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It has been a wonderful 31 years of marriage, which is why this is made so hard.  Three days before Christmas my wife of 31 years decided to leave me and our 4 dogs after saying we argued all the time.   This was only true that on every weekend, she was able to get in one good day and the second day she descended into a total disconnect.  At times I felt like I was raising a one of my kids again.  Who ever heard of temper tantrums at 65 years old, but I was really shocked to see one.  I have tried to tell her how much I love her and how can we find a way to get past what I perceived as anot

IF I AM OUT OF LINE IN THIS POST, PLEASE LET ME KNOW, AND I WILL DELETE IT.  Here I am trying to live with boundaries, and not be mean, nor punishing, not hurtful, just making the best choices for Liz and her own sanity.  And enjoy my holidays.  

If you know my posts, you know I have come a very long way from my first post over 5 years ago,  Yet, why the Sam Hill am I sitting here feeling guilty - while knowing I am not guilty -  yet feeling really poorly by the events happening here.

My spouse does indeed read here.   

Hi all, I'm new to this group but after reading so many of the forums I feel so much better already. I finally feel like I'm not alone! 

Happy Holidays everyone! I removed my post - I found an article about narcissistic parents that seemed to help.

What a combination. My first time here and posting. All this in me seems to be getting worse with age. Need some help figuring out what to do. There is just so much to talk about but I can't type fast enough. I am having a real difficult time seperating me from the ADHD. I feel like I am too old to have this happen to me now.

Hey there - once I have been a happy person, secure and valued, relaxed and energetic. But, that is a long long time ago. My husband and me are separated since nearly three month now and finally I do start to feel better, bit by bit. Get to see that I am not insane, that I do not need to get an psychiatric evaluation done. Honestly, without my parents I would have totally lost it. My husband tries/tried to tell me that I am the reason why he had repeatedly anger outbursts these last month. I am frustrating him, I do trigger him et c.

Last night was an all too familiar scene.  We were at our daughter's high school basketball game and my husband made a scene.  I wanted to die. Here's the set up: it was a varsity basketball game and our daughter plays JV.  JV players have to also dress and sit for Varsity, although no playing time is guaranteed.  The team was winning 60 - 30 and arguably the coach should have put in the second string of girls (no argument there).  My husband became agitated about our daughter not getting playing time and started yelling "Hey coach, time to clear the bench!"  As parents all turned to stare,

On a positive note had a good time with my family last night. I shoveled the driveway until my two year old started crying with cold hands, and joked with the wife. Had a great time. Just a simple, quiet, honest night. :)

The past two nights had little sleep. Work the past two days has been difficult as weather has complicated our operations, compiled with people returning to work after a holiday. 

I really, really want to shout at the frustration. 

I know I am liable for my outbursts. I will do my best to not take my frustrations out on my coworkers or loved ones. 

Just needed to vent and breathe. 

I try to communicate properly but the lack of forethought in my words, or the manner in which I inflect them, usually falls flat and leaves me with a my foot in my mouth, and we have a fit. I am angry how I expressed myself, my wife - the non-ADHD person, is sensitive because she is hurt and feels like she did something WRONG, and this instance ruins our entire day. 

If we could go on the a game show, teh way we communicate, would fail in 20 seconds.