
James asks…
Please Help will this marriage work?
The husband and wife have fought 6 out of the nine months they were married and have been separated twice. One fight was about the gold given at marriage normally both the wife and husband hold a key for the safety deposit box for the gold at the bank but the husband will not give wife the other key to the safety box. The wife mom passed away a month after marriage. The wife went to sleep every weekend over to her parents house instead of staying home with her husband. I understand after mother died maybe wife wants to be with family but wife was still sleeping over her parents house 9 months into marriage. Wife won’t have sex with husband. When husband wants a simple thing like a glass of water wife will refuse to get it for husband. Husband said he is constantly frustrated with wife during entire marriage. Wife has a dominating personality.They went with lawyer to meet with families to finalize the separation and after 6 months they can divorce. They even went as far to see the advocates and all parties said what they wanted and it was the gold they wanted. They are separated again. But wife saw husband online and said lets try to work things out even after seeing advocate. Wife said she is going to this counseling thing where like 10 different people go and they have a motivational speaker that will also talk to them individually and the wife said she will go if it helps the marriage. The father in law is not happy with his daughter(wife) going back to husband(who is father in law of husband). But now daughter and her aunt are trying to convince her father to let her go back to husband. Father does not like husband. Father has been involved in marriage to much and caused a lot of friction. Wife tried to speak up in the metting with advocates that she wanted marriage but every time wife tried to go against father wishes the father and aunt would shut wife down and convince her she does not want marriage. So wife would then change her attitude instantly then at the end of metting then wife started to get hyper and said she wanted marriage then husband said no I don’t want the marriage now. The husband said that because all wife talked about was the gold and that made him angry. Before they went into met ting with lawyers and advocates the wife and husband said they would speak up like they wanted marriage. What are the chances of this working. Plus husband mother does not like wife(mom’s daughter in law) because wife was verbally abusive to mom when husband is at work but mom also never accepted wife like mom views wife as a threat mom is afraid she will lose the support system her son is now that mom does not have her husband. Mom(of husband) said if wife and husband gets back together they can not live at mom place they have to move and get there own place.
I only want to hear from people from India who know the culture.
Also another reason for fighting is that wife refused to go abroad with husband to the u.s.a and was having nightmares about going abroad but now wife say she will go with husband to u.s.a. The reason for last separation was wife would not go abroad with husband.
I think wife will change again after going abroad miss her family and then flee back to India and if they have kids will take kids back to India anybody agree. please answer on a scale of one to 10 with one being a low chance the marriage will work and she will go back to India and 10 being a high chance the marriage will end in divorce and the wife will go back to India.

MarriageCounseling answers:
No.

Ruth asks…
What can I do about my marriage, should I divorce?
been married to wife for 15+ years with two teen agers, my sexlife sucks. wife never initiates, she always works in the house, i offer to help in the house so she can have time for sex, but never works out. when we have is always missionary style, i do everything, never has she done anything. she likes me to give her oral sex, but does not like to give me oral sex, never has, only twice. when she starts she gets tired in 1 minute. she just lays there. i want to keep the marriage, but i need love and sex in my life, i’m getting to the point were am starting to think on looking else where or getting a divorce to find someone who can show me love via intimacy and etc. am i asking for too much? i’ve talked to her, she sometimes tries for a day or two but then returns to herself. she works hard at the house, but that seems to be her priority. i feel i want to throw in the towel. i offered marriage counseling but she does not think we need it.

MarriageCounseling answers:
I cannot say for everyone else but there are some things you can do to help with the sex life in your marriage. In addition, if what you described are the major problems in your relationship the no divorce is necessary. Both you and your wife are probably in a regular routine. You have two teenagers. They take a lot of effort and I bet your wife deals with most of the strife with the two kids. The two teenagers require a lot of attention; school, homework, school projects, teen social events, teen drama and the list goes on.
If I were to guess, many people fall into the same situation regarding the sex life when you have teens in the household. Even if you tried to be intimate with your wife she may be concerned on making too much noise. Does not help if your daughter tells her mother that she heard you and your wife in the bedroom and it wanted to make her (daughter who was 17) vomit. If there was any noise, it was barely nothing.
Teenagers are sex killers when it comes to your marriage. The best thing I can tell you is that it will pass in a few years. Off to college or out on their own to scratch a living on this planet. But, the best news, it gets better.
There are some resources that people forget or do not use. Our church shows a movie called Fireproof. A church (or your place of worship) as some good resources. Also, social gatherings, away from your teens, helps.
This is what I would recommend, at least it worked for me.
1.As difficult as this sounds, find a window where you can take your wife out for dinner. Nothing more, no movie, nothing heavily romantic. No pressure to do anything, just be together. Hopefully, your teens can be either left alone or with another family member.
2.Take a mini-vacation with your wife. Just one night in a city at least 100 miles away from your home. If you can drive, the short trip will give you both the time to talk and relax. Not a long hard drive but a drive where you can be leisure, stop and have a lunch. One night in a hotel with a nice dinner. Sometimes, you may eat or drink too much a dinner and will not feel like sex. That is OK to. Just be together
3.Try to plan something once a month and you must do it. Do not leave it up to her. Ideal is to get out, away from the teens, once per month but do not let it go past two months. I know things get busy but what is more important?
We went through a similar spell and just the plain reality for us is that kids take a lot of effort, energy and money. Sometimes, you have to set aside time for you and your wife and it is too easy not to do that. If you survived 15+ years of marriage, congratulations. Give it some time and do little things for your wife to let her know you still love her. Pick up a simple flower once in a while. Sex does get better once the kids are more grown.

Jenny asks…
How do I get a divorce if I love my 2 kids and my wife doesn’t work?
After 13 years of marriage I am considering to break it up. I believe my wife is dysfunctional and passive aggressive beyond anything reasonable. She refuses to discuss anything and our sessions of marriage counseling have failed.
But I love our kids, and my wife doesn’t work. If we divorce, I’ll end up paying for 2 houses instead of 1, and I’ll be away from my kids half the time. Plus, it‘s going to add more hassle moving the kids back and forth, and I’ll need extra help when they are with me and I need to be at work.
How should I deal with this?

MarriageCounseling answers:
Just find someone who doesnt want a relationship, just a buddy thing once in awhile…. And keep your house and kids. Richard…… Your so unhappy….. You could leave… And yes its probably the right thing to do but you have tried so hard and nothing changes…..so… Stay home but keep busy and when you have spare time, have some intimacy with someone other than your wife! She probably wont even care by the sounds of it…. Maybe find someone who has just as much assets if not more than you so if you fall in love, its doable…. I dont know what to say to you about this anymore…. If it were me, I would have left by now…. But I understand your reasons for trying… You love your kids and you probably love your wife… Sometimes two people can love each other but not be good for one another….. It sounds like your relationship is a partnership and not intimate. Richard, life is short… You know that right? If you stay here for the remainder of your younger years, your going to be stuck….. And when your old and debilitated, you can think about all those unhappy years….. Or your could make sure that last half of your life is different. I dont have any mind blowing solutions for you… Sorry

Mandy asks…
Trying to work on my marriage and I feel it is worth it?
I work overseas and I almost done my yr over here but my wife and I had some problems going on with our marriage since I have been out here. Sometimes I want a divorce from her but I really don’t and I will be going hm to visit in 2 wks which I am happy bout that. We have been talking lately bout our marriage and we also talking like we have some since as well. First of she had an affair which I am not pointing fingers at nobody because I had my share a long time ago and we work out our marriage then and I feel that we could work it out now. The guy she had an affair with she said that she broke it off with him and wants to work on our marriage. I was suppose to go on a cruise but I am staying hm and which she ask me how was I going to stay hm. Then I ask her if she was going to cook me a hm cook meal since it has been 5 months since I have been hm and she said she yes but then I was thinking more like sexual wise and she said she that is cool and I was happy to hear that. Is it worth going to marriage counseling about for this or what? I know that we can make and I really want my wife and I have plenty of chances to have another affair but I am not going to do it because it is not worth it at all. I really think she knows that she has a great person that loves her a lot and I love taking care of her. Please let me know

MarriageCounseling answers:
Yes, in my opinion it is worth it.
Truly sounds like you both have your act together, and love
each other.
You sound like a wonderful man and husband now.
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