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Old 08-16-2007, 04:37 AM   #5 (permalink)
caseyd
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Default This really resonated with me.

I've been reading this site for a long time and I could not have explained how I feel and have been feeling for awhile now any better.
I am twenty-five years old, entering my third year in college working towards my B.S. in Computer Science. I have been married for about a year now although we have been together going on about five years. I also have a fifteen month old son who I love very much.
The problem is I spend most of my time waiting for the day to end. I don't look forward to starting a new day, most of the time I can't stand to be home. It seems like no matter how hard I try I can't keep my place straightened out.
My office is okay as it is the room I spend most of my time in, but I feel like I have to pull teeth to get my wife to do anything. Her biggest accomplishment as far as house cleaning goes is doing the dishes and sweeping the floor. I do these things everyday and I almost always mop the floors as well ( possibly every two days). Let me clarify, my apartment is not dirty just cluttered. It can be expected to have toys and what not around and I'm fine with that, and I have gone through a lot of my own stuff and have gotten rid of quite a bit and organized most everything else. I just can't seem to get my wife to care. I am also really stressed out about school as well. I am in school full time this summer and don't know when I last had a break. I just want to get through the rest of it and be done with it.
I have thought about divorce over and over for a long time now. I feel like the traditional family life just isn't for me. I am not abdicating myself of responsibility, I just don't want to drag a bad situation on longer.
The problem with all of this is, I just don't know how to handle any of it. Neither of us makes enough money to live on our own and if I did get a divorce, most likely she will be forced to move back home to her parents across the country and I really don't want to be away from my son.
It is easy to say to leave a situation if you don't like it, and I've been trying to change things, but I am still not growing to like it, but when there are kids involved what do you do?
I am starting to ramble a lot now and even if no one reads all this, it felt good to get it out. I hope that I didn't come off as whiny, it wasn't my intention. I know everybody has their problems and I know mine probably aren't the biggest problems out there, but they are problems that are affecting me greatly.

Thanks.
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