not accept as an addiction....They have now discovered how to save the world...

Sad as it may be, this happens to both men and women...Unfortunately, I have seen more than my share of men who have this problem as well.....I have often wondered how many of them are married or just lonely and trying to find any kind of companionship....It really is sad...

Try to get her away from the computer....This can take over her life....I wish you well....This will not be easy...

Caroline
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W0LF
replied on October 25th, 2009
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No, not wrong. Your wife may feel that she owes these people she helps their secrecy for confiding in her. It's however not alright that you're feeling shut out of a major part of her life. Talk with her about this. Tell her who this is making you feel. Listen to her reasoning and ask that she respect your feelings, see if some compromise can be worked out so that you can share this part of her life that seems to important to her.
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CarolineEF
replied on October 25th, 2009
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I do want to add this to my post...The Internet is intriging...When I first discovered this new part of my life I was captivated...I spent far too many hours on it...I loved it...I found a new part of me that I never knew...Actually a better part of me...My mind grew and things about life I never knew I now learned...I have helped many people in life and maybe she has too...However, she must keep this part of her under control...She must give you her time and her love and use this as her hobby time...We have had the same problem you talk about, so I changed...I had to...My husband would not stand for it...He said getting involved in the Internet and it's problems, you took them on...You tried to save the world...And I did and I was, so I have backed off....It can be a dangerous place...She can be hurt and so can you....Tell her of your love and need for her...Hold her and speak your heart...I wish you all the best in the world...Thank you for this refresher course in life....

Sincerely,
Caroline
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raggs52
replied on October 25th, 2009
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Thank you Caroline,
I have told her how I feel and she says nothing. I told her that her friends on line seem more important then me. She says nothing. I have tried about everything from not talking to doing all kind of things I know she likes. She has more or less stopped everything that she knows I like and is not bothered by anything. She took her ring off months ago and more or less told me I'm not her husband anymore. But she still depends on me to do things and pay the mortgage. She only works part time. Like I said I know I made mistakes in the past, but I'm not going to live the rest of my life making up for things I could not control. And no I have never been unfaithful to her. I have very strong values when it comes to marriage.
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ServiceU
replied on October 25th, 2009
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i think that is disrespectful for a man to call the house that late at night. even if it was a man in grief, he should know that she is a married women.
secondly, you spoke twice about how you know you made mistakes, then you mentioned she took her ring off.

is it true that you done something to hurt her so bad that it is hard for her to get over it.
you also said your not going to live the rest of your life making up things you cant control. i just want to say i see a lot of guys screw up and they don't want to try to repair "their damage" b/c it may take a while for a women's heart to heal.
send her flowers, do things that is romance, win her heart back. but the big problem is communication, she has to talk to you and tell you how she feels.
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CarolineEF
replied on October 25th, 2009
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Hi again raggs52....By doing what she is doing on the Internet, she is emotionally spent...She is giving all of herself to this new venture in life...There is no place for you....Not that she wants it this way, but her mind is so full of this new life that she has...She is in a dangerous mine field...I take it she is around 45..This is an age for a woman where she can be truly growing into her sexual self...If this is true with your wife, then she is vulnerable to words and being romanced with an emotional affair...Try getting away with her for the weekend...Go back to your yesterdays...Away from the computer...Away from this new fascination in her life that has overtaken her...You must try to find out what both of you have forgotten to remember...When you lose this hot and so special part of the two of you, the gates are wide open for outside entry....I, too, have strong values in marriage...We have been married 51 years next month...It is a wild and wonderful long lasting love affair....I wish you well....

Caroline
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raggs52
replied on October 25th, 2009
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ServiceU,
My family over the years have not totally included her, but have stayed in contact with my Ex. I made some bad business choices that did not work out not for the lack of me trying. But she holds me responsible for what others have done. I don't bother with most of my family except my 2 girls that were 1 and 3 when we met. I have tried flowers, everything I can think of and I get told why did you waste the money. I know communication is the key but it takes two for it to work.
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ServiceU
replied on October 25th, 2009
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i m sorry to hear that all your attempts to repair your marriage failed.
i went through the same thing with my ex's family member included his ex girlfriend and her two kids and not me. her two kids was raised by my ex boyfriend family but he isnt the bio-dad.
this hurt me a lot but i never blamed him for his family.
you and your wife have been together for so long i just hope that there is some way that yall can be one with each other again.
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