Ashley Williams
01-08-2008, 02:32 PM
I am sure many of you can empathise with this.
I only told my wife about my renewed dressing about ten days before Christmas - and up to now we have not spoken a great deal more about it.
This evening, suddenly, she told me that she was going to see a mutual friend and 'have a chat'
This had been my suggestion when she complained that I have all the support - ie from sites like this - yet she can talk to no-one.
I don't think it is so much a reflection on the forum as a distaste for the internet generally. She thinks I spend far too much time on-line and as for actually building relationships and getting support from other people through it - way off!!
The friend has had some counselling training through her work in the Health Service and I am hoping she also has an open enough mind to be supportive to my wife and objective enough to not judge me too harshly.
I did not expect my wife to follow any of my suggestions after the initial reaction - and have no idea what she will say when she returns - so fingers and everything else crossable firmly entwined!
I only told my wife about my renewed dressing about ten days before Christmas - and up to now we have not spoken a great deal more about it.
This evening, suddenly, she told me that she was going to see a mutual friend and 'have a chat'
This had been my suggestion when she complained that I have all the support - ie from sites like this - yet she can talk to no-one.
I don't think it is so much a reflection on the forum as a distaste for the internet generally. She thinks I spend far too much time on-line and as for actually building relationships and getting support from other people through it - way off!!
The friend has had some counselling training through her work in the Health Service and I am hoping she also has an open enough mind to be supportive to my wife and objective enough to not judge me too harshly.
I did not expect my wife to follow any of my suggestions after the initial reaction - and have no idea what she will say when she returns - so fingers and everything else crossable firmly entwined!