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#54720 07/08/99 08:01 AM
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I don't know why I'm feeling so depressed. I can't function right. My husband doesn't seem to object to much, but he doesn't seem happy either. He and I don't have any kind of life outside of this house, and our kids lives.<BR>Money is always a struggle, and we live from week to week. Every time we get anything saved, something happens, and our savings is gone. The children have their structure, and chores, and they fight me every step of the way. I am not the parent I want to be, and my husband isn't the kind of father I wished for my kids. There is so much tension and anger, that is suppressed in both of us. The kids know it and use it. I try to communicate all of this to my husband, and he listens to me, but things keep on the same path. I am trying so hard to focus on how I handle things, and teach good morals and standards to my kids, and no one thinks what I say is important.<BR>They laugh, and say "what is the big deal, Mom?" or "Honey, you worry too much."<BR>I could go on, and give at least 10 examples a day, of things that go on here. Maybe if someone out there could listen, I could see what I am doing wrong. It has to be me!

#54721 07/13/99 10:22 PM
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My kids don't seem to take me seriously either and I think I figured out why. My husband has always belittled me, things that I find important have been degraded or ridiculed. If I try to stand up for what I feel is right I am put in my place and of course I'm blamed for everything that goes wrong! So why would my kids respect me when they see my husband, their father disrespecting me? they learn by what they see and hear. Why should they feel that anything I say is worth anything when he does'nt? Maybe thats whats going on with you, I don't know. All I know is that when I realized that was what was going on I was sickened, cause how do you fix that? I just don't know.

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Also I don't believe that it's "you" that is all wronge....don't ever believe that, please.<P>------------------<BR>imok


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