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My wife has checked out - I need help

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KyleM · 20/06/2016 12:01

As the title suggests my marriage has crumbled around me and I don't know what to do! I suppose I best start with a run through of my currently situation.

My wife and I have been together for 8 years and married for 2, I am 29 and she is 30. We have 2 beautiful daughters (5, 11) and have lived with each other for just short of 6 years. For the most part our relationship has been plain sailing, very infrequent arguments, very intimate, enjoy each others company and co-parent well.

Everything was fine, then on the 17th April my world fell down around me. My W returned home after an evening around a friends and told me that she was unhappy and needed space to sort through her feelings and figure out what was causing it. Reluctantly I agreed to move to my parents and give her space as I could see how upset and serious she was.....After 9 days of moving out I got a phone call from my wife telling me that it was over and gave me the dreaded "I love you but I'm not in love with you", to this day this is the only reason I have been given.

This news hit me hard and for the first 5 weeks I chased and pursued, sending her letters, phoning and texting all of which were met with a cold, distant response. I asked her to fight for our marriage to which she responded "I don't want to fight" and "I don't want a relationship I have to fight for".

My wife turned 30 in January (I don't know if this is significant) and 2016 has been tough. Financially things have been tough with debts mounting up and the constant feeling of money coming to one hand and out the other, childcare has been difficult with both me and my W working full time and there was always this constant feeling that we never had time for the kids. I only see it now but in March my W starting acting a bit erratic, she decided we were moving in with my mother in law to save for a mortgage (which fell through, she decided we were moving to Australia (which fell through), she feel out with close family over the silliest of things and she accused my family of bullying our 11 year old.

The only time I now see or speak to my wife is in relation to the children, when I do she always has a smile on her face and appears happy. I just don't really know what to do?

If anyone needs more information please don't hesitate to ask.

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KyleM · 30/06/2016 19:14

She would be the first to admit it herself. Of course she can get around our home town but even that can be dodgy at times.

Whenever we've gone away together she has no idea how to navigate an airport and as soon as we land at the destination she is very dependant on someone else.

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Herald · 30/06/2016 19:21

Kyle I am really sorry I know it is very difficult but you need to start thinking about yourself , start thinking about YOUR future .
She doesn't look like she wants to be in the marriage and I am sure if you force her to come back out of guilt or sorrow you will not be happy ....move on pal it's all you can do ....sorry !!!

TheSilveryPussycat · 30/06/2016 20:35

If there was someone else around, say a travelling companion, I tended to depend on them, or defer to what they thought, at one time. I used to go off on my own sometimes though, and do you know what? I coped and I got more self assured because of it.

So may she. You have to let her get on with it.

KyleM · 30/06/2016 21:10

Yeah I won't interfere at all and it will probably be good for her. I know we're not together but I'm still going to worry though, hard to turn that off.

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bluebell34567 · 01/07/2016 09:04

KyleM , sorry for your situation. Agree with others with their advices. Maybe I couldn't get from your thread but why is she going to Boston, what is there in Boston?

ScarletForYa · 01/07/2016 09:14

She's lost two stone, is up late, spending impulsively, using young persons slang, has become selfish and detached, her house is a mess...

Are you sure she hasn't got a drug problem?

KyleM · 01/07/2016 09:21

Nothing in Boston, she just wanted to get away for some 'time to herself' and really wanted to go to America. At the time of booking Boston were the cheapest flights so booked there.

No I don't believe she has a drug problem, she is very anti drugs.

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