“New Year’s Resolution”
I was married for about 4 years and just had a child. My wife was crying about how she felt that she wasn’t a good mom. This went on a whole week, and then Friday came along and she asked if I would stay home with the kids while she went drinking. It was 1 in the morning, and when I didn’t get a call back, I was done.
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Aftermath: We fought the next few months and she kept asking if I wanted a divorce…On New Year’s Eve , I finally said, “YEP!” She only sees our child every other weekend – if it fits in to her busy schedule. What a New Year’s resolution, and I’ve never been happier!
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It sounds like your ex-wife had/has Post-Traumatic Stress, man. Why didn’t you two try to get her into therapy or find out what was wrong? Because the way you posed this story, it makes you sounds like you couldn’t wait to escape from her. :c
I believe you mean postpartum depression. Either way, it was up to her to deal with it and she did by drinking instead of coping. Now his kid can be raised by a sober father instead of with a woman that clearly hasn’t matured emotionally. Kudos to this dude for trying so hard anyways!
As someone who has suffered from Post Partum depression badly after the birth of both of my children, I am appalled at both the OP and 2nd comment from ssj4gogeta. What this woman badly needed was support and help from her husband and medical intervention.
Perhaps the drinking binge was not the most rational response, but people suffering mental illness do not often act rationally. I won’t go into detail, but if it wasn’t for the support of my husband, I likely would have been dead by now.
tl;dr: the OP is an insensitive douchebag.
Why does he have to be the one to “save” her? As a guy who is married to a real loon and who has done the counseling, meds, support, give her space and every other flipin thing she wanted I can tell you it’s on HER to change! One of these days my youngest will be off to college and I will be skipping with joy down to do some filing at the Court House!