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  • Vapor22
    Junior Member
    • Jun 2008
    • 6

    Need To Know If This Is Normal

    Ok so here it is.... I have been married for 3 years this July, I have known my husband really well for about six years now. I can tell him anything in the world and I know he will always be there for me when I need him, and I would do the same for him. I love him very much and I would never ever think of leaving him but I do need some advice about some things.
    I am an only child and I am used to having my own space, and being very independant. Here recently I have been having problems with my husband as far as I don't feel like he is giving me enough space and alone time. I have asked him about this and he says he just doesn't understand why I need to be alone (he grew up in a house with 3 brothers a mom and a dad) I know that my independance scares him and he thinks I am going to leave him given enough alone time to do so ( he has told me this), but I would never do that the thought has never even crossed my mind. I am just not sure if this is what married people are suppost to be like because right now I feel like nothing I do could ever be good enough and show him that I love him. I play bass guitar and I mix songs and I also have a full time job, he says it is ok that I am not a house wife and I have asked him if he wants me to quit all of the things I do so that I could be a house wife (even though I would hate it) because I want to be a good wife for him but right now I feel like he is being selfish and I don't know how long I can live in this cage he has put around me. I am not sure I should have gotten married even though I love him with all my heart I just feel like I am not ready (at my age especally) to give all of time to a person, I am learing so much and growing as a person in my life right now more than I ever expected to and I like it and he says he's ok with all of that but then sometimes he makes me feel bad because he says (jokingly, but not really) that I am not like other wives and he says that people ask him all the time why I don't cook and clean for him, I mean my take on it is that he is old enough that he can cook his own meals. I feel like I as a wife should be there to support him emotionally not to cook and clean for him I mean I am not a maid! Is that the wrong way to think? someone please help.
  • Fallen1
    Veteran Member
    • Oct 2007
    • 1937

    Originally posted by Vapor22
    I feel like I as a wife should be there to support him emotionally not to cook and clean for him I mean I am not a maid! Is that the wrong way to think? someone please help.
    This is just my opinion on it and others may disagree. You said that you have a full time job, to me that says that the responsibilities in the home should be shared. If you both work then you both should take part in the chores.
    There is a method to my madness ........ I just haven't found it yet.

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    • damd
      Veteran Member
      • May 2008
      • 259

      I have to agree with Fallen in heart, but as for me it doesn't happen that way. My wife works full time and we have 2 children and unfortunatley I do not help out as much as I should with the cooking and the cleaning.

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      • CHANDLERS WISH
        • Mar 2008
        • 22440

        They say opposites attract.....

        Being independent i think is great, you are your own person at the end of the day, and hobbies are essential to be unique and individual.

        Being a wife, does not mean being a maid, we live in a different world whereby we all work, to support a "family" and i agree... It should be a "shared" scenario if both partners are working.

        Not cooking at all? Well, what do you eat? Don't you cook for yourself?

        I don't like rosters, today's your turn, tomorrow's mine, but i do think that still constitutes "sharing" and giving just as much as emotional giving....

        Share... it's fun...

        Keeps the relationship alive when working together...

        Guarantees Success......

        CW
        PUT A LITTLE 'LIKE' IN MY SOUL!

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        • sourpuss
          Veteran Member
          • Dec 2006
          • 3581

          Originally posted by damd
          I have to agree with Fallen in heart, but as for me it doesn't happen that way. My wife works full time and we have 2 children and unfortunatley I do not help out as much as I should with the cooking and the cleaning.
          Maybe you should start.

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