no longer happy...

@coolchai (753)
Philippines
April 1, 2007 3:29am CST
im no longer happy with my married life...what can u advise?
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5 responses
@sshazie (253)
• Singapore
1 Apr 07
I think that's pretty vague so i cant advise much here. In every marriage there is bound to be arguments and times of unhappiness. I would suggest that you and your partner take time out for a holiday. If that is not possible, find a nite that u can both chill and have a nice meal somewhere quiet. speak your hearts out without slamming at one another. perhaps you have lost that loving feeling that you once enjoyed in the beginning. Figure out by yourself where did u go wrong? was it something you or him/her did or didnt do that resulted in your unhappiness? find solutions or compromise as far as possible. Dun give up too easily. In my case, i had endured lotsa emotional and verbal abuse for 2 years before i came to a point that i felt that i wanted out. However coming back to being rational, I gave it a lot of thought and seeked the best way of solving it. that is to speak to the person whom i had the problem with, my husband. He was very impatient, highly insensitive and amazingly egoistic. We had weeks of long, quality talk over almost all the issues that we didnt realise that was getting us on one anothers nerves. As much as we were unhappy being together at that point of time, we came to a compromise over certain issues, sought for solutions for other issues. I realised that we didnt know one another as well as we tot we did. In that process we became closer everyday. the effort was finally rewarded. Now i cant even recall when was the last time i was really unhappy being married. I wish you luck. i hope that u dun give up no matter wat. you took the oath and it speaks for itself.
@coolchai (753)
• Philippines
2 Apr 07
good for you sis and thanks.
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@sunnypub (2128)
• United States
1 Apr 07
Well it is really kind of hard to give advise without knowing exactly why you are unhappy, but for generic sake, I will say this: you need to figure out exactly why you are unhappy, then decide if it is something that can be fixed, then decide if you really want to fix it. If you don't want to fix it then your only choice is to leave. IF you do want to fix it then the frist step would be talking to you spouse about what is going on. From there you could go to marriage counceling if you wanted. I don't believe in staying in an unhappy marriage just for the sake of staying. I also think that if you are unhappy because of some form of abuse then you should get out immediately. You are really the only one who can answer your question. Dig deep inside yourself and figure out what is going on, and what your ture feelings aobut it are, then go from there. Good Luck to you.
@coolchai (753)
• Philippines
2 Apr 07
thank you
@repzkoopz (1895)
• Philippines
1 Apr 07
well, this is pretty complicated and sensitive.. first things first.. can you tell us the reason why? is it because of your partner? is it because of someone else? or are you growing tired of each other?
@mskzalameda (4023)
• Philippines
1 Apr 07
this is a sensitive one huh? will you tell us why you are not happy with your marriage life right now? are there any hindrances that made you unhappy? please feel free to open up so we can help you :)
@Bell88 (370)
• Malaysia
1 Apr 07
Go to a motel with your husband and rekindle your love. Just don't stop believing in each other.