Thanks - it is good advice. Just don't seem to be able to get through to my W. If I tell her she is showing a lack of respect she just tells me how much she has done to support and encourage me and claims that I just drag her down and don't emotionally support her. It seems impossible for us to have a constructive conversation on where we go from here as it always descends into point scoring and blame shifting.

I know I am not perfect - we all have faults. There have been timew when I have been distracted by the pressure of work. But I feel like I have always tried to be loving and supportive even if I may have fallen short at times.

But it seems to me that my wife has not been happy since we started a family 6 years ago. She has just been filled with so much negativity and seems to think that I could somehow wave a magic wand and make everything better.


Me 42; W 39
Children: 2 (4G, 6B)
M:10, T:14