Welcome to the
Marriage Builders® Discussion Forum
This is a community where people come in search of marriage related support, answers, or encouragement. Also, information about the Marriage Builders principles can be found in the books available for sale in the Marriage Builders® Bookstore.
If you would like to join our guidance forum, please read the Announcement Forum for instructions, rules, & guidelines.
The members of this community are peers and not professionals. Professional coaching is available by clicking on the link titled Coaching Center at the top of this page.
We trust that you will find the Marriage Builders® Discussion Forum to be a helpful resource for you. We look forward to your participation.
Once you have reviewed all the FAQ, tech support and announcement information, if you still have problems that are not addressed, please e-mail the administrators at
mbrestored@gmail.com
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 5
Junior Member
|
|
Junior Member
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 5 |
Our relationship has always been pretty good. When we first started to date we both wanted children very badly. My wife has endometriosis and it took us 5 years to finally have our son. After a couple/5 more years of trying after our son was born, using hormones, fertilization shots and surgery we decided that it was time to forget about more children and life was good. Her periods have always been bad so after we had decided no more kids she was going to have a hysterectomy. She never went to have the surgery and 2 years later we found ourselves pregnant. I had a very hard time with it. By that time I didn’t want another Baby. I was angry at her and was not there to support her at all through the entire pregnancy. At the same time some friends of mine found themselves on very hard time and I offered to help them out (They have 2 children) by offering them a place to stay for a bit. (Without her consent) She hated these people and thought that I had had and affair with his sister (I have never had an affair on my wife). They stayed here for a month but it was the month my daughter was born. I hurt her terribly. I wasn’t even willing to listen to her then. When we met I never drank at all. We met in 1990. I started to drink again in 2000. I was sober 12 years and stopped drinking @ 24 I’m now 41. I never thought it would end up being a problem. After I found out about the baby I started to drink a lot more. So now she has even more to resent me for. Since the birth of our daughters (June 03) our life (I thought) was getting back to normal. I was a fool, she is a beautiful little girl. We’ve talked, we’ve laughed, our sex life has been great, I bought her a new SUV in OCT, we had a great Xmas and went to Florida for 2 weeks in January. I didn’t see any signs that she was having a problem with us until I found the CD in the truck. She has been talking/whatever with this guy since well before Xmas. She says she just can get over how I treated her during the pregnancy and is not sure how she will or if she will ever be over it. She said there relationship started because his wife was pregnant and he was having trouble with it? She’s not sure when the relationship started.
To me these have been some of the best times of our life together. This was first vacation we’ve had since our son was born do to money. I think I have done everything since the birth of our daughter to convince her that I love both her and the baby. But I still drink. Not as much as during the pregnancy but I’m still drinking. There is probably a lot more going on but I can’t think right of anything right now.
Any comments /suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
|
|
|
|
0 members (),
338
guests, and
22
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
Forums67
Topics133,659
Posts2,323,613
Members72,372
| |
Most Online9,682 May 13th, 2026
|
|
|
|
|
|