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DW in denial

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LimpRope · 18/07/2020 00:45

There is no doubt that my wife is going through the menopause. She is 47, has not had a period in two years and her behaviour has changed dramatically. I won't mention too many specifics as I am sure that you have heard the script.

I don't know what to do. Any attempt to discuss it with her is met by denial: there's no way she's experiencing the menopause, it's always something else. Usually me, but anything can throw her into a rage.
She refuses to see a doctor as it's not her: it is everyone and everything else.

For information we have been together 26 years. About 24 of them were happy. We no longer have sex; she wants to but I cannot make love to someone who has been shouting at me for hours/days/weeks/months. We have one child, a teenage daughter, who argues constantly with my wife. From what I see DW starts every argument over nothing.
I no longer argue as I've given up. I just sit there and get ranted at. Honestly I've tried!

Can anyone please advise?

Thank you.

As her husband I don't know what to do. I can't stand being ranted at for 16 hours a day for much longer.
Any advice would be welcome.

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wowfudge · 18/07/2020 00:48

Tell her how you feel. Go for a walk with her so you can talk privately out of the house. Her reaction will give you your answer.

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