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Wife Blocked Forever?
I’ve been with my wife for 5 months. We haven’t moved in together 100% yet for various reasons but we spent 50% of our time together in the same apartment. I knew she had some anxiety before we got hitched, but she promised to treat it. I didn’t know it was SEVERE anxiety, OCD and intrusive thoughts. She washer her mouth after a kiss for fear of bacteria amongst other things. I don’t care about the compulsions. I care that she cannot handle any slight amount of stress. She always needs space if there’s any tension, sometimes a week. I didn’t understand didn’t understand her condition in detail and felt often that she just maybe didn’t love me because she never cared if she hurt my feelings. If I raised a concern, she’d get frustrated and overwhelmed. Even by asking “Do you see us growing old together?” She’d get super annoyed. She’s 37 and I’m her first real and serious relationship and her first real lover. It was too stressful trying to meet anyone and she only talked to 2 guys before me a few times in the past few years. She’s a very warm loving snuggly person who took great care of me in many ways. She promised to get treated and kept breaking her promise and I eventually lost a bit of patience and told her I cannot continue and I want a divorce. She tried to keep me - even did everything she normally finds disgusting or shameful to show me she’s normal and for me to stay. When I told her it’s over, she was crying, and super sad for a couple days. I was crying non stop for like a week. She’s the only woman I’ve ever truly loved, but I just couldn’t see light at the end of the tunnel. 5 days later I met with a counselor here and felt bad because I started to understand her more and I realized I’m probably triggering her unintentionally because she thinks and feels differently. She was sad for a couple of days and then she flipped to angry, overwhelmed and never wanting to speak to me or see again. In fairness, I had messaged a bit too much to make sure she’s okay. I was worried. I apologized to her 4-5 days and said I never want to leave, I’m just trying to find a way to make our relationship healthy - she can’t communicate well or deal with any negative emotion or criticism. I asked if she can forgive me and we can try again and She said No. A week later - I met her for dinner to end things nicely. We had a wonderful evening. She was hugging and kissing me, I slept over, she clearly was jealous and didn’t want me in any other relationship, but the next day after sleeping over she was annoyed when I said I don’t want a divorce. She still hugged and kissed me from her heart after. Next day I called her and She said it’s just not going to work, it’s my feeling. I asked why she feels that way and mentioned feelings change. She had a bit of a meltdown and I tried to calm her. She just said, I’m sorry. I’m too nervous. I can’t talk. I have to hang up. Please don’t be mad. I’m hanging up now. Click. Literal overload and meltdown. I contacted her mom and brothers for help, she got super mad. They all Blocked me everywhere and said she never wants to see or talk to me again and that there’s too much emotional distress. I don’t understand how she thinks. Is this just her being overwhelmed? Is it actually over? Does she need some time to calm down and remove the block? Will she ever remove the block? For now I’m giving her space. It’s been about 4-5 days… but how much space is too much space? She’s still my wife. So confusing being married but single 😵💫