Hello there.
I just wanted to talk to others who might have been in the same situation.
I'm married and we have 2 young kids, one of whom is in school. We both work full time and very long hours with no family nearby.
I know that I am lucky. We are okay for money, in decent jobs, we have a house and most importantly the DCs are healthy and seem happy (touch wood). And I feel blinking stupid writing this. But we both work such a lot we don't see each other that much or our friends and I find that very hard. DH travels a fair bit with work. Our marriage has been through a very rocky patch over the last few years due to kids not sleeping, family issues, work being all consuming etc but things are getting a bit better. I just feel horribly, terribly lonely. I've tried to tell DH about it but he just says that I should be more resilient and happy. I've had depression before and feel that I am often battling to fight it off. You wouldn't know it if you met me though. I put a brave face on it at work and everyone says I am calm and happy.
I just wondered if anyone has been through something similar, and what you did about it. I don't want to talk to my friends about it- I don't see them very often and I would feel ashamed confessing to how I feel.
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satsumagirl · 29/02/2016 19:43
Hi, no real words of wisdom really except to say that I understand how you are feeling and how work/other life demands and kids can really make things hard in a relationship. It's something me and dh are working through.
You should open up to your friends - there is no reason to be ashamed. You might otherwise have a comfortable life but that doesn't invalidate how you feel.
Me too. It's lonely looking after two small children all day.
for you.
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