Originally Posted by
Phil Davies
One thing that came up last night is that her mother is the same way. She also brought it up when we went to couples therapy. Her mother ho-hums her way through life, completely emotionless like a robot. Every conversation she has is on the surface, all material no substance, nothing under the surface. No deep talks or emotional connections with anyone or anything. My wife's father left her after 30 years of marriage for basically the same problems we're having. His exact words to me were "I gave her everything, she gave me nothing ... I feel like I wasted 30 years of my life and she doesn't".
How ****ed up is that? I don't want to be him.