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Bunny10
26th March 2007, 11:41 AM
:confused: I am married still, my husband and I are the only ones in our house (no children currently in our home) we work together out of our home. He spends the days in our home office and I am normally in the bedroom using my laptop in bed, so my yorkie, Bunny can be with me. Sometimes I feel like my husband is a stranger and I am living with the shell of the man I married. We communicate quite often through emails even though we are in the same house.

I know I am suffering from depression, I have no friends because I repeatedly avoided their phone calls, so I do not ever feel like taking their calls now, (the few times it actually rings), because I do not want to hear how they cannot believe I have not called etc. so I avoid them. I moved too far for anyone to pop in. I have avoided repeated phone calls from almost everyone, except my sweet father, and my 15 year old son, who is currently living in a different state with his dad. When the phone rings, I cringe and I cannot bear to answer it. Even when my son calls, as much as I love him, I have to force myself to take the call. I do not know why I am like this, I have only been like this the last couple of years, I used to want to talk on the phone when I was down. I dread holidays because I know I will have to be around people and really, I just want to stay in my bed and not deal with anyone. I do not want to take antidepressants, because I did before and you nosedive when you stop and I certainly do not want to experience that ever again. I feel alone, however I want to be alone, I do not want to be around anyone.

My husband continues to lie about one thing or another and always seems so sneaky. Every time he goes anywhere, it takes him forever. He had a meeting yesterday and when he returned, he locked the vehicle, which he normally does if he has something to hide. He was blowing leaves in the backyard and I asked him for the keys, I told him I wanted to get some things out of the car, he followed me and under the newspaper I saw a DVD holder and the DVD was turned backwards, so I picked it up and he wrestles it out of my arms denying what it was the whole time. I told him I saw the front, even though I did not. He runs into the house and hides it. I asked him why he was taking a DVD to a meeting (he does not have a laptop or portable DVD player so I did not understand where or how he could watch it). As usual, he chose to lie. He said he was cleaning and was sorting through things and decided to use his briefcase as a place to put things he needs to put away, and left to his meeting in a rush and it was still in there. We have a place for DVD’s; I did not want him to be such a sneak so I made a place. I asked him why he would act like that and why he just did not put it where we put the DVD's. Again, he said he meant to. I do not think his reaction would have been so severe if there were not more to the story. He said he could not take my constant paranoia any longer. He gets so mad at me when I suspect something and if I am right, he gets furious. I always thought that when men cheated, they felt bad and would be sweet to their wives and buy their wives diamonds because they felt so bad. I do not get diamonds and I do not even get anyone feeling remorse, I just get a mean Mother F.... , you would think that I was the sneak that had no control and my word did not mean anything. He tells me he loves me and wishes I would stop, but it is hard to heal when you continue being lied to.

Now that I know the truth (from phone records) about certain times he has cheated, which at the time I suspected because I could not reach him when he was out of town. You should see the horribly rude cold emails about my delusional thoughts and I need to stop ruining our lives and start believing in him or I can get the f.... out, things like this are written shortly after he crawls out of bed with a call girl. I really wish a call girl would come on here so I could ask her some questions. How could a man see is wife hurting and crying, and know he is guilty as sin and still be able to scream at her and treat her like dirt when he is the one that did so wrong? Then instead of offering any comfort, (not even a Kleenex to wipe my tears away) takes advantage of the time she is sad in bed to do more. He finally comes around and will send a nice note saying that he loves her, or ask if he can lie next to her, but that only happens after about the fourth day. I do not understand. I know that my husband does not love me the way I wish he did and when I tell him this, he says he does love me and wishes I knew how much. I also know that he is not the person I thought he was, but I am scared to leave. I do not know how I will support myself, when I can hardly get out of bed. My husband, who is a lawyer gives me assignments and I can do those right here in bed and do not have to deal with the outside public except on rare occasions, and although I do not get paid, I also do not have to pay bills. I do not know what to do or how to get the energy to do it. My husband does hold me at night about 50 % of the time and when he does, it feels so good and comforting, I cannot imagine wanting to be affectionate with anyone else. I really feel emotionally like I am in quicksand, and physically unable to pull myself up..

David H
26th March 2007, 01:47 PM
Hi Bunny

Welcome

Would you please tell us your age and your husband's age

Thanks

David

jo71
26th March 2007, 02:42 PM
Bunny, what a difficult thing to go through. I can't say I know how you feel, because I've never dealt with depression, but I'm going to to venture to guess that your h does love you, but just doesn't know what to do for you. It sounds like he avoids you (sending emails to each other in the same house?!) because he doesn't know how to deal with your condition. I would suggest that you get counciling. You have to be able to see that your marriage is in trouble, and if you want any chance of EVER healing it, you MUST MUST MUST heal yourself first. If you do not, please don't think that your h is going to stay forever. I'm certainly not taking his side, he has NO business going to a call girl or lying to you. But unfortunately, the other option would be to leave you, and I know you don't want that.
Please keep us posted.
Jo

David H
26th March 2007, 02:50 PM
I can't say I know how you feel, because I've never dealt with depression

I have. It is the most awful state/condition you can imagine.

Very debilitating..

Sometimes you cannot even answer the phone or have a conversation, or even get out of bed. You can neglect yourself and can often have bouts of crying.

You can't just "pull yourself together" no matter how you try.

You can only truely sympathise (sp?) with somebody with depression if you've experienced it yourself.

And no matter how it is for the sufferer it is very unpleasent for anybody around the sufferer as well. Causes big relationship problems.

David

Annie2
26th March 2007, 03:30 PM
Hello Bunny,

I am so sorry you are feeling the way you are right now. I remember how low and depressed I felt for a while and also cut myself off from the world. Actually it felt like the world had cut itself off from me.

I wondered how long you have been feeling this way. I think you have clear cut reasons for feeling so low. If you have been unable to resolve and work through the hurt and pain then it's bound to keep weighing you down. I know it's obvious and right now may seem too much but have you thought about talking to your doctor or a counsellor? It may seem like too much but I promise you will feel some what better just talking it through.

I know what you mean about thinking men should be nicer when they are guilty. My husband was completely horrilbe to me when he was having his affair. He paraded around the house looking down his nose at me and scorning everything I said, wore and did. Even after, he blamed me and didn't think twice about telling me that he never thought of me once when he was with her. Like you I only communicated with him via email when I felt so low. It was the only way I could get out what I wanted to say without the effort of having to repeat it or re-explain it.

Bunny, you really are not alone. There are loads of 'Bunny's' out there just as lost as you are right now. Keep posting and let us know how you are. I sensed a huge feeling of anger and frustration in your post and maybe just venting it out here may help a little.

Take care of yourself (starting now!)
Annie xxx

Bunny10
26th March 2007, 04:00 PM
Hi Bunny

Welcome

Would you please tell us your age and your husband's age

Thanks

David
I am 39 and my husband is 48

Bunny10
26th March 2007, 04:10 PM
I appreciate all of your thoughts I could not stop crying when I read them. Thank you

David H
26th March 2007, 04:26 PM
I am 39 and my husband is 48

Hi Bunny

I think you could both be having your own mid life transitions (MLT) or even a mid life crisis (MLC). This is a kind of depression.

("MLT becomes a MLC when it takes on the "self-medication" of affairs, rampant spending, and other such unwise and hurtful behaviour.")

Start here:

http://midlifecrisisforum.com/6/ubb.x?s=3106003104
http://www.pathpartners.com
http://fortysixty.invisionzone.com/index.php?act=idx

You may eventually have to do "a 180" for your own sanity (to allow yourself to heal):

http://survivinginfidelity.com/healing_library/divorce/no_contact.asp

You may also need to detach from him emotionally:

This is a good place to start understanding detachment:
http://www.coping.org/control/detach.htm

David

Helen_uk
26th March 2007, 05:40 PM
Hi Bunny

I have had severe clinical depression for over 10 years and also suffer agoraphobia and I know EXACTLY how you feel. Some days I can't even bring myself to speak to my partner because it feels as though there is a metal band inside my head stopping me from thinking straight, let alone talking.

My partner also doesn't handle my depression well and often gets irritated with me when I can't go out , I think as david says if you've never suffered from it, you can't possibly understand.

Like your H my partner has not always been honest with me, and when he is caught out he reacts in exactly the same way, gets angry because I " checked up " and blames me saying I am paranoid not to trust him. We end up arguing to the point of him twisting things around so that I end up feeling guilty and apologising , if he's confronted with what he's done he is incapable of showing any emotion other than anger, and yet like your H he begs me not to leave and tells me how much he loves me.

I think the first and most important thing you need to do is visit your doctor, in the first instance he/she will probably offer anti depressants and that may help short term, but , to get to the root of the depression I would suggest you ask to be referred to a psychologist or therapist and ask about psychotherapy until you manage to get yourself better you will not be able to solve your problems with your H, it's impossible to stay focused and deal with things when depression has you in it's grip.

My partner has told me that at times he feels helpless because he doesn't know what to do for me, and so he does the cowardly ( or maybe it isn't ? ) thing and avoids me. I know it's hard for him, I lived with my dad when he was severely depressed after my mum lefft when I was a child so I have seen it from the other side too.It took many years for my dad ( who at one point couldn't get out of bed or stop crying for weeks ) to recover and he still occasionaly relapses in times of emotional stress.

Your H may be using call girls to handle his stress , but that doesn't mean he's right to do so and you have every right to be angry at that. You may feel unable to confront him though until you feel you are strong enough to do it and so please please work on healing yourself.

Good luck and take care.

Helen x

Coffeebean
28th March 2007, 12:25 AM
hey bunny i'm so sorry to hear what you are going through i suffered depression for 2 weeks and although i did manage to go out only to walk the dog that was all i would do i couldn't even bring myself to go see my mother who was going crazy with worry and i would always do anything for my mom i did get through it but you have to be real nice to yourself treat yourself to your favourate meals and nice things to watch (speaking from experience i found watching murders worked better than romance :)) as helen said it is not unusual for husbands to get angry when they are found out almost as if it is your fault that you found him out mine has still never quite forgiven me for checking his phone, although he only received messages from her i still think it was enough. i totally understand enjoying the cuddles at night if it makes you feel a little better just enjoy them. I would focus, if you can, on helping yourself before focusing on what your h is doing i found coming here a great help and about the only think i liked to do during my time of depression. Its so much easier and better than taking to friends and family when your just so mentally exhausted. Keep strong and be kind to yourself

Bunny10
28th March 2007, 02:54 AM
Thank you so much for all of your support, it is so knowing that someone who has never met me, would give such comforting advice. I have not opened up to anyone about my situation, and am fortunate I stumbled across this forum. I am having a better day today, my husband and I just walked my two yorkie’s and I think I will clean the house while I am feeling up to it.