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Fri 7 Oct, 2016 01:46 pm
I don't even know if jealous is the right word. I've been married almost 2 years to a great guy, hardworking, trustworthy. We are in our fourties. I have a 15 year old from a brief crappy marriage. I left after 2 years, he died a year later. My husband has 3 kids, 18-26. He was married at 20. Worked endless hours to support the wife & kids. Seemed like they had a pretty humdrum relationship, no passion or anything. It was so so for about 12 years then for the last 10 she stopped participating with the kids & family life. He worked nonstop & tried to take care of the house & kids at the same time. After 22 years he finally got fed up & left. His ex lives across the country ( took the youngest with her) the others live their own lives. He was never really close to them physically or emotionally, I think a lot due to his crappy upbringing. The daughters I've only meet once so they are not part of our daily lives at all. He texts, emails & calls them.
So what is my problem? I wish he didn't have kids. They just remind me that he was with someone else. He doesn't communicate with his ex at all. I know he has zero feelings for her. I feel like I'm angry at his younger self for marrying her in the first place (he was 20!), angry that he kept making kids with her. The thought if him getting her pregnant & giving birth to these kids makes me want to cry & vomit at the same time. When their birthdays come around it's just another reminder. Through my day when there is reference to the year he got married or the time when she was pregnantbor gave birth it reminds me. You'd be surprised how many times you hear 1989 in a day! I'm angry that he worked his butt off for someone who didn't appreciate or take care of him.
I try to concentrate on the here and now and the facts: He loves & is married to ME. I make him happy & do sweet things for him like she never did. He says he never had a sex life before and never really liked sex. We have a great sex life & satisfy each other. He is a great provider, never mean or nasty. He doesn't smoke, drink, gamble etc.. I know he wouldn't cheat in a million years. Emotionally he's a little awkward but he's trying. Damn that "mother" of his!
Do I sound like a lunatic? Will I ever get past this? I had a very different past. Had a two year high school thing, a long relationship in my 20's, a few boyfriend's before and after and awful promiscuity in the younger years. He would be disgusted if he knew half of it. He had very little experience, got married, had one disastrous girlfriend and met me. I've always been a bit jealous & possessive. How do I break free of these repetitive thoughts and feelings. He should be able to talk about his kids & I should be able to get over the past. The funny thing is I don't dwell on my past at all, just his!! Just jealous he shares kids with someone else, shared a home, a life with someone else.... Even if it wasn't very good! I hate to hear about women getting/being pregnant, giving birth, babies, people getting married young etc.. It drives me nuts because of course there are reminders of these things everywhere.
Even if no one reads this it feels good to get it out. There's really no one to talk to about this.
@Mrskelow123,
We all have different ways of dealing with crappy stuff in our life. Some are harder than others, but being able to let go is the key.
So he's a little "emotionally awkward" with you.
Do you think he was emotionally connected with her?
Is that what's bothering you - that you think he once gave something to her that he can't/won't/ is not able to give to you?
@PUNKEY,
No punkey. . She's upset because it's ok for her to have a past, but not him or, it seems, anyone else. She'd prefer to stew about things over and done, which she wasn't even a part of, so she can wake up in 5, 10, 15 years bitter because she lost all that time being jealous, and can never get it back.
Or, she can realize she's not the center of the universe and she can't dictate the past.
@PUNKEY,
PUNKEY wrote:So he's a little "emotionally awkward" with you.
I'd be "awkward"... all the way out of the door!
@Mrskelow123,
From just the things you've said, I could be your husband. So I
get him.
But I don't get you.
Get well soon.
Not being snarky.
@Mrskelow123,
Quote:So what is my problem? I wish he didn't have kids.
You knew this before the two of you got married, right? So why did you get married if this was going to bother you constantly?
You are obsessing over something ridiculous. But if this bothers you so much, then leave the guy and find someone who has no past. And good luck with that.
@Mrskelow123,
Did you ever manage to sort this? I know exactly how you feel and am quite disappointed in some of the replies.
@Mrskelow123,
Should he be upset over YOUR past? Everyone has a past. Unless it's your first relationship ever. I can't imagine being jealous of someone's kids.
@Medusax,
You are answering to old posts. This is from 2016!