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Registered: ‎07-16-2010

How do you reconcile your life with the knowledge

that your spouse is dying and there isn't anything you can do about it. He knows it, and he doesn't want to be treated any differently than when things were different. Every year we have a couple projects, some for the house and some for the garden and a vacation if we can fit it in. The vacation is a mexican cruise in November. One of the new projects was new wood floors in the master bedroom and that was accomplished last month. The other project was new furniture for the living room and a new area rug. My heart wasn't in that project but his is. He insists that I show him what I like on the internet so that when we do go out looking we don't have to go from furniture store to furniture store and we can take care of it in a day or so. He kids me and tells me he wants to enjoy it while he can.

I feel guilty doing this and I wonder what other people must think. He says he doesn't care what they think, if they are my true friends they will understand and if not, they are not worth keeping.

My heart is breaking and my stomach is in constant knots, I can't eat or sleep, I want to do every thing for him, and he is mad at me for treating him like a baby. How does anyone get through this, this is not normal, it just isn't.