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Q: What to Do??
asked by: SadDad on July 17th, 2005
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Well, I am writing this to hopefully have someone respond that has been through something like this, cuz right about now I dont think I can keep going.

My wife and I seperated 4 months ago after being together since we were 16 I am 31 now, we have had many ups and downs, and I was not always the best father, boyfriend, husband, and in the same token I am sure she would agree she made some poor choices. We were married at 21, we declared bankruptcy at age 26 and now at 31 are dealing with seperation with 4 amazing kids, I pay her child support every month, even though the amount I pay leaves me with literally nothing at the end of the month, yet she has "extra" money to do fun things. Through all of this I still love her and I dont know what to do, I have never been alone before, and I dont like it, my friends are good at trying to get me to go out and things, problem is most things cost money which I dont have, and I am not exactly a barrel of laughs lately. I live in the same neighborhood as my ex and the kids, I see them everyday and they more often than not spend the night, my one son just spent a week.

I just want the pain to go away, but it wont, everytime I think of anything that has happened in my life it includes her, but now I am not supposed to think like that. I dont know why exactly I am writing this here but right now I just want someone not close to me to offer a suggestion or something, I dont know, at night when the kids dont stay over I am constantly thinking about ending it all, but I know it would hurt them, and then I would disappoint them again, really a no win.

Well it is almost 2 am here, and I should think about going to bed soon, to whom ever reads this, thank you for taking the time, to read about my problems.

Sincerely


saddad
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replied on July 18th, 2005
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Capitulate
Sometimes we have to capitulate totally to circumstances ---
or people ---
what if you sought counsel, therapy, made written promises and guarantees to your ex and sought to re-establish friendship and a relationship with her?
One "aww caca erases all the atta boys" as they say, it's very hard to earn back trust, like a million good deeds to one mistake, but you can earn it back, never make excuses for past bad behavior just acknowledge it and apologize and make apparent concrete changes, almost nobody can ignore that effort
perhaps make her see that no other man will ever father your and her kids as you could, especially given how man, especially as they approach troubled teenage years, perhaps emphasize family (i.E. All 6 of you) functions (set them up) to show that there's no replacing an intact family insofar as the happiness of the children...Emphasize how happy your kids are when you two are together, and treat her like she's a golden girl and perhaps, not guaranteed, but perhaps she will want to get back together...Maybe even just date you exclusively again...Who knows? Sometimes you can just leave her an apparent escape hatch (like only living next door or close by not in the house) but occupying so much of her time and the kids that you are for all intents and purposes married...That's what i'd do if I were in your shoes...

Once you have kids, nobody can ever really replace the spouse
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