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A general observation that I've seen floated before: that men tend to want to make up for hurting someone by doing something, whereas women generally want to fix it by talking or listening instead. I've posted here before about having conflicts with my wife and being at a loss for words — how to show the right kind of empathy, for example? So I wind up doing something instead... more often than not now, it's something small and stupid. "Busy-work", she calls it when she's upset.

I just found this site... I am lost for words.  THis is my life in almost every post.  I have isolated myself from friends just trying to manage my life with my ADHD husband.  We will be married 9 years in Feburary and have 3 kids.  He works, comes home and watches tv, plays video games and then when he is tired he goes to sleep.  Literally does not help me with not one thing.  He is like 2 kids in 1 adult body.  I have to prepare his lunches, clothes, pay all the bills, make his dr appointments and remind remind remind.

"for the law doth not intend that the man is advanced by marriage; and therefore such a promise of marriage to him is of no consideration in law, and by consequence, no action can be founded thereon. But it is otherwise where a man promiseth to marry a woman, because in the eye of the law marriage is an advancement to the woman."

soon to be married to a man with ADHD. issues with impulsivity etc.

Does anyone else experience this from their ADHD spouse?

ME :"we'll be late if you don't hurry up"

HIM: "I don't care" (shrug)

ME: "Your hair needs cutting dosn't it?"

HIM: "I don't care" (shrug)

ME: "You really upset me with what you said to me yesterday"

HIM: "I don't care" (shrug)

ME: "I think you upset Linda by what you said to her"

HIM: "I don't care" (shrug)

ME: "But why won't you dress up for the party, everyone else will"

HIM "I don't care" (shrug)

I am happy with a bit of improvement I have seen thus far.

I just completed the couples course by myself as my husband would not join me in the live course but we have listened to 3 sessions together afterwards but he will not do any more sessions.

SO I have been working on myself and have come to several aha moments. I have changed at least 10 things about myself and have been sticking to it. I have been evaluating everything that I say and do now since about a month or so ago when the aha moments sunk in and I was ready to implement them.

I decided to leave. I cannot take care of myself anymore, let alone a man-child. I feel like when my ADHD partner is around, I worry incessantly, "is he paying the bills?" "Is he looking for a job?", "how many hours of video games has he played?", "we talked about wiping toothpaste off the sink today, did he remember to do it?". 

I apologize for the following rant of an ADHDer, but I just wanted to get this out there. . . . .

My boyfriend (who has been coping with ADHD his whole life) is 36 years old.  We began dating at the beginning of this year.  Soon after we started dating, he mentioned his ADHD and the medication he was taking to help with symptoms.  While I was glad he shared this information with me, it was during our courting phase and there were absolutely no harmful ADHD relationship issues even remotely occurring at that time.

Since I have gotten great advice from here before, I hope that someone will also comment on this. This is partially a continuation of the topic about my boyfriend playing a martyr. I had some time to think and observe and would like to hear your feedback on some additional problems. 

The more I am together with my boyfriend, the more it seems to me that he is not fully committed. It is this weird combination of being caring and not really fully present in the relationship. What do I mean by this?