It's very difficult to say how one feels about cheating or leaving a sick spouse. I can honestly say as a woman who is married to an ill husband I often think about doing both. I would never have believed that I would conemplate this, but as things become worse and worse it sure becomes an option that I've entertained. It's not the physical manifestations of illness or the deterioration related to the disease, it's the constant emotional rollercoaster that I deal with on a daily basis. It's the lack of attention, emotional connect, sex and all that a relationship should have. As my husband is more and more verbally abusive I entertain and dream of the day that I can be left alone. Am I such an awful person for wanting out? I just wish that he'd leave me so that I wouldn't have to be the "bad guy" and leave a sick spouse. And before you ask, yes I am seeing a counselor and have been.
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It's very difficult to say how one feels about cheating or leaving a sick spouse. I can honestly say as a woman who is married to an ill husband I often think about doing both. I would never have believed that I would conemplate this, but as things become worse and worse it sure becomes an option that I've entertained. It's not the physical manifestations of illness or the deterioration related to the disease, it's the constant emotional rollercoaster that I deal with on a daily basis. It's the lack of attention, emotional connect, sex and all that a relationship should have. As my husband is more and more verbally abusive I entertain and dream of the day that I can be left alone. Am I such an awful person for wanting out? I just wish that he'd leave me so that I wouldn't have to be the "bad guy" and leave a sick spouse. And before you ask, yes I am seeing a counselor and have been.
August 7, 2009 - 1:39pmThis Comment
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