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Old Aug 21, 2014, 04:07 PM
Anonymous200320
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Do you feel like your husband doesn't understand therapy and/or your reasons for going?
Absolutely. When I saw my previous therapist (more than two years ago, now), H knew I was in therapy, but he did not understand why - nor did he care. If I tried to tell him anything about therapy or my therapist, he was very open with the fact that he didn't really care or want to know. Which is more than fine with me, but it also meant that he got a bit impatient with the fact that I kept going. So I have not told H that I am still in therapy, with a different therapist, since a couple of years. My therapy is going much better because of that, and my T agrees with me that there is nothing strange or wrong about not telling one's partner that one is in therapy.

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A great book to read is The Five Love Languages. I'm almost done with mine. My husband, of course, hasn't started. There's also one to learn your child's.
Different strokes for different people: I have not read the book but I have looked at the website, and the models and situations they presented do not have any bearing on my life, so I would like to point out that it is not for everybody. In addition I got rather annoyed with the patronising tone on the website. So to be honest I would not blame your husband for not wanting to read the book - it's possible that the text does not relate to him at all, and that doesn't mean that he doesn't want to change or to understand you.