Don't know what to do anymore 😪
This is a bit of a long post, so thank you if you read the entire thing...
My husband and I have been together for 8 years, married for 4. We have a beautiful 3 year old daughter and I'm currently 33 weeks pregnant with our son. In these 8 years we have been through soooo much, from losing everything 6 weeks after we got married, to unfaithfulness, drinking issues, family crap etc... We both had our parts to play and hurt each other very badly.
Last year we had a wonderful opportunity to move far away from family and make a clean start, which is what we both wanted. Things were going well for us - my husband progressed really quickly at his new job and is now a step away from becoming the GM (soooo super proud of him). I, however, was laid off from my job in May. This really devastated me, as I absolutely loved my job and the company I worked for, I was there for 6 years. From there things just started going down hill.
I've been looking for work, obviously, but being pregnant seems to be a deal breaker... I am claiming unemployment. But as a person, someone who hasn't been unemployed since I left school 12 years ago, I feel completely defeated and like I've lost my purpose... Like I'm just here, at home, cleaning and basically just being the housekeeper...
As the months from May have progressed, things between myself and my husband have also gone backwards... My love language is touch, his is not... We barely have sex anymore where we used to have it like 3 to 5 times a week. Our "touching" has resorted to a kiss on the cheek when he leaves for work and a kiss when he gets home. Emotionally, we're good, like we're not fighting or whatever (the only thing we fight about is this), like it feels like I'm just a friend to him now, just roomies...
I love my husband soooo, so much and I am still so very attracted to him and still want him the way I always have. But when we talk about this, he says that sex and intimacy is the last thing on his mind and we have bigger issues to worry about than this. He even last night told me that our marriage is the last thing he's concerned with now, he is just trying to keep us afloat financially so we don't lose everything again. Which I do get and I'm worried about all the same things he's worried about, but I still want to keep my marriage going... It feels like the more I'm trying, the more he pulls away from me. I broke down completely last night, cried my eyes out after we spoke about this again, and he didn't so much as extend a hand to touch my arm or my shoulder even... He just got back into bed and continued watching a movie on his phone...
At night he'd rather spend the bit of time we have together watching Netflix or going to bed and watching TikTok videos on his phone...
I'm just at a loss right now and feel extremely alone and broken... I don't want to lose my marriage or drift apart again... He says he still loves me, but I don't know... I feel like I love him more than he loves me to be honest.
Any advice would be so appreciated
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