My boyfriend is very emotional. Not in a bad way, but just very in touch with his emotions and feelings. He only sees his kids a few days a week and recently they have been doing sleepovers and stuff with their friends on the days they are supposed to see him. It makes him sad, but he doesn't want to stop them from being teenagers and hanging with their friends. He, himself, came from a broken home, so he knows how difficult it was to manage friends and weekends at his dad's house. It's a tough thing to manage, I'm sure.

Today he just was in a funk. I'm not sure how to help him. He has good days and bad days. THe bad days usually only lasts a day here or there, but it's tough to know how to help him.

I'm getting to be in a better place with my own depression, but I am at a loss for how to help him. All I want to do is yell and say...please cheer up, I love you, I want you to be happy. I know that was the LAST thing I wanted to hear when I was in a bad place.

His job isn't the happiest place to be - he's had some union problems at the station (he is a cop). He isn't wiling to go to therapy since it's just not "what cops do" or so he tells me. He is also upset that we live so far away - it's only an hour, but he's saying things like, 'I wish we could see each other more - like other people who date. It's not fair". My reaction is that Life Isn't Fair! Either deal with what we have or let's break up and find someone else who is closer in distance. Idk what to tell him or how to make him happy. It's like I can only be WHO I AM...if he isn't happy, i can't change things for him.

The weird part is, he might be fine tomorrow, I just don't know. I'm not sure where to go with this or how to help him.