When I read what your article said about the self-referenced person I about fell out of my chair. I have told people that my husband would give you the shirt off his back he just wouldn’t care if you were cold. I have spent the last 14 years with this man who I have tried to love. He has withheld his affection, attention and time. He has ignored my pleas that we get help, has promised change but only for a couple months, has ignored my concerns, changed the subject, withheld compliments and kind words, called me irrational when I cried, refused to acknowledge my feelings and withheld sex from me. I have felt like a dog begging for him to toss me a bone. He treats our animals better. I have finally woken up. I have finally realized that I can’t be treated like this anymore. That I have become so broken. Thank you for calling it abuse. You don’t have to be hit or even yelled at to be abused. I have wasted so much time praying and hoping and waiting, trying to be obedient to God and not divorce; trying to keep our marriage together for our daughter. I’m done. I am filing for divorce and now he is angry with me and can’t understand why. I’m not sure where to go from here but I know that I can’t live like this anymore.
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When I read what your article said about the self-referenced person I about fell out of my chair. I have told people that my husband would give you the shirt off his back he just wouldn’t care if you were cold. I have spent the last 14 years with this man who I have tried to love. He has withheld his affection, attention and time. He has ignored my pleas that we get help, has promised change but only for a couple months, has ignored my concerns, changed the subject, withheld compliments and kind words, called me irrational when I cried, refused to acknowledge my feelings and withheld sex from me. I have felt like a dog begging for him to toss me a bone. He treats our animals better. I have finally woken up. I have finally realized that I can’t be treated like this anymore. That I have become so broken. Thank you for calling it abuse. You don’t have to be hit or even yelled at to be abused. I have wasted so much time praying and hoping and waiting, trying to be obedient to God and not divorce; trying to keep our marriage together for our daughter. I’m done. I am filing for divorce and now he is angry with me and can’t understand why. I’m not sure where to go from here but I know that I can’t live like this anymore.
May 5, 2014 - 1:14pmThis Comment
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