The “Good Wife”
So I am really loving the new show “The Good Wife”, funny as that sounds this leads me to think what is “The Good Wife”
Before kids or Autism it’s the wife that has no issue with her husband hanging with the guys for poker, football, baseball, soccer, etc. After Autism it’s the wife who no matter what still gives the husband some physical attention, even if it just a quickie. Fortunately for me, I was married almost 12 years before Autism, so I actually get this.
Trust me in marriage there are days and times you do not want to be intimate. And it is probably most days. Fortunately with marriage you also learn compromise; you learn that some days you have to give it up to make sure you have a happy household.
Ok sorry if this shocks you but it is true, it’s also even more true when you have a kid with Autism. Trust me by the time you are done with Autism on any given day you are ready for a nervous break down. You are sick of not understanding what your child needs, you are sick of diaherra or constipation, you are sick of tantrumming you are sick of not having a child like your friends, you are sick of being different and most important you are sick of having to explain it to your family, friends and possibly your husband.
This being said, I have a feminist PITA/friend who does not like a certain autism organization who says the same thing I do, but in my humble opinion you sometimes have to take one for the team, and for this conversation the team is the “family”. But bottom line a happy TEAM is a family that has a chance of staying together and if the stats of more then 75 % of families get divorces I am willing to piss off the feminists!!!
Even with that I am willing to state on the web, that a couple who does the deed is a family that stays together.
That being said, I remember being a mom, “in the weeds” of Autism. And by “in the weeds” I mean, so overwhelmed in the first 3 years of diagnoses. I remember reading 40 hours a week and when my husband came home overwhelming him with information he did not want. I remember also finding ourselves clinging to each other. Of course we had 12 years of marriage and 15 years of being together to cling onto. Most parents do not have that luxury. Which is why I highly encourage you new mom’s to go out there and “cling” to your husband even when you don’t feel like it. I promise you, if you are not in an abusive relationship and you have a relationship with your husband you will end up stronger and better off because of it.
As always just my opinion and as usual PITA up!!!
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Dr. Laura would be so proud of you. Seriously, as a family therapist I can tell you you're on the right track!
ReplyDeleteWow Shannon! You are a great writer! I enjoyed reading your post. Funny, I have been thinking about that first 3 years of diagnosis also and what a hellacious place it is to be in--the weeds as you call it. It's terrible, even with support.
ReplyDeleteLately, now that the dust of "early intervention" has settled, I find myself thinking of ways to take time for myself and to try to reconnect with my husband. We are fine and reasonably happy, but I think it could be so much more.
Yes you hit the nail on the head and you are correct my dear whatever you want to call it...Cling...doing the deed or just plain sex it works miracles and the funny thing is even when you are so not in the mood but make it happen anyway by the middle of the act you feel just as good if not better than he does.... The effort will be worth you are right on!
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