In June of this year I asked my wife for a divorce. We are very different and married at 18 yrs and have no children. I am now 24 years old. I realized that although she is a great person we probably should have never have been married. Soon after bringing up the topic of divorce her grandmother died. Then in quick succession she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The reasons for divorce never included her illness, at the time neither of us even knew there was one.
It seems like I am destined to live out the rest of my life taking care of a increasingly needy woman whom I do not love romantically. Worse the medication she is taking leaves the likelihood of having children slim to none. No children, No love, a lifetime of physical and financial hardship ahead. I see no hope. I feel trapped by an intense sense of obligation and guilt to stay because she is sick, even though in staying all my life's dreams will die quietly. At the same time I feel immense empathy for my wife. I am only 24. I just don't see a path to anything good. Does anybody ?
It seems like I am destined to live out the rest of my life taking care of a increasingly needy woman whom I do not love romantically. Worse the medication she is taking leaves the likelihood of having children slim to none. No children, No love, a lifetime of physical and financial hardship ahead. I see no hope. I feel trapped by an intense sense of obligation and guilt to stay because she is sick, even though in staying all my life's dreams will die quietly. At the same time I feel immense empathy for my wife. I am only 24. I just don't see a path to anything good. Does anybody ?