Everything Seemed Great … Until My Husband Blindsided Me by Text
Dear Feeling Discarded,
After a brief and shocking text message, your husband disappeared! Your letter describing these events leaves me feeling as confused as you undoubtedly were when you reached your husband, asked him where he was, and he told you that the two of you “were not blossoming.” You asked him what he meant and he didn’t explain; he simply repeated himself, as though he expected you to read his mind, to understand him and his behavior, with no discussion or meeting involved.
I wonder how long you were married. Also, was his appearance of “being happy and in love” an act entirely, or did he sometimes mean it when he told you he loved you? Were the “cute little videos” he sent you all a game? Is he a con man? Or does he have serious emotional problems?
I don’t know if you will ever be able to figure out what really happened, however much you keep trying. You were happy, you thought he was too—and then he vanished into thin air, leaving you to wonder if you even knew what was real and what wasn’t in your relationship. Who wouldn’t feel “heartbroken and confused”? I wonder if you might feel angry, too, over this callous treatment.
You say that you haven’t heard from him in over three months. I suppose if he were to turn up, you would want an explanation, at the very least, if you were even willing to see him at all, but I’m not sure he could ever say anything that would be adequate to explain what really happened, and then to make this up to you. It might, as you say, be a symptom of midlife crisis, but it is an extreme symptom.
You feel like a “disposable razor” that has been “tossed away.” Your husband seems to have tossed away his own life, too, and all that he shared with you, treating your relationship and you like a throwaway. The entire scenario sounds like something out of a mystery movie.
I’m not sure if you will ever figure this mystery out; what’s more important is where you will go next, how you will organize your life to make sure that you experience security as well as the joy that you deserve.
Are there other people in your life who you trust and have known for a long time? Do you feel that you can be real and safe with them? Will they offer you much-needed support? This experience with your disappeared husband is so unusual; you can almost bet that nothing like this will ever happen again.
Perhaps your best path would be to put this strange and painful experience behind you and travel toward a better and more secure future. It might be a good idea to join a therapy group or to work with someone individually to help you regain your self-confidence and ability to trust.
I wish you a safe, sound journey.
Take care,
Lynn
Lynn Somerstein
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Cyndi
February 15th, 2013 at 3:18 PMWow… she deserves to accurately discern authentic support, security, and joy in a professional therapeutic environment.
Earline
February 15th, 2013 at 11:07 PMFirst of all Please do not ponder as to what it was for too long.You are not going to be able to figure it out on your own.The only result of pondering too much would be continuous hurt and disappointment.
instead,try to look ahead and see how you can cope better.Thinking about the reason is not going to help.While it can be very hard to stop thinking because yes everybody does require an answer,I think it is best for you to not think too much about it right now.
Jill
February 16th, 2013 at 6:22 AMOMG who is this person who would do something so thoughtless and callous like this through a text?!
I am serious, run, don’t walk to the nearest divorce attorney and start some separation proceedings because that kind of blindside isn’t something that you should ever have to worry about from a man who loves you@!
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