I am just trying to figure out if my wife is a WAW.
We've been married for 11 years last december. I went to India to see my parents as my dad had a heart surgery. 5 Days into the vacation, my wife tells me she had filed for divorce.
One of our close friends talked to her. Apparently she had been planning on leaving about 3 months ago. I must have been really dumb because i did not see it coming.
Yup i was in a lot of stress from 2008 after our DD was born. Thats because of strains between my wife and my family. I guess all i wanted was lil harmony there and somehow was unable to deal with this discord. My wife is lot more emotionally stronger than i am. She actually left to her mom's home for 6 months in 2009. Then she came back and i started making extra effort to be cheerful and happy. Frankly i did not succeed fully. I wanted her help on this. But she felt like i was becoming her patient and i believe ultimately led her to leave...
Oddly though i was the earner and she was stay at home. I had a good job that i made sure was safe and never in jeopardy.I helped a lot around the house and took care of our DD during the evenings after i came home from work. i did this to compensate for my "lack of being there emotionally". I also started seeing a C in 2010 to figure out how to make myself happy. Unfortunately for me i was a single child and came from a family where my parents fought a lot. So i was not equipped with skills to resolve conflicts and my C told me that it would take a looong time for me to become okay. I let my know about all this thinking that if she knows the truth, she would understand me better...seems like that was a bad bad idea.
Yes i did not take time to hang around with friends or try some activity to keep my mind fresh. I am an introvert. So i just tried to keep to myself which i am sure made my stress higher.
Now that my wife has left and took all her stuff from our home, i guess the reality of divorce is hitting me hard. Combined with my already existing weakness to handle a stressful situation, this has made it worse. I am just trying to figure out if my wife left just because i was emotionally down. If my wife is a WAW.
Thanks!
BITS M 38 W 36 D 7 Married 15 yrs W left for 6 months in 2009 W Filed for D 01/03/11 piecing now...