Does anyone feel like they let their husband down?

United States
March 26, 2009 7:08pm CST
Hi I ve been married to my husband since i was16 and iam now 41.Up untill last year he was working and takeing care of all the bills and everything else.He will no longer be able to work or take care of anything else due to an accident he was in a couple of years ago,the drs did tell us that it could get pritty bad with his memorie and his leg,not being able to walk or anything.Well this di happen,qwite fast with in a year he lost his job we lost all our saveings and our home.I feel guilty because i ca not seem to do everything he used to do so i feel guilty.He never complains to me at all.
2 responses
• United States
27 Mar 09
First off I want to congradulate you for your long marriage. I think that you need to remember all of the things that you do do for your husband. There is a reason that you will never be able to do all of the things that he did, you are a partner in a realationship, half of a whole. Because you love your other half you will find ways to compensate for accident. But you should not feel like you have let him down because you cannot do what he did. You have to do what you can with what you have. I am sure that you are already compensating, I think that you will find it easier the more you manage. You have not let him down, you love him. And yes I have often felt that I have let my husband down, he works and I go to school, and my house is never clean, dinner is usually never ready, and laundry gets done one load at a time depending on what we need to be clean, not what is dirty. But he loves me anyway, and I will keep trying.
• United States
27 Mar 09
Thank you for your kind words and i will try and do the best i can to please him,but you are right i will never be able to do what he did and should onle do things that i can or else i will fall apart,It seems that my house is never clean as well but thats ok because i have to remember i am not wonder women lol
@besthope44 (12123)
• India
12 Aug 10
Well for me..he is person behind all my success and light for all my ignorance. I learned lot about many things from him which are valuable. Sometimes i feel guilty that i dont know many things, but he encourages me and never make me feel bad.