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Six years ago my husband had a heart transplant after having a massive heart attack and years of congestive heart failure. He is twelve years my senior. I am fifty-nine. He has never tried to watch his diet or take his health seriously after the transplant. He takes his meds like he should, but nothing else. I feel like my life has been nothing but caregiving since I was a young person. I looked after my grandmother, my dad and my mother. The three of them finally had to go to nursing care, but I still had to check on them until they passed away. My husband gives me absolutely no emotional support. I just had to close a small business I owned because of financial issues and I am now home all of the time. I absolutely feel trapped. He has me on an allowance and wants me to go back to work somewhere. I have rheumatoid arthritis and have chronic pain. I wish daily that I could just get in my car and keep driving. I'm not close to my sister or her family and I have no kids. If it weren't for finances I would leave. I just want some kind of life for myself. I certainly understand your emotional needs not being met. I'm treated like a maid and nurse, and I don't want either job!