I guess I just need a safe place to vent.

My husband and I got married in October. Leading up to the wedding, nerves and stress were at an all-time high. He promised over and over that things would be better between us after the wedding planning was over. Here we are 3 months into our marriage, and he has lost his job, and only ever sits around playing a game that he discovered on his phone ALL day and night. He gets on Voice chat and talks to all of his “friends”, completely blocking me out. Most of the time, I just leave him be. But on occasion, I start feeling very lonely, empty, ignored and unimportant.

If I ask for any amount of his time (even just eating dinner together), he instantly snaps at me that I’m bitching at him and he doesn’t have to “bow down” to my requests.

We live in a small town where there normally isn’t much to do, but with the virus affecting everything there is absolutely nothing for me to get out of the house and distract myself.

I feel like I’m struggling extra hard with battling my depression lately, and sometimes I crave just a little social interaction outside of work. But since he’s always on Voice chat, he completely ignores anything I say.

I just tried again this evening to have a mature conversation with him about my feelings and he again told me to quit bitching at him.

Any advice on things I can do to help with these awful feelings I am experiencing? 😞