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Archived questions from: July, 2005 (see latest in Marriage problems category)

Marriage problems: Help and advice

It just seemed convenient to get married, but now I'm unhappy all the time...

This question has 9 answers - newest was posted 5953 days ago

29 July 2005 (F) - I've been married for 18 months and together with my now husband for two and a half years. My main problem is that I feel the marriage blues more often than bliss. We were basically forced to be married because I got pregnant, I was 20. He helped me ...

I want to get married. He wants to get married. But he keeps telling me "Later"!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 7054 days ago

28 July 2005 (F) - background: My boyfriend and I have dated since June 2001, when I was 16 and he was 19 years old. We've changed and grown and through it all we've managed to have our love grow and change in turn. Albeit many ups and downs, we are still wonderfu...

How important is physical attraction in a marriage?

This question has 33 answers - newest was posted 4765 days ago

28 July 2005 (M) - I have been married for just a few months. I am not attracted to my wife. We are great friends. Our personality matches. We support each other. However the physical attraction is just not there for me. It is not that she is not an attracti...

My husband's constant fantasising and talk of his fetishes is driving me away!

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 6853 days ago

26 July 2005 (F) - I love my husband dearly and we have been together for over 18 years. The physical attraction is still there even after all these years. However, for well over a year now, our intimacy is becoming destroyed by my husband's constant fantasis...

My partner cheated and it just adds to our troubles...

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 7056 days ago

26 July 2005 (F) - My partner has cheated on me and told me all about it. We only buried our still born child ten weeks ago. I don't know what to do....

When my marriage was in trouble, I had a brief affair. Now I just feel used...

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 6184 days ago

22 July 2005 (F) - hi, I had a brief affair because of some problems in my marriage. The affair is now over. Instead of feeling better, I feel used by the other man who promised to be there for me no matter what. My husband does not know of the affair, but he r...

My wife takes the reins of every project and I feel left out!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 7060 days ago

22 July 2005 (M) - Hello everybody My wife of 6+ years is a tomboy to the extent that she wants to do almost everything around the house. From painting the house to electric stuff. My problem is that I don't feel good about myself because I feel that I should be ...

We're engaged to be married, but he seems to believe that it's just so we can have kids!

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 7061 days ago

22 July 2005 (F) - My boyfriend and I have been together for the last 3 years. We are due to be married in Sept this year. The problem is we keep having arguments about a baby. I am 32 and my partner is 34. I have a daughter of 13, from a prev relationship, but have ...

I don't think I can stand my partner's drinking binges and disappearances any more.

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 6009 days ago

22 July 2005 (F) - High School Sweethearts. I came in the military and decided that my boyfriend, at the time, was my one and only. Once in the military, we kept a long distance relationship, and after school got engaged. Drinking became a problem, better yet, an ...

My holiday fling turned into the Real Thing for me, so why haven't I heard from him?

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 6048 days ago

20 July 2005 (F) - Hi, I just learnt about this site from a friend,. I have a problem, I just had a vacation, a well deserved one. I met someone through work, we talked for hours we conneceted. For the first time I met someone who really listened to me and made feel ...

My inability to suffer indifference is causing a rift in my marriage...

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 7064 days ago

19 July 2005 (F) - Bottom line I been married for eleven years now and the children are 4,7,10 years old. I have lost both confidence in my feeling for my husband and confidence in how I feel about myself in this relationship. Having had really bad experience about...

Just one phone call from my ex and it's like nothing ever changed!

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 7065 days ago

18 July 2005 (F) - I had from a boyfriend from out of town for 3 years who lied to me since he was married. I found out and broke up and made it impossible for him to contact me, (change numbers and address) I was so heartbroken and lost my job, very depressed and I ...

How do I get my husband to stop quitting everything he tries?

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 7047 days ago

16 July 2005 (F) - My husband and I have been married almost 2 years, and have a 1 year old son together. We are both 21, which I know is kind of young to get married. Things were horrible for the first year, with our intense little good moments to keep us through ...

My husband and my sister laugh about me to my face...

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 6421 days ago

16 July 2005 (F) - I think my marriage is just about to be over me and my husband do nothing but fight anymore. He don't ever ask me to do anything with him. He always wants to hang out with my sister and her boyfriend and I just found out that I'm the topic of their ...

The marriage is only a year old and we've both changed...

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 7066 days ago

15 July 2005 (F) - I'm 22 years old and married for almost a year.I gained weight with my pregnancy, but I'm working out to lose it. I have a beautiful face but a full figure. I've lost 55 pounds before. I'll do it again within this year. We married early be...

My partner wanted to split up, but she's willing to talk. So, what can I say?

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 7069 days ago

14 July 2005 (M) - Age old problem I'm sure, Me and my longtime partner of ten years have been having problems and we have recently split, she said that she needs time to think about where our relationship is going and how she feels about me now. I did not hand...

It's a cliche, I know... but I've fallen for a young, blonde attractive member of my staff...

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 7063 days ago

13 July 2005 (M) - This sounds like a cliche but I feel that I need help to get it out of my system. I have fallen for a member of my staff. She is 10 years younger blond, slim attractive and available. I have been married and faithful (ish) for 21 years so there's ...

My husband would rather use porn to satisfy himself than be with me...

This question has 57 answers - newest was posted 4368 days ago

11 July 2005 (F) - I have been married for eight years.Mmy husband and i haven't had sex in two and a half years. He is addicted to porn, and would rather satisfy himself then be with me. I feel like I am dead inside. I have gained thirty pounds and just don't care ...

In an arranged marriage, but I can't help thinking that my wife should look and act differently!

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 7071 days ago

11 July 2005 (M) - Hi.. I am a 27 years guy from India. I am an Engineer working with a US based MNC. I got married 5 months ago and mine was an arranged married. I am not convinced by the way my wife looks and does not carry her like the way I anticipated. Thi...

Attracted to a lifelong friend and not my wife... Unfortunately, we both have partners and children!

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 7036 days ago

11 July 2005 (M) - I am married with a child. I have a loving wife but I feel sexually attracted to a lifelong friend whom I have known for over 15 years. We are very close and she has a child as well. Our kids play together and she and my wife hang out a lot. S...

Our child's energetic nature annoys my wife, we argue a lot and she never initiates sex. In short, I'm unhappy!

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 7071 days ago

11 July 2005 (M) - Hi I have been married for 2 years now. I have known my wife for 4 years before getting married. Thing is, we were so happy before we got married and everything was good. Yes we had our ups and downs. Now that we married and have a 2 year old kid ...

Since I've been stationed overseas, my wife seems to have become distant...

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 7073 days ago

10 July 2005 (M) - About 6 months ago my wife and I hit a hard place in our marriage. I am stationed overseas and she is back home in the states. We've only been married 2 1/2 years but been together for 4 years. I've never cheated and never would but I fear that she ...

The threesome with my husband was a total mistake... I just don't know how to fix it!

This question has 6 answers - newest was posted 6662 days ago

9 July 2005 (F) - My husband wouldn't touch me after I had our son. So, after trying everything I could think of, I agreed to his request of a threesome with another man. Now I am completely destroyed. What was I thinking? That is not a choice I would have ever ...

It's only been 18 months of marriage and the passion has disappeared!

This question has 7 answers - newest was posted 7075 days ago

8 July 2005 (F) - Hi, Ive been married for 1 year and six months. When we were goin out we used to get really intimate but since marriage everything changed! We don't kiss in passionate ways anymore or do anything romantic. We don't even have sex that much any mo...

My husband won't help with the kids, and he gets moody because I'm working part time...

This question has 1 answer - newest was posted 7076 days ago

7 July 2005 (?) - Hi, Not sure where to start. I have been with my husband for 4 years and married for 2 with a little girl of 1 and 2 children with my ex. The last few months, things have been bad with my husband and all we do is row. He don't help me out round th...

My husband lied about his financial status and it's driving a big wedge between us!

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 6044 days ago

6 July 2005 (F) - My husband and I have been married since June 2004. We dated for two and half years before that. Financially he is ruined and never told me before we wed. In his defense, he said he had money issues, but I see that as needing to pay a credit ...

A sexual assault has left me feeling dirty and horrible...

This question has 5 answers - newest was posted 7061 days ago

5 July 2005 (F) - I was raped and contracted herpes. It only came up once but now I am paranoid and scared that I will pass it to my husband and children. My husband knows about it but now I just feel dirty and horrible. He claims that he still loves me and still fi...

No longer attracted to my wife. Not sure about moving in with the other woman. Help!

This question has 24 answers - newest was posted 6057 days ago

5 July 2005 (M) - Very Confused. I have been married for 5 1/2 years and have also been seeing another woman whom I fell in love with. I have sex with her, but not with my wife. My wife is a wonderful caring person. She gained weight and I no longer find her ...

My husband came back after moving out, but he hasn't given up his girl-on-the-side!

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 7077 days ago

5 July 2005 (F) - My husband told me three months ago that he no longer loved me, although he still cared for me. He also told me he had started a relationship with a work colleague whom he left to live with a fortnight later. After two days he realised that he ...

My husband leave me unsatisfied and I don't want to let him know!

This question has 8 answers - newest was posted 6668 days ago

3 July 2005 (F) - I am 37 and have a very high sex drive that I am afraid to let my husband see because he takes advantage of me when it comes down to sex. Many time I'm left unsatisfied while he rolls over and falls asleep. I'm faced with a dilemma, don't get me ...

We're getting married in September, but when it comes to sex, he pushes me away!

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 7078 days ago

3 July 2005 (F) - My boyfriend doesn't want sex with me. Me and my boyfriend have been together for 6 years now and we're getting married in September. But he never wants sex with me. I try and turn him on, but he pushes me away. I'm starting to think it's me. I do...

Our sex drives are mismatched. She thinks we have sex often enough, but I'm frustrated...

This question has 3 answers - newest was posted 7078 days ago

3 July 2005 (M) - I am married to a beautiful 30 year old woman who I love dearly, but she has always had a very low sex drive and I am finding myself looking at other women and generally getting frustrated and depressed. We have sex less than once every two mont...

I gave up my friends and gave up going out so I could concentrate on my relationship... but he's never here!

This question has 4 answers - newest was posted 7078 days ago

2 July 2005 (F) - I have been married for two years but with my husband for seven. I gave up my friends because he didn't like them and I gave up going out because I have kids. I felt it was time to devote myself to my kids and my relationship with my husband. T...

My husband's ex-wife is making me miserable with her crude ways!

This question has 2 answers - newest was posted 7080 days ago

2 July 2005 (F) - How can I get my husband's ex wife to stop butting in to our life? All of the kids are grown, but every time they come around all they want to do is talk about their mother. One time our stepdaughter called her from our phone. Apparently her husb...