I have been married to my husband only a little over a year, but have been with him since I was 17 years old. We have basically grown up together- but kinda forgot to be young and stupid together at the same time- we just always felt we had to be super responsible- Well now I feel like Wow I really missed out on being free and young- I mean I am only 24 and really have never went to bars- never let my hair down, now I want to explore that part of me that is wild and carefree- but still being a Wife and Mom- Is that at all possible? Is there room for that. I mean I live in a very rural community- and there is not much to do- but I know that I can be expeiencing more than I am now- I'm scared of resenting my husband one day. He absolutely is not very happy with this new sence of freedom I want- but I am just feeling so caged in at my house. After I had our son Carson in October 2006- I stayed home with him for a year and developed a case of post-partum depression- to a point of where I didn't leave my house for days at a time and developed some anxiety every time I was in public. I eventually got through that and decided to get a job- I love my job now and have a new group of friends- I guess now my husband see's me changing, but I'm the only one changing- not the two of us. It's a constant struggle now- I need to be more than a wife and a mommy- even though I love them both- it's not all that completes me. So now I'm struggling with Who am I? I wish my husband could understand, but now I'm afraid it's either what he wants equalling me being unfullfilled.... or Me getting what I need and having so much annimosity and tension in my marriage- Its so unfair that I'm suppose to have all the answers at the age of 24! I guess I just needed to vent all my frustrations out.. and hopefully can get a firmer grip of my life now.
I'm 26 and I was wild in high school but I met my hubby at 18 and I settled down a little and then I got pregnant at 21 I now have 3 great kids and wish I had lived life a little more also. My man works off shore in the Persian gulf on an oil rig so not only am I faced with this desire to cut loose now and then but I also get lonely. I damn sure don't have the answers but I know if my man work around home more I would be able to set an "us" weekend like once a month or once every 6 weeks so that we could leave the kids at my moms or some where and go out together and see new places and things and date again instead of the same old grind every day. I do know that if you don't find a way to include him in your new feelings it will drive a wedge between the two of you. I wish you all the luck in the world and when I crash tonight I'll say aquick prayer for you and your family. May we both find a way to hold things together! :-)
Thanx soooo Much ladies I totally love all your advise and well wishes!! I will take each and every bit of it and use it with all my heart! Thank You Again :)
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My advice is to always talk about things, when I fight with my husband I don't beat around the bush If we are fighting about sex, I fight about sex, same with money, and etc. If you have the confidence that you can trust your spouse to ultimately understand there is no reason to hide behind a fake argument. Always talk communication is the best thing you can have
Weezy2698 Aug. 29, 2008 at 11:25 PM