Best Sex Positions to Improve Your Sex Life. If you live together, your partner may want to sleep in their own bed with you. Some people have zero bedside manner. I am the best thing he has ever had. My A-Hole ex Husband was a jerk to me when I broke my foot the year before we divorced. I want to say Thank you for sharing your story. Please ask around or ask someone in your family to get online and see what public options are available for you- to either improve your eye sight or get back to your home country. Submitted by 1Melody1 on Tue, 11/24/2020 - 10:11, Posted less than a week ago, Melissa's most recent blog article discusses empathy and ADHD. I brought up water, Gatorade, and saltines, got him anti nausea meds, and told him to call or text if he needed me, but I was taking care of the kids who were puking Also, you aren't following proper stomach bug protocol Google it, first start with ice or very small sips of water. Not a very nice thing to do to someone you say you "love". This detachment causes children to grow up detached from making intimate friendships and relationships as an adult, to closely love others. A few weeks ago, he reiterated (I think he's said this once before) why nothing worked: while he professed to wanting a relationship with me, he actually is unable to form personal connections. So I had been barfing all day long.almost going to the hostpital and was sicker than I had ever been before or after except with Appendicitis as an adult. When he's not sleeping, he's making random 'sick' noises like sighing, I was trying to do something simple. I didn't get medical help until nearly 12 hours later. It was your plan all along to leave me on my own, wasn't it?!". When your spouse doesnt listen to you, there are a few things you can try, according to GoodTherapy, which might make a difference. It's the thought that matters <3. Haven't had so much as a hug and a kiss in sympathy. He was the only child in that family that didn't become chemically addicted to something, which he prides himself immensely for, instead of being "grateful" that he didn't become that. You go through all of this, the burden of having a partner with a chronic illness who is always sick, the worry when I dont text back for a while and you know Im home alone, the household chores I cant do, not because you dont care about my illness, but because you care about me. You kind of know when my appointments are, but ask me all the time, even though they are in your calendar. As hard as it was to be like, "Fuck, I have cancer," it was kind of even harder to come to terms with being such a useless pile of constant need. If you ever became terminal, he would run for the hills. Submitted by thparkle on Tue, 03/20/2018 - 11:19. But still, if I do get sick and need something, he's there, doing whatever. I started treatment and with the antibiotics and things you get sicker before you start healing. Once in a while he says hello but its almost like it never happened. Boy did we cry. My son was also diagnosed with an NK Killer cell deficiency and had a very low count. Although Melissa's suggestions have some merit for a couple where there is active treatment adherence, I don't have much hope of change in my relationship with someone who never gives a thought to anyone else but himself. I am ok. I know this may sound "corny", lol, but I don't think I'm too off base with this. Qualities many w ADDdo not possess. However, I work andtake care of the house and the kids. If the ADHD'er is unwilling to get help then really it's not fair for the other person to be the only one to want to actively work at it. Like, my sympathy well was pretty shallow when I had 2 sick kids and a sick husband. I often hear that if a person wants to be with you, they will. And although I don't think I have verbalized it completely just yet, I KNOW that THIS is the total crux of MY difficulty with H. We LOVE differently. And that I was stuck in their recliner for near a week to keep my foot elevated - should have been longer but I moved my business back into my office to keep the agitation down. Submitted by MelissaOrlov on Thu, 04/13/2017 - 17:29. If you are telling him how much you LIKE connecting, and are fun to connect with then his issue becomes how to more consistently connect with you. Recallingthe time I told him I was really sick in the morning before swim workout and he told me I had to go anyway? And my mother ( the other one with ADHD who I got it from? I just need a bit of support lol anyway, my wife won't be back until 4 PM. Nothing sexual ever happened but after 2 years of him love bombing me, calling me hot, beautiful, his soul mate, his twin, etc, he would discard me when I got too needy and hoover me back in when he needed an emotional pick me up. I agree with Truth..his kids come first. Well, to be frank, that will vary from person to person as we all display love in different ways. However, there are some common things to do when expressing love and if your wife does several of those, then chances are your wife still loves you. Its important to be aware of one thing though: we all need to be loved in different ways. (Dirt, dust, cob webs, grease, filth, trash, broken stuff, computer junk, all over) Then there is the paperwork all over the place and our finances to get through. | Fear,is the one that gets the most use, and what he bases most of his interactions with. he gets very angry. ever heard of obsessive compulsive personality disorder? The former provides you both with a structure that can work (does for many couples.) Now not now and love. But, he can't get past the victim hood yet.). We havent heard from you in a while, and Im hoping you are ok. Of course, the more the therapist learned, the more it just reinforced what he already knew. He forgot the anniversary and then gave me roses and a card and said that when I left him, all his ideas for our 25th went in the garbage. Wise1. WebMy (soon to be) ex wife had little sympathy whenever I was sick, and honestly it really sucked. Its your life not theres. A well spouses support and encouragement can help a partner stay on track, but this new role can also trigger frustration on both sides. The next morning I woke up with chills and a fever of over 100. Someone who at times would look at me and just smile, (as if we shared a special secret), with eyes that showed gentleness, patience and strength, but with a reverent humility. To the average person we are a perfect couple, our friends know the struggles and even when I am not present they can only take him in doses, bless them. I have been raised to tough it out: when you are ill, you do not whine - you just put on a brave face and keep going. When I confront him about what I'm thinking about how he acts, he becomes defensive and gets angry. Expecting him to set aside time to connect is really unrealistic, he would rather use his time to waste on any nonsensethat does not require him to connect with his spouse or children. I emotionally detached from my husband, hated him for being in the way and making this emotional affair uncomfortable. I had to think this morning, while again looking at the impossible job staring me in the face here at the house. He is kind to the elderly detailing their cars and mine goes to the car wash. And your wife mightve been Yeah, he's not that thoughtful. I agree his kids should come first. But that was a lot of days for him to be unable to make any time for you. My hu I had pre-marital sex before my first marriage and was pregnant when I got married. He is generous to others but asks me when I can pay him back. WebFirst we must examine if he is afraid of becoming ill himself as perhaps he has a long history of lacking resilience. I am still me; I am unchanged to you. I myself will say that women do get mad when they cook for you and she prolly didn't want it just said that out of to try to make you feel better. He despises sickness- like it is a form of weakness or something. So cultural. That's absurd. I am very organized so I planned for thenext 20 days. I never get any sympathy from him, but my children hug me, draw me upside down rainbows because I am in pain and can't smile, and try to help me. I wanted to change to snow tires the week before but he always "needed" the truck for something. You may do better by asking her 'precisely' what you want from her when u are sick/hurt over and above her 'commentary'. So, I left him for the very same thing, he used to protect himself from having someoneleave him. People with ADHD don't have to miss movies because they lose track of timethey just have to learn toset alarms. Stop selling your soul for sex, money or a sense of security. If the tables were turned, I know he'd be acting like he was at death's door if he simply had the sniffles. I hope he gets the help he needs! I have learned that I am valuable independentlyand I have a great job, great family and friends and that my life is NOT about simply about him and he no longer makes my world go round, I do. Now I see, and now I can and will be your Captain Marvel. Submitted by dedelight4 on Sat, 04/15/2017 - 16:40. Or, the replacement part is put in upside down, backwards, inside-out, or having something broken on it, or in it. Im the one who stays home all day while you go to work for 40or more hours a week and then still find the energy to come home and take care of me and the house. It seems likely he would like the opportunity to feel affection from you, as wellso perhaps would be motivated. I grew up in a house where you were basically quarantined when sick. We are at retirement age, but will never GET to retire. You know all the important things. Empathy, love, and Gatorade are amazing to have, but the rest is all you. to stand on my own and realize that until he gets help, this will not change and so it was time to live and grow and be "the mistress of my domain and my life". I was being somewhat sarcastic in my response. Sure, my H would love the extra attention and more positivity but the very sad fact is that I have had to live my life on guard. We already talked last night and we good now. Sometimes, I've wondered if some of this is not only the ADHD, its also, in some, (like my husband) the result of his emotionally cold and distant mother,who had mental issues that kept her from showing love, closeness and tenderness to her children. An the cycle continues. When he arrived, he did not hug me, ask how I was, or show ANY CARE. Hi. I guess it could be that old saying of, 'Whatever you fear you create". Lets look at the options: 1. ", Submitted by MelissaOrlov on Fri, 04/14/2017 - 14:29, Disconnection issues for those with ADHD come from a multitude of places. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. OMG. My H, and many others, expect love, support, attention and all the good stuff without being self aware enough to understand that they are not giving it in return and become very angry when it's not provided. And again, why ask me to come back to him if he still can't DO that? Kathy woke-up startled to hear her phone ring so at 5 am. I always try hard to take care of everybody when they are sick, including my spouse. 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