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[quote=Anonymous]My wife is a complainer. She hates her job. She hates living in the DC area (where we have jobs that pay decently in our fields). She hates the house we are renting. She hates that we can't afford a bigger, more expensive house. The list goes on.

Here is the thing. I think our lives are lovely. We have low-stress jobs with good hours. Yes, our jobs are boring but they pay decently and we are both loved by our employers. We don't work at night. Our kids are in a great preschool and doing well. We actually get random days off when the kids are in daycare where we spend the day together. We usually have time to meet for a quick drink and snack before picking up the kids. We're healthy. We actually enjoy each other's company (especially when she isn't complaining). Could we have more money and less debt? Sure. But we are making things work and things will get easier. They have gotten easier on the kids front. They sleep all night (were horrible sleepers as infants and toddlers). They are healthy. It's like we have two opposite views of the same thing and it's frustrating, hurtful, and isolating. It makes me pull away from my marriage because I feel like she thinks our lives suck and just regrets everything, including me and the kids.

And it's not the default parent thing. I do way, way more than her in terms of taking care of our lives. I do the cooking, the bulk of the cleaning, the laundry, keep track of kid details, sick days (I have unlimited sick leave), etc.

Anyway, I'm venting because I wish I could just put a stop to it. It makes me feel more alone in my marriage.[/quote]

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