Am I over thinking/nit picking? Did I marry the right person?

Sorry in advance for the super long message. šŸ˜… I’ve been with my husband for almost 10 years (married for almost 5) and we have a 3.5 yo and recently had a baby. I can’t help but think, did I marry the right guy? I know comparison is the thief of joy but I look so many other marriages (friends and social media influencers)where they are like married to their best friend and I can’t help but wish I had that. To give a bit of context, when we first started dating, our sex life was pretty good. Fast forward 10 years, and now that we have 2 kids, sex is literally the last thing on my mind right now and will try and find any excuse not to at the moment. But I’ve been really thinking I feel like we’re always on different pages and don’t have much in common and just don’t feel connected at all. I mean, we both love the beach but just a few examples of our differences (I know some of these are prob stupid/minor) We like different foods so it makes it hard to go out to places and/or cook because he’s such a picky eater. I will eat pretty much anything but would like to eat healthier but he would eat just meat and carbs and not eat any fruit or veg and hates seafood but I LOVE seafood. He would literally eat greasy, heavy, or sugary junk food every day if I let him. We don’t like the same music - i can’t stand the music he listens to (I know this sounds stupid and not a deal breaker for me just contributing difference) I’m conscious of hygiene and appearance. I also feel like I do more of the cleaning and tidying at home and feel like I’m constantly nagging. I went to a private school and he went to a public school and he always pays out ā€œprivate school peopleā€ and calls us all snobs and it frustrates the f*ck out of me. I would prefer to get out of the house and do things and see things together and always suggesting things to go do and see but he would probably prefer to stay home and just play video games or watch Netflix or sports. We seem to have different parenting approaches and always disagreeing so it’s hard to have a united front when it comes to disciplining our toddler on things like respect, swearing and table manners. He hardly makes an effort to have deep conversations and I always feel I have to open up/start conversations. Last time we ended up going to dinner, I felt like I was starting the conversations. Also, when he comes from work, he’ll ask me how my day was but will be looking at his phone so I find it really frustrating having a conversation with someone who is just looking at their phone. He always whinges about bad drivers and people being on their phones or not paying attention and today, we were driving on an expressway today at 100km’s an hour, with our 2 kids in the back and then he decided to quickly check his phone for the footy score. I got really pissed off and said ā€œCan you pay attention to the road especially because we’ve got the kids in the car.. if I did the same thing, you would pull me up on it and have a go at meā€ because he has in the past. He got all defensive and said he would not, and we got into a pretty heated argument about it until I just said I don’t want to argue about this with the kids in the car. He seems to have moved on and thinks everything is fine but I’m awake after feeding my baby and still pissed off. I also feel like we have a different sense of humour as I don’t find him funny even when he tries to be. Could be my lack of sleep and mental load. We are both super stubborn. And I feel like lately all we do is bicker, snap and argue with eachother but I’m not sure if it’s the lack of sleep and dealing with new baby and toddler. I just can’t help but feel like we’re not connecting and something is missing and our morals, goals don’t align. Also, at our wedding, a few of his friends had some party drugs and he had some but didn’t tell me. I don’t care that he had it to be honest I’m offended he didn’t ask me if I wanted any and that he didn’t tell me. Instead I had to find out a few months later from one of his friends and then he denied it in front of both of us which I knew because his friend was like.. err this is awkward. He then admitted the truth and I was so humiliated that he lied to my face in front of his friends and I think I still have trust issues when he goes out drinking.. Am I over thinking this/nit picking? I have mentioned to him in the past that I feel like we’re always on different pages and he always had a rebuttal like ā€œopposites attractā€ Anyone else been in this situation? Not sure how to bring this up with my husband without hurting his feelings or if I should say anything at all in case I’m just picking at every little thing because I have more time to think and get in my head and my patience is tested with minimal sleep. I don’t want to say anything to my friends as I’m feel stupid, ashamed & embarrassed and like a bitch because I feel like I’m nitpicking (because I have more time to think and get in my own head probably) but at the same time I don’t know if I’m happy or if it’s just a matter of me thinking the ā€œgrass is greener? ā€œ šŸ˜–šŸ˜© Any insight/advice would be great. šŸ˜”šŸ˜” Thank you xxx
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People might disagree with me but from reading your post it does seem like your husband loves you and is some what happy in the marriage. You’re definitely nit picking because of everything that’s piling up but that’s totally normal with the frustration you’re feeling. Having a baby really tests your marriage and relationship with one another. In terms of you not having anything in common, I’m assuming you always knew this about your relationship and you are just looking at another reason to be annoyed at him. Don’t worry I was the exact same with my husband, me and him couldn’t be anymore different and I also used it as a reason to be annoyed at him whilst we were going through this phase. It’s like your husband said opposites do attract, I think it’s hard for us because we’re so overstimulated by everything that goes on around us we tend to take it out on the one person that’s by our side. You should definitely talk to your husband…

Go on a date and try to rekindle your romance. I tried this recently with my husband and it really did ignite a spark, I felt like I was meeting him for the first time again. Leave the kids with someone and just take some time out for you two. It’s important you don’t forget about each other whilst raising your kids. You might not agree with everything that he does but do you respect him as a person ? Is he a good husband/father ? Is he a good human ? We tend to focus on the negative so much we forget why we married them in the first place. Obviously every situation is different but I’m just telling you what worked for me. Hope that helped and feel free to message me if you want to talk x Also I’m sorry if any of it came across as harsh that wasn’t my intention. It’s difficult to show tone through a message x

Ooff this is a tough one.. it’s hard to give an opinion bc idk the entire story of each and most importantly idk how it all makes you truly feel. I mean as a third party I could argue either side for you, you know, it’s honestly a personal decision for you. I can say, I have found the whole ā€œopposites attractā€ isn’t necessarily true. But regardless, being best friends truly does help. It’s never too late to find hobbies to do together, he would just have to be willing. I think your best option is talking to him about it. Approach it gently though, I’d be afraid he’d defensive. But if you hold it in he’ll never know how you feel, and it could lead to resentment all together. It’s a tough one babe. I would talk first, see how things go, see if you can find things you love together and can grow in friendship again. If you try, and he’s unwilling, than at least you tried all your avenues. ā¤ļø

Sounds like you guys have lost the spark in the relationship it’s into the roommates phase

Have you considered going to couples counseling? My husband and I hit a roommate phase not too long ago, and it was pretty bad. We went to couples counseling and our therapist suggested we read the book "The 5 love languages" by Gary Chapman. We learned so much about each others love languages and it really has helped us renew our marriage and remember why we got married in the first place! I hope that suggestion helps. Xoxo

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