Hello,
My husband and I are going through a rough patch and I’m hoping to get some advice.
I was recently diagnosed with endometriosis. It is a chronic inflammatory disease and it can cause me to be in quite a bit of pain. When I got my diagnosis I was really struggling mentally. I was scared and upset that this was something I would have to deal with for the rest of my life. In this time when I really needed emotional support he wasn’t there for me. I brought this up many times over the past 5 months and he always says he will do better but there’s been little improvement. Another moment came up today so I had to bring it up again.
I asked him to be honest with me about what he thinks and feels about the problems we are having and he said he’s doing too much. He said for him to emotionally support me he needs me to do all the laundry, cook all meals, do cleaning, grocery shopping, let him shower and go on a run everyday when he gets off of work (meaning I get no help with the baby), and take care of our two dogs all while I take care of our one year old. He said then he would feel taken care of.
To me this feels like he’s asking a lot of me even if I didn’t have a chronic disease.
What do you guys think?
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