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samantha
samantha | April 2007

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lately i feel like i'm not attracted to my husnand anymore, i do love him of course, but i feel quite alarmed by my feelings at the moment as i'm happier when he is not around, and i just find him anoying when he is around, he is a really great husband, father and provider, so i don't know why i am feeling this way, so i'm  wondering if anyone else is experiencing this, it dosn't feel right to feel this way, and what they did to get past it, my husband works away 2 weeks on then 1 week of, i think this may have something to do with it, my husband dosn't seem to have a problem he still shows alot of affection and i know finds me VERY attractive(which is driveing me nuts) but i just don't feel the same anymorewhats wrong with me and what can i do to get my feelings back?



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mewannaboy
April 2007 | mewannaboy
spark gone ,me too

I know where your coming from i felt that way too for a while.I know for myself it was the fact that instead of seeing him as this spunky man that wanted me .He was with other people more than me,a dad,a worker and our car driver most of the  time.I saw him as not as wonderful and indestructable as he was in the past.But also boredom in life and how everyday runs into the next making everything so mundane.My partner and i are trying to do a new thing everyday so it doesnt become so "ho hum".We go to school earlier,we go to a different cofee shop,we get something different for lunch etc.The only other thing that will cause that is perhaps depression.or PND.Maybe its creeped up on you so quickly that it really can overwelm all thoughts.This last week i didnt want my baby,or my partner or my house.I was so fed up with the boring exsistance i wanted to give my baby up for adoption,leave my partner and move to brisbane.

So i hope this helps im very sorry that this is happening and i really hope you can see that you probably do love your husband vey much it might just be life in general your out of love with.Try and love more the things he means to you and not your immediate thoughts for him.It did work for me.



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      samantha
April 2007 | samantha
spark gone ,me too

thanks, yeh i think my emotions and hormones were going a bit hay wire cause now i am fine lol, i really don't know what came over mei really can't explain it, hubby got home yesterday, i chucked a tanty, then i felt fine, and i don't know exactly what it was that i was upset about in the first place, and i don't know were all those feelings came from



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samantha
April 2007 | samantha
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wow! thanks everyone

well everything is okey now lol hehe, i'm not really sure what came over me but this sort of thing seems to happen every once in a while to me, but i feel fine now (very bizare) i was a bit shirty when i picked hubby up this morning, so i got angry at him, then he listened and now i'm fine (hu!) but i tend to be like that sometimes, i think i was just angry at him, but not really sure why, i think i just really missed him which sounds stange i nknow as i was saying i don't find him attractive anymore lol, (my emotions run rings around me at times) i've been very up and down lately (maybie hormones) anyways i'll probably right the same thing again in about a month lol

anyway thanks everyone for makeing me realize i'm not the only one who has feelings like this at times

thanks



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      cazza
5.00 (Excellent) | April 2007 | cazza
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happy to hear you both have worked things out, and knowing that we all go through these stages, but we need to find some balance, and work through these issues as thats what marriage is all about. i have being married 11 years today and we have found that if we have one night a month together out what a diffrence it makes. Also we have lunch once a fortnite.. Now i understand about you saying hubby works away as i have to deal with this with mine as well..  So good luck and i hope you have a happy easter now


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           samantha
5.00 (Excellent) | April 2007 | samantha
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thanks


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Joanna-maree
5.00 (Excellent) | April 2007 | Joanna-maree
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Hi, hang in there. Our feelings about people change all the time. Each of us need our own time, time for ourself and then we need time together- when there is just your husband and you, and then there is family time.

My husband is my full time carer. He has been around me 24/7 for the last 15 years. At times he drives me crazy. I take time out for myself, I go and use the computer, listen to music or meditate. We make time for each other. It has been the way our marriage has managed to survive for the last 26 years.

So hang in there. Marriage is all about the good and the bad. Go out together, hold hands, laugh at jokes, laugh with the kids,

Most of all remember how much you are loved and how much you love.

All the best



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RebeccaDorant
5.00 (Excellent) | April 2007 | RebeccaDorant
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heya mate, sounds like you just reallllly need that holiday... you do too much stuff... make some alone time with rob, i'll watch the kids if you want...seriously i wouldn't mind...k ...you's a clever cooki and you can work it out, don't stress so much about rob getting in the way and just be quietly thankful for his good points not as a provider because that will just remind you of work but as a person, kiall does so much stuff wrong around the house but at the end of the day he's still a good daddy and a totaly bizaar and funny person to be around and thats why i love him... you gotta remember what made you love rob in the first place... do you have a wedding album? go make yourself a cuppa and have a look at that... :)'s for you matey...


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Tadexpress
5.00 (Excellent) | April 2007 | Tadexpress
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This is quite normal so dont be alarmed work through it and make some effort otherwise what your feeling will be the death of your relationship. I would also recommend reading The Five Love Languages its only around $20 and is quite insightful and can be used to share your feelings if you need to...other wise plan and I mean plan some romance. Being in a long term committed relationship means putting in some effort along the way, you sound as if you have a man worth fighting for so do it and dont let him slip through your fingers into someone elses.


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mum2four
5.00 (Excellent) | April 2007 | mum2four
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Hi, my husband and I were at this stage about 5 yrs ago.He was doing refridgerated semi driving for 3 yrs and was hardly home in that period.Heres me sitting at home with 4 children to take care of and while your husband is not at home you get in your own routine with your children,and then when hubby comes home and unsettles it all,so yes it is easier for them just not to come home.

In the last 5 weeks of my husband doing fridgies we saw him for 2 days and not even full days at that and of course he had to be serviced (sex)in the short time he was home  and I really didn't feel like it as I was too annoyed with him because he was never home I know he was only doing it to support his family financially but he was not here supporting me as a husband ,father  and me as a wife mother and there was other options.

I had ,had enough finacially we were no better off than if  he had a local  truck driving job ,because of what he spent on the road.So I gave him an option family or the job.He soon finished up with the fridgies and as he had a good reputation in our local area as a sand and gravel truck driver he had a new job to start the next day.

He has now been home permenantly with us for 5 yrs and we have never been happier ,we go camping ,fishing and all the family stuff and he realizes now he missed out on so much of our younger boys growing up.I too met  my husband very young I was only just 17 and he was 18  but in my experience my husband and I grew together.We have  been together for 18 yrs in august  and married for 15, i think the longer he  is away the worse things may get.So if finacially your husband is able to get a local job and be home with his family in time things may get better,and the spark may return.



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      samantha
5.00 (Excellent) | April 2007 | samantha
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yes i can relate to what your saying, and yes i deffinately think it is because he is away so much, i get use to doing things on my own, and i  feel kinda anoyed that the only thing he wants to do when he gets home is obviously you know what, which is completely understandable, but for me its so hard as i havn't seen him in two weeks and theres alot i want to talk to him about, it makes me feel under presure all the time, then it makes me angry inside, hurt and so on, and there never seems to be enough time to spend together so i feel close to him again, but then once i do hes gone again ugh! it drives me nuts! i'm on my own then i'm not i'm on my own then i'm not arrrr, anyway hubby took this job so we could get ahead finacially and so when the mines open up in albany in a  couple years he will have the experience he needs to get a local job down there were he will be home every night, so we will soldier on lol, i have noticed though it comes and goes its not always like this so i'm hopeing it will pass, hubby gets home today so i'm gonna have a talk to him about how i feel more, so hopefully we can try and sort something out, or at least try to find ways to make it easier

i miss it when he use to come home everyday, (hes been doing this job for the last year and a half) it was so much easier then, with no emotional ups and downs, i look forward to when  hes finished working up there



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upinchina
5.00 (Excellent) | April 2007 | upinchina
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Are you talking about me? My husband is not home during the week until late because of work and school. He had a holiday last week 2 evenings and one time I told he was crowding me. The way I explained it to him is that I have to get myself in a mindset that he is not home and it's all up to me.  I know later when he doesn't go to school we'll have to adjust again. I think that is what's going with you. Go on a date every once in a while...I know it's hard but you'll be okay.


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      samantha
April 2007 | samantha
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thats how i feel also, i'm so used to it being just me the magority of the time that when he is home he just crowds my space, i have to learn to share the telli, bed, kids ect, when for the last two weeks its only been me, and then i have to re adjust to haveing him around then by the time i do, hes of again and it like bloody hell! i just find its easier to stay in the single mum mode (i know i'm not, but it does feel like i'm single apart from the fact i'm supported financially and emotionally from a distance)


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joanie
5.00 (Excellent) | April 2007 | joanie
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hi there... first off, i just looked at your profile and you have a BEAUTIFUL family. you've been very blessed with five gorgeous children and a loving husband, and at such a young age. i think that may be one source of your problem... you've been with this great guy for practically your whole life and maybe you might feel like you're missing out on something. trust me, you're not! a strong happy UNITED family is the most important thing that one can obtain in this lifetime, and it needs to be nurtured. marriage is tough, you have to constantly work at it. the fact that your husband is away so much is not a good thing, especially if you're happier during his absence. i really think you need to sit down and talk with him about your feelings. i think you guys might need more alone time, just the two of you. get a babysitter and go on a datenight once or twice a month. a few months ago, i was feeling really distant from my husband and wasn't attracted to him and like you, was happier when he wasn't around. finally, we had a HUGE blowout! what came of it is that now he's more attentive to my needs, which makes me happy and thus, attracted to him again. love is funny like that, and sometimes it's easier to leave a relationship than it is to stay. in your case, i really think you (and your husband) need to do anything and everything to put that "spark" back in your marriage. you have five little ones that deserve it. aside from infidelity and abuse, there are no excuses, in my opinion, to break up a family. good luck!


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      samantha
April 2007 | samantha
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you mean 6 kiddies lol

yes i think your right, i'm gonna have a talk to hubby when he gets home today, and i'm gonna make arangments for some alone time together as we havn't done it for a while

thanks



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RobynM
5.00 (Excellent) | April 2007 | RobynM
spark gone = You are not alone!

I know exactly how you feel, I too am confused at the moment as am not sure if I love my husband any more, or i am just really angry at him & also can't stand it if he tries to touch me, not that it happens any more.  I was concerned about this & went & talked to my doctor, just last Monday, who reassured me that the majority of women with young kids feel this way. She recommended I take a mild AD to get 'my spark' back & suggested I go & talk to a councellor about my feelings etc..  So my suggestion to you is, go & see your Dr & have a chat with them, they are probably the best ones to help you. Also, please feel free to visit me, as talking to people who are in a similar situation, sometimes helps. Wishing you all the best. Try & keep your chin up! I'm trying too! RobynM.



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      samantha
April 2007 | samantha
spark gone = You are not alone!
thanks


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madchanny
5.00 (Excellent) | April 2007 | madchanny
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hey there!,
yeah i get that alot now, mine is because of this depo... injection, are you on any contraceptive meds (the pill etc...)? these could be the problem, it didnt kick in straight away for me, it took a while before i wasnt interested. I force myself to get close to him, he has done nothing wrong and once i get close, that unattracted feeling goes away...

if you arent on meds, maybe you should see a doc, it could be something as minor as hormones doing this to you. you mentioned a while ago that you couldnt sleep???

dont worry, you know you love him and he loves you, you will get past this
i probably didnt help much, but best of luck :)
luv channy xx


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      samantha
5.00 (Excellent) | April 2007 | samantha
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i'm not on any meds at the moment, so thats not the problem, and i also experience  when i get really close then it does seem to go away but then it comes back straight after (weird)

and as fare as the sleep thing goes, that must have been someone else, i've never had sleeping problems



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           madchanny
5.00 (Excellent) | April 2007 | madchanny
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yeah

i remember a Q in here about sleeping probs when hubby works for weeks at a time, sorry for mistaking,

dont let it come back again.... glue urself to him LOL... (cheering u up)

i do hope the feeling goes away soon, i get so bad, im thinking about stopping the contraceptives just so i can be myself for a while :)

xx channy


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                samantha
April 2007 | samantha
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it can be so frustrateing to feel this way, if only men understood what it is like to be a woman


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jimannakateen
5.00 (Excellent) | April 2007 | jimannakateen
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lol im feeling the same way but i think my girls are picking it up because im happier wen he isnt around and its not like he has done anything! He know there is something wrong cuase he says u r always tiered lately! When you find a solution please let me know as well. I have tried my friends advise which was have time away from the kidsand spend us time but that didnt work. He was still in my face and it didnt make a difference. Hope every thing works out for you and hope you can keep it all together.


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      samantha
5.00 (Excellent) | April 2007 | samantha
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bumma!.. make sure if you figure it out you let me know, and vise versa, i just really wish i could shake it, hubby gets home tommoro and will be home for 2 weeks this time, so i'll probably get past it as i have before, i just find it always creeps back (weird) maybie its a combination of things, i just dunno, but it worries me, but i'm glad i'm not the only one who feels this way



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trixie30
5.00 (Excellent) | April 2007 | trixie30
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Hi there Samantha  yes i ahve felt this too in the past and like you said hes away and than comes back maybe it could that you are into your kids so much and you drift slightly away but what u need is a sexy nite away with each and if that dosnt work maybe you could talk to him as sometimes it could be health problems like your hormones as that knocks you around and plus you recently had a baby so that could wack u about anytime u wanna chat i am here ok matey Tracey


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      samantha
5.00 (Excellent) | April 2007 | samantha
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yeh i dunno, it could be hormones, i wish i new so i could fix it

thanks for the ear tracy



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           trixie30
5.00 (Excellent) | April 2007 | trixie30
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Hope u feel ok soonxxxx i know u love ya man heaps u r always saying it  and things will work out for ya u r a real nice person and i am glady r my friend keep me posted ok xxxTracey


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