Married2013 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Hello, I'm losing my patience with my husband. He messed up once and we went to counseling together. At the time he didn't want to go and nothing seemed to change. A year or so ago we went back but all the counselor cared about was our sex life and not any of the problems I would bring up. I decided I would work on myself since our martial issues imo stem from my husband's personal problems and I knew I had issues of my own as well. I encouraged him to talk to a therapist in hopes he will at least try. It has now been maybe 3 months and probably 4 sessions and I see no growth or change. First month He said his counselor gave him a recommendation on marriage books we should read. I was upset. My 1st month I got on meds for my depression and anxiety. For some clarification, my husband does not help with chores and I always have to parent our two kids. He has gained a rather alarming drinking habit since 2020 (drinking every day) and will sleep all day until 1pm after staying up playing games until 2am. We both work. But I find I'm doing all the family work as well as my job. I am also in school. Today he pushed for counseling again after he neglected to put our kids to bed which led to a fight. (Kids were in bed arguing and I had to separate them while he did nothing. Then he criticized the fact I separated them) He said I don't care about his feelings and expect him to be superman. I expect him to do the bare minimum. Earlier today he "went for a walk" Aka walked down to a local bar. Brought it up during our argument to claim I didn't care. It isn't that I didn't care, but that I expected him to do as such and had I frowned upon it he would've gotten mad. I feel like he expects me to help him solve his problems which I can't do. I'm not a professional and he also never shares his feelings. He expects me to just ask when I don't see hints of something wrong. I wanted him to go to counseling alone to fix his problems. Instead It seems like he just wants to and does blame me for all his problems. Is there a way to get someone to see they clearly have depression and need to address it rather than blame others? Link to post Share on other sites
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