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[quote=Anonymous]Op it sounds to me like your wife is depressed. If she can't have a conversation with you about this without shutting down or crying, then something is clearly wrong. I think its actually quite impressive that you are going to therapy yourself. I don't know ANY men who would proactively do that - but I think she needs therapy too. You both need to go together because there is a lack of communication going on here and its not fair to either of you.

Sit her down and tell her that you feel like your marriage is suffering because you are both unable to communicate with each other. Tell her you are unhappy and you really need her to get on board with this or you are concerned your marriage will fall apart. I think she needs to hear at least "some" kind of threat...because right now it seems like she just assumes you will put up with this life even if she does nothing to change it.

I get what all these others are saying about SAHMs and how they should be able to handle xyz....but none of them are your wife, and none of them know exactly what she is going through. Maybe she feels scared about looking for work. Maybe she is so depressed that she just can't handle much of anything right now. You really won't find out any of this until you go to counseling together. That is what I would suggest.[/quote]

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