
Dec 06, 2012, 12:03 AM
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Member Since: Aug 2011
Location: Washington State, U.S.A.
Posts: 3,169
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Originally Posted by farmergirl
Wanting to be taken care of and wanting your girlfriend to take care of you are really poor reasons to get married. In fact, they will probably doom the marriage from the start. It is really unfair to expect someone else to take care of you all the time. Caretaking of a spouse is a HUGE strain and burden. Sometimes it is absolutely necessary and unavoidable, but you should be able to learn to manage your own diabetes, and if your mental health issues are beyond your ability to manage, asking someone else to manage them for you just really isn't realistic or really terribly fair.
Sounds like you really need the group home. Go there with the intention of learning the skills to manage your own health and well-being. Learn to do that and then perhaps down the road you can consider a marriage of equal partnership.
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I agree 100%. My 2nd husband married me for the same reason--he did love me but he also wanted me to take care of him. I knew he had a disability, but I did not realize how bad it was and that he needed someone to take care of him. I basically fell apart, to put it mildly. I already had a problem with depression, and this made it worse. It got to the point where I couldn't even take care of myself anymore; I showered everyday, but could not comb my hair--then it would be such a knotted mess that I cut big chunks out of my hair. My clothes were always a mess--people who did not know me thought I was homeless because I was such a wreck. Then, when he finally realized I could not give him the care he needed or wanted, he just fell apart even more and eventually committed suicide. I agree, that it needs to be an equal partnership.
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