Is it normal to find your partner a bit annoying? I don’t want to be with anyone else, but we’re not very happy together – sometimes I just wish I could be alone.
I do appreciate my wife and we’ve been together for a decade. But over the past four or five years, she’s had work crisis after work crisis. I don’t understand why she doesn’t change the situation and take control of her life – I feel like she almost expects to be a victim. I try to help her and she finds it frustrating; I try to listen and support her, but nothing ever changes.
It’s eroded my feelings for her: I feel like my role is to support her and it’s exhausting. I find myself craving time alone: I am always trying to persuade her to spend more time with friends just so I can have a night off.
Is this normal? Am I a bad husband? I’m not considering leaving her but equally, it’s been a long time since I felt excited to spend time with her. Is this just what long-term relationships are like?
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