Help.
I felt super comfortable with him for just a second. Then, I felt weird and awkward 😖
I talked to him about my day and my conversations with my friends online, and I was really into the stories I was sharing with him, but something felt off all of a sudden.
And then, after a few attempts of me asking if everything was okay, he said that he feels bad that I have time to talk to other people but not to him. I said I was sorry the kids are a lot. Because they never let us talk. As soon as they see us attempting a conversation, they have to butt in. All of a sudden, they urgently need something. I know they're afraid to see us talk because it ends up in an argument most of the time.
When I was talking about my day and my friends, he gave me the feeling that we were about to start arguing.
It doesn't take long for me to catch up with my friends, a text here, and there throughout the day. But he gets upset because he doesn't have anyone to talk to. I really believe he needs a friend. Someone else to talk to besides me. Because I feel like I can't talk to him. And he feels like I don't want to listen to him. I do want to listen, and I do, but it's never enough from him. We have talked for hours day after day about him. His life, everything about him. He has trauma and is always stuck on the same thing. I listen, I always have. But I've heard it, and I no longer have a response. I can't keep saying the same thing. I can't cry over the same story 30 times. He gets upset if I listen and don't have a response or if I don't seem interested enough.
I feel like I'm walking on eggshells all day every day.
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