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Hi & Hello - a bit about my life and mostly about my relationship with my wife
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Hi
Thought of introducing myself, and even though the forum is about mental issues, i wanted to express the need to understand other with mental issues and bring a ray of hope in their lives.
I am going through a bit, and its taken me about 6 months to think of opening an account on BB.
About me: 36 yo returning migrant to lovely Melbourne after a 7 year stint in my country of birth.
in those 7 years, had a good job, met my wife, married, got a daughter, a cat, a house and a whole lot of extended family issues that we broomed under a thick blanket.
These issues are propping up (well for my life) now that she wants to change her life. However i am a doofus at most things and mis-interpret or don't interpret things properly. (dont know)
My wife is going through serious changes in her life, and she is the type of person that doesn't talk very much (the reverse of me) and instead actions on things. her motto is Actions speak louder than words.
Well for the most part of her transition, i am left with a child and a house thinking things up. i even thought that she was cheating and confronted her 4 times about it - every time her answers were that she is going through a personal change and the extended family issues has affected her a lot.
she denies any form of cheating, but i find it hard to believe, why all of a sudden she spends a lot more time at work, taking pride in her self-care, returns home past midnight and doesn't bother to text her whereabouts and always claiming that her phone died.
hope i can get some help over here
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Hi and welcome to beyond blue.
I have to go to class very shortly, but I want to let you know that I am listening and have a couple of suggestions for you. Most importantly these are about communication, which is the bedrock of any relationship IMO. But then, so is trust. While actions might speak louder than words, if you are unhappy in the relationship, this should be brought up? I have to go now, but will speak more later.
Please bear with me. I can read the pain in your message. And I hope that it would only be the inner critic of your mind that tells you all the negatives.
Back in a bit,
Tim
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Hi Reyman,
It’s lovely to see you reaching out 🙂 I hope you’re finding your way around the forums okay. I think it’s great that Tim has kindly replied with a supportive post.
I replied to your thread in the Multicultural forums (Good morning everyone- Hope everyone is doing good and on the path or recovery). Good on you for writing there 🙂 I admired your self insight and willingness to talk...
Although I noticed that thread and this thread here are very similar. So I was wondering if you would prefer for us to reply here or on your thread on over there?
I hope it’s okay for me to ask. It’s just that I figured it might be easier for you if we all replied to you in the one place 🙂
I hope we hear from you again as it would be great to continue supporting you and getting to know you a bit better.
kind and caring thoughts,
Pepper
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Hi Reyman,
Hope you don't mind, but I replied on your other thread also in then multicultural forums Good morning everyone- Hope everyone is doing good and on the path or recovery.
I hope we chat in there some more. Stay strong,
Tim
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