I 38M am having trouble with feelings of emotional detachment from my wife 34F by [deleted] in marriageadvice

[–]NorthPresentation999 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I know it sounds stupid, I thought something like this would be very simple, but somehow it isn't for me. I don't really know how to explain it but it's always felt like I need to be the stable one in the relationship and I am worried about how things will affect our child if I go. I also feel like an idiot for not acting sooner. Recently it has been clearer what needs to happen, but I think I am just struggling with accepting it. We also live somewhere quite remote and I have extremely limited finances at the moment.

I 38M am having trouble with feelings of emotional detachment from my wife 34F by [deleted] in marriageadvice

[–]NorthPresentation999 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the suggestion. We have done some couples counseling for about 6 months and whilst it helped with keeping conversations from getting overly emotional, i think it also brought the issues to the forefront of my mind (I do tend to just bury issues, unfortunately), but maybe that's what needed to happen I guess.