Hi. You are completely describing my life, it’s so weird the similarities. My husband grew up in the same era as you and his father worked and mom took care of the household and the family. We agreed we would do the same. We agreed for me to be a stay at home mom, especially as our youngest has special needs and major separation anxiety. I have not worked in over 15 years. Now I’m faced with having to support myself and the kids. Basically starting over. My husband earned a very comfortable living and now that is all gone. Not only is that income gone, theres no way I can bring in even half of that. So there goes our nice, beautiful home in one of the best neighborhoods and I will be lucky if I can afford something in one of the worst neighborhoods. Helpless and hopeless comes to mind.
Yes I would always take the kids out to distract them but COVID 19 is really messing that up. I totally understand that.
That is what I’m wondering. Do addicts finally come to a realization that they have a choice to make? I’ve never been on the other side of this. Or is my husband walking out 2 months ago and staying gone his way of telling me he made a decision and it’s not his family?