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Wrote this in my notes. I just need to vent…Where do I go from here. In therapy already. When do I say enough is enough? Married for 6 years together for 11…. I’m trying 😢

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Is it normal for my husband to go to the bar after work for a couple of hours while I am home with our 4 year old every day? I have told him how I feel about it, but he says that's his therapy.

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At this point I just feel desperate for my marriage to go back to not feeling like a war zone. Not even “normal”, just calm for longer than 12 hours. He doesn’t feel appreciated nor empathized with, I don’t feel heard or supported. He uses sex to feel confident in our relationship and I need to feel confident in our relationship to have sex.

It feels like we’re operating on different planets. I miss my marriage and husband. We see a couples counselor as well as our own therapists.

I’m still struggling to let go of resentment from the past. I’m also struggling with how he needs to learn everything “the hard way” despite debatably over communicating with him on my needs.

I definitely spent a lot of time relying on him too much but his avoidance in communication is breaking me. It’s a lot, too much. I’m tired and sad all the time.

I don’t even know if I need advice just not to feel so alone all the time.

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Do you carry the mental
Load in your family?

I need advice from other wives/moms because I’m struggling to explain something to my husband without it turning into defensiveness.

My husband helps when I ask, but I feel like I carry most of the mental load of our family and I don’t think he fully understands what that means. It’s not about careers or who works harder physically, it’s the constant planning, remembering, organizing, anticipating, and managing.

Like if I ask him to make the baby a bottle, it becomes “where are the bottles?” or “how much does she drink?” If I ask him to pack the diaper bag, he asks where everything is. If he’s cooking, he asks what’s in the freezer even though he grocery shopped too. He’s doing the task, but I still have to manage the task mentally.

I schedule appointments, keep track of the kids’ needs, planned my son’s entire birthday party, and now I’m returning to work tomorrow after maternity leave feeling anxious because I already feel maxed out mentally before adding work responsibilities back in.

The hard part is that when I try to explain this, he hears it as me saying he does nothing, which isn’t true. He does help. I just wish I didn’t have to be the project manager for our entire household all the time.

Has anyone found a good way to explain the difference between helping and sharing the mental load without it becoming an argument?

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