Wednesday, July 13, 2011

I told my husband a family secret. I feel he no longer sees me the same way.?

I never told my husband how my father really died. My father took his own life, and I buried that secret within my heart for 17 years. I never shared it with anyone, it remained within the family. I was scared to share it with people b/c of the taboo and stigma associated with it. I did not want to be judged ever by it. I buried my feelings and continued on with my life. I met a wonderful warm hearted man, we dated a little more than 1 year. I fell in love with him and we married. I never shared with him the real reason my dad passed away for the same reasons stated above. During the beginning of our marriage, there were many times when I tried to form the words, the courage, to tell my husband about my father, but I failed every time. I couldn't bare the weight of carrying this on my own anymore. I wanted openness, but I was still too afraid to talk about it. I shut this in me for 17 years. How easy was it going to be to let it out? One day, my husband asked me to hear a tape from a psychic that he had went to (without my knowledge). I was angry that he went without telling me, but that all changed after what I heard on that tape. The psychic was conveying my father's message that he was sorry for what he had done. I lost it and started to cry hysterically. At that point, I told my husband about my father and how he died. He comforted me and held me and asked me why I never told him. We are now trying to have a family of our own, however, we have not been lucky in that arena, and it is straining our relationship b/c still we have no children. My husband is not happy with his job or where we live. Several months have passed since I told my husband about my father, he now tells me that he loves me, but that he feels slighted b/c I never had the trust to tell him. That he deserved to know about it. He feels that there was(is) no trust in our marriage. I feel that my husband sees me in a different light now. I think I made a big mistake to tell him. What was I to do? I was expecting that my husband tell me that it is all in the past, that he understands why I never told me b/c I was afraid. But those were not his words, he told me that he loves me, but he feels slighted b/c I never trusted him enough to tell him. He is now disappointed in me. I thought love was unconditional. Can anyone shed some light on this for my sanity?

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