My Wife Is Unhappy No Matter What I Do
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How can I improve my relationship with my wife?
How can I get my wife to, you know, to love me and trust me again? Why doesn't she trust you? I think a lot of it's just been my communication hasn't been the best. To be candid, about two years after that first incident, you know, she delivered it to me straight on and said this wasn't working.
Hold on, hold on. You keep referring to an incident, dude. And here, like, tell me what I'm missing. What up? What's going on? This is John with the Dr. John Deloney Show. I'm so glad that you've joined us. Thanks for being here, talking real people, going through real stuff. Their emotional health, their mental health, their relationships, whatever they got going on. My commitment is I'll sit with you and we'll figure out what's the next right move. If you want to be on the show, give me a buzz at 1-844-693-3291 or go to johndeloney.com slash ask. Let's go out to 817 out to Fort Worth, Texas and talk to Tony. What up, Tony?
What are the signs of communication breakdown in marriage?
Hey, good morning, Dr. John. This is a surreal moment for me, but a pleasure.
Well, I appreciate you, man. I don't get to talk to Texans enough, so glad to have you on. What's up?
So, you know, I want to preface this by saying that my wife's a big fan of your show. She actually got me into it, to be candid, maybe a little bit about a month Two months ago, you know, we've just been talking about a lot of things. And, you know, I feel like I've been watching you forever, though. And just seeking answers here and there as far as kind of better our relationship. I appreciate it.
I'll do my best, man. I'll do my best.
But I'd reached out, you know, and my question just overall is, you know, how do I... how can I get my wife to love me and trust me again? There's been a couple of things that have played into this factor, but that's the overall premise. Why doesn't she trust you? It started about four years ago. Prior to that, let me just say this. I met my honey about maybe about eight years ago, right? A little bit over and God, we've, we've had a great ride and everything that we've said, we've set out to fulfill. We fulfilled, you know, we have a beautiful house. We have two baby boys. Um, but a majority of it started about four years ago is when I first had my, my first boy.
Hey, do me a favor, brother. Talk directly into the phone for me.
Yes. There you go. There you go. Is this a little bit better now? Yeah, much. And, um, and we, we had COVID had just hit. We had just gotten our first house and, um, you know, I was working, I was working quite a bit. And, um, my, my wife had basically just told me, you know, Hey, you're, you're working so much, you know, like I'm telling you, I need these things. Hey, she was telling me, you know, I need you to be here more. I'm stressing. Um, you know, I want to go back to work, but I also don't want to be away from the baby. Um, and you know, like what, what can we do? How can we, how can we make this better? And not only that, but you know, I kind of told her instead of, trying to fulfill those needs, I, I ended up reciprocating my frustration in my line of work at the time and saying, you know, I, I want out as well. Right. And, um, and so that caused her to kind of go into this, this, this emotional wreck, this emotional hurdle of, you know, like, we're not trying to fix this, you know, we're, we're both on the same boat and, um,
And I really wasn't communicating. I was living by actions rather than communication. And so that caused a little bit of turmoil in our relationship in that time frame. And that's where it started. We worked on it throughout the course, but that's where a lot of it has stemmed from throughout the years from then on. Um, you know, any, any, any little thing, any little hurdle that we come across, any little objection or, um, you know, brings her back into that state of, you know, why am I still continuing this? You know, like I'm putting her back into a hole. Um, you know, and I think a lot of it has just been my communication hasn't been the best. I've been trying to figure out how to, how to dive into these deeper conversations because I'm afraid that when I, when we have had these conversations, um, I haven't had any answers for her. And that scares me as well.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
How can I improve my relationship with my wife?
0:05–0:59
2
What are the signs of communication breakdown in marriage?
0:59–5:07
3
How does stress affect family dynamics?
5:07–10:55
4
What steps can I take to rebuild trust?
10:55–23:41
5
How can I handle blended family challenges?
23:41–28:55
6
What are effective ways to build relationships with stepchildren?
28:55–31:24
7
How do I deal with toxic ex-spouse relationships?
31:24–42:15