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Hello, I'm new here, so I'll just go ahead and jump right in!
My wife and I have been married for almost 3 years now! We were married 1 April 2001, and after about 6 months of marriage, it began going down hill! There were all kinds of fights, from me drinking beers with the boys, to her spending to much time gambling! It got so bad, that I actually moved out 3 times! But we always managed to get back together!
Then my wife had a brain tumor, and had to under go 3 brain surgeries! Then to top that off, had to also undergo a back suger, then another! I myself had skin cancer surgery and heart surgery, for WPW!
All this put to much strain on our marriage and we seperated, then she had an affair, and I filed for divorce. Well after a few motnhs, she started trying to contact me, she was saying that she made a mistake and didn't want to get a divorce! Well, after thinking about, I decided we should try it again! We got back together, and started seeing a councelor. I'm also on anit depressants and anxity meds, and she's on anti depressants as well as others for her health issues!
A while back, I sat around the house while she was out of town, and had to many beers, and got out of control with her on the phone, saying things like "if you wanted this to work, you'd be here" and "I won't be here when you come back" etc. yall know very emotional! Well, needless to say, I made a big fool of myself! Anyways, we went to the councelor after that, and we discussed what all had happened! Well, my wife had to go back out of town again Tuesday, and Friday night me and some friends went out for a little while, drank and shot pool. On the way home, I got busted for DUI!!!!!!! Now, any and all the progress we had made at repairing out marriage from the adultry and other things, have been wiped out, and this new "thing" just adds more stress to our already maxed out lives! I talked to her today in person, and told her that I promised to fix everything, that I'm going to best the best I can be from now on! But she says she has her doubts and is not sure what she wants to do, but she's not ready to give up on our marriage!

Ok, folks, my fingers are getting tired now, so it's yalls turn! How down we fix our marriage and make it a happy one??????

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Read all MB concepts and apply them. From a Marriage standpoint in my opinion, you're in good shape compared to a lot of us, at least you BOTH want in it.


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