Wife in Major MLC...Looking to Vent

[SirPrizeMe]

Hey Bomb,

So I got a short round of the "I don't knows". In case you haven't heard these they go something like this:
"I don't know what's going to happen to us. I just don't know. Maybe it was the kids that held us together. I don't know if I have the emotional energy to love you again. I just don't know."

I gently smiled and told her "I hear what you're sayinig and I know you feel uncertain about the future."

The rest of the evening was uneventful.

Would it be possible for you to take this even further? "I know you feel uncertain about the future" is a good start but it feels very businessy to me. Good but not enough. What about "Wow, that's a lot of worry. It sounds like it's really weighing you down. I can only imagine how hard this is for you." BE CAREFUL to leave yourself out of it. Don't say "it's hard for me, too."

practice practice practice.

And uh, bawling your eyes out for 15 minutes? Maybe for you military guys that's a big deal. For me that is par for the course. It's totally understandable that you're upset. Totally normal and expected. you're going through a very hard time.