It is Valentine's Day and my husband and I planned to go out for dinner. It is 6:21 p.m. and he is sleeping. He was on the computer and I was watching television. I told him to come and watch the TV with me and he said no because he didn't want to watch any girlie movie.
I have sat with him before and watched movies that I didn't like just to make him happy. It seems like every time I tell him how I feel, he gets mad, starts an argument and turns it around on me. Well, instead of watching the movie with me, he went to sleep. I am so lonely and it is not just today.
I feel like ending this marriage because I am so unhappy. I think he is mad because he wanted to have sex and I told him I wasn't in the mood and I was tired.
I work a 12-hour shift from Wednesday to Sunday and all I wanted to do was rest and we could have a good time later. I don't think this marriage is going to last because I am unhappy. He finds so much time for the computer and everyone else, except for me. Did I marry the wrong man? This crosses my mind all the time. And he really doesn't seem to care. If he even walks by me and sees me crying, he doesn't even ask or try to see what is wrong.
don't want to sin
God honours marriages, but He doesn't want his children unhappy. I don't know much about the Bible and I don't want to misjudge what the Bible says about marriages. I don't want to commit sins in God's eyes. The funny thing is, my husband is always reading the Bible and is not taking the word of the Lord and applying it to our marriage and his life.
Pastor, please, I really could use your advice.
Mrs Unhappy
Dear Mrs Unhappy,
Your husband does not like the type of movies you enjoy. But you have looked at movies you don't like, just to be with him and to spend time with him. I understand what he meant when he said he doesn't want to watch 'girlie movies'. Women like romance, but men like action packed movies.
You are feeling neglected, but your husband is probably not aware that you are suffering emotionally. If you were tired on that particular night, perhaps you should have turned off the television and go to bed, and in the morning give your husband a belly full of love. Couples have to compromise all the time and meet each other half way.
Your husband should not be demanding anything from you; neither should you demand anything from him. Both of you should be determined to stay together and keep your marriage in tact.
Call a family counsellor and make arrangements for both of you to meet with him/her.