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February 12, 2014 at 9:59 pm #50886natashaParticipant
I have been reading your posts and suggestions on Tiny Buddha. I really need your help.
i have been reading through this site quite often. i am a 31 year old married girl and today i am here to share my problem. i will surely keep it short. i had 2 relationships in my past. each one last for 4 years. i was involved emotionally as well as physically in both. i always took it serious and gave my 100 percent. but none of them worked. 1st one dint work coz my parents dint allow. i was in my teens and it looked all like a dreamy world. when parents said no, he also dint do anything to convince them. had ego and he dint remain in contact. i as a teen was pressurized to keep quite. i also did not fight for my love.2nd dint work because things were not good between me and my bf. He always had a doubt as i had told him abt my 1st relationship. i always accepted my mistake and surrendered him as only i needed was love, emotional support and care. my parents never did. they were busy in solving their own problems and never understood what i was going through. i also never realised what i was suppose to do. i always went with the flow.both guys came proposed and i said yes. the 2nd bf ended because he was not sure about me and till today i never understood why did he ended. he use to smoke a lot and was addicted to majjuana(grass). and things ended without any note. when this ended i was working. later i dnt have any affair till 2 years when i met a colleague and we fell in love. this was more of friendship than any that happened before. we went around roamed around spent good time together. he is shy and talks less, hardly shouts. i dint tell him about my affairs. we decided to get married. he asked my dad and family who said no. this time i was sure that dis bf will never let me down as he was quite and calm and not of furious nature like 2nd bf. he was ready for a court marriage. i was also so eager and curious to get ahead of just friendship so we both did a court marriage and then informed parents. both parents later agreed. things were good and sweet till 1st 2 years. we were not much in physical pleasure. and it gradually started diminishing. he never was romantic as its his nature. when we married we were friends n dint have actually any romantic kind of dates. we use to meet talk. but nvr came so close that we could get physical. its 5 years now and all i remember having physical intimacy 2 with him 3 years back.
i always missed the physical intimacy and pleasure, the caring in small small things, the pamper of my both ex. all these feelings were never there in my married life.
2 years back i joined a new company where my colleague started hiting on me. we shared messages, jokes and became too frank to get into physical. we did and i was on cloud 9. he is also married and now has a kid(8 months old). this continued till one ahd a half year untill since last 6 months we have not been seeing each other much. there is no sharing of messages, jokes, chats. it has reduced. i always get upset and talk about it but then that turned into argument and then we dint talk for a while. this is happening tiday also. we dont talk much. he says i complain a lot. but then i can make out that things are changing ….he does not appreciate my looks as often as earlier…those naughty comments are no more…no going out on dinners and coffee…rather it has reduced….things have started fading. every time i think of somthing unusual happening (the change) i speak out and then the argument starts. now i am scared to even say hi. i dont talk untill he talks to me. i have become so dependent on him that i stop working if things are not ok. this is all about i am going through. i dont think i can find a solution on my own. please help.February 13, 2014 at 9:10 am #50914MarkParticipantHi shraddha,
I am sorry for your dilemma. Your marriage sounds like a relationship does not really sound like it serves your emotional and sexual needs. I can understand why you enjoyed your colleague’s attentions to fulfill such needs and now missing the absence.My guess is that your bigger issue is to find a way to be in a fully committed relationship that meets all those needs. I would think that staying married will not free you up to really live your life fully.
I invite you to think about what you really want. Five, ten or twenty years from now, where do you want to see yourself? What kind of life can you imagine having? What can of life you want to have? I would start from there and then you have a better basis on how to start living your life now. You can start making choices based on that future vision you want for yourself.
Metta,
MarkFebruary 14, 2014 at 11:11 pm #51042natashaParticipantDear mark,
U are right in understanding me of being in fully committed relationship where I will find what I am looking for. For the questions you asked, I have always wanted to live a loving life. Few years back I use to dream of having a good life with a loving family, a loving husband and a cute baby who will make our family complete. Now, if I think, I find myself don’t wanting a kid because that will stop me from going out and enjoying my freedom. I will loose all the attention that I get new From outside world other than my husband.romance will be no more. I am stuck here and can’t think of life after 10 years. I want to get rid of this feeling. Our families are very conservative. All my thoughts are criminal thoughts in such a conservative family. But I am helpless. I want to get rid of these thoughts and live a normal life. M I expecting much more from life? I sometimes feel like giving up and die. I am feeling stuck.
February 14, 2014 at 11:41 pm #51044MarkParticipantShraddha,
I believe we are trapped by our own minds which have been programmed by our culture, traditions and families. It all comes down to “shoulds”… we should do this and we should do that regardless whether it is RIGHT for us, regardless whether it feeds our hearts and souls.I have been in that trap. It took a leap-of-faith for me to follow what I truly believe is right for me in MY own life. It was scary and it defied convention and logic. AND I am happier for it.
I invite you to put aside what you were raised on what you are suppose to do, what family and culture and religion tells you what you are suppose to do, and to sit still and look deep inside your heart and hear what you NEED to do.
Metta,
MarkFebruary 16, 2014 at 11:48 am #51105Marilyn Sinatra GillParticipantShraddha,
I am sorry to hear of what you are going through. With my marriage of 31 years to an Indian man, I had to learn not to depend on him or anyone else and to find my happiness within myself. Through years of counseling, I have found that unless you love yourself and accept yourself for who you are, you can never find love and happiness with another person. We have many cultural differences but deep down inside, we love each other even though there has been a lot of hurt throughout the years. I guess when I took my vows, good times and bad, sickness and health, I took them to heart. We separated three times and learned something each time, becoming better people, realizing what we had been through and the hurt we both endured. It is hard these days with cultural expectations and what your family wants for you. My daughter is half Indian, married a Sikh who wanted to live with his parents, and she knew it would be hard for her. They tried it for a year and broke up. She has learned from this and will try to make sure in the next relationship, that she is very sure she can compromise and figure out what she wants ahead of time. Maybe you just need some soul searching to see what you really want in life and your relationship. I hope this helps you and good luck! God bless you too!
Marilyn
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