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I am at a complete loss, I don’t know what to do. I have been married for 26 years, we have 3 adult children together. In 2018 I had a serious surgery that left me bed ridden for 6 months. During this time, the pain was unbearable and I was prescribed oxycodone and Xanex. I had no idea what was happening as I was literally delusional from the pain. My wife managed my medications and I would take the Xanex only at night before bed. Apparently, you can have actual blackouts for, that combination. That is what happened to me, during a one year time, I had thrown a laptop against the wall, called her a fing b***h. things I never did before. The worst thing that happened was that my wife walked in our room and I had a revolver to my head. I have zero memory of any of this. We went to a church counselor and that is when she finally came out and said what had happened. As I had no memory of any of this, I was racking my brain to figure out what was happening. I know she is not a liar so something was very wrong. During this session, I started to google the medications as nothing else made sense. The counselor said she believed I had narcissistic personality disorder. I was shocked, it didn’t fit with my personality at all. I told them what I found about the meds and they didn’t seem to think it was valid. I decided to pay for two psychologists to give me a psych evaluation. Both said that I had cPTSD from childhood abuse but that I was most certainly not a narcissist. We have been separated for 2 years, she refuses to talk to me, at all… At this point, despite loving her, I know I can’t change things, I just want her to either start working towards reconciliation or for her to divorce me. I cannot continue to live indefinitely in this limbo state. She refuses to talk…I cannot just divorce her, I still love her and my family. I won’t fight her divorcing me, as I know I cannot make her stay married. I feel after 26 years and three wonderful children that she at least owes me the truth in person. Am I wrong? Is what I did just so horrible that it cannot be recovered?
TL;DR - married 26 years, 3 adult kids, separated for 2 years and she refuses to talk or make a decision on working towards reconciliation or filing for divorce. I don’t know what to do anymore.
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Change your perspective, man… you don’t need to hold so rigidly to something that doesn’t really apply anymore. It’s ok to assess the situation for what it currently is and make the best decision based on that. Keep the spirit of what you promised, but have it be logical for your circumstances.