Am I Being Selfish?
Ask FreeloveMD | July 31, 2008
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Am I being selfish wanting to give it all up? I am 25 years old and have been married for 5 years and have 2 children with my wife. I am the sole provider to our family. We have very different personalities. I am very independent and she is very needy. I am at the point in my life that I don’t like the person I am, where I live, or my life style. I cannot improve my quality of living based on the money I make and I feel if I am single I will be able fulfill my life and live life to the fullest. Is this something I should pursue or am I being selfish?
Sounds like you’re going through an identity crisis, which is perhaps normal considering your age, family responsibility, work, etc.. You’ve made decisions that involve others, namely marriage and a family. Is money the defining issue in fulfilling your life? We’re all selfish, but leaving responsibilities that we’ve created is not the answer. Pursue what you can without jeopardizing your responsibility and see if this feeling continues. If it does and becomes more and more an agitation then you need to reevaluate things.
Susie says:
August 6, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Dude, wake up! You’ve got children you are now responsible for. We aren’t allowed to have children then decide we don’t want that life any longer and go try again. You loved this woman enough once to marry her so figure out what is going on and fix it. Your a man! You can make it work again. Besides that as the sole provider what would your wife do with 2 little ones to take care of? You wouldn’t have any extra money if you were single, you’d only pay it all to her for child support and alamony. Put your big boy pants on and do the right thing.