Kind of going through a crisis right now. It'll likely fizzle out but i need some advice regardless.
But first:
Deadlift: 175 Squat: 205 BP: 185
I'm a newbie in the gym and haven't been working on deads for long. What's more, I've been struggling with adrenal weakness. I'm trying to minimize stress and get my lifestyle in check but, yeah.
I've read the holy trinity of MRP: mmslp, nmmng and wisnifg.
Sex is great. Passionate and frequent. Could always be better but it's worth noting I didn't come to MRP to save a deadbedroom.
My issue is with online affairs. Things I'm sometimes tempted to let slide because sex is good, our relationship is good. She could do a lot more around the house but then again so could I.
I know I'm the arbiter of my own life and decisions, but I do find myself torn on this. I'm positively the only guy having sex with my wife(or else she wouldn't hold that title), and it's been so for all our marriage. But for the past couple years I've had to play whackamole doing mate guarding online. Telling her she stepped out of line and to cut it out.
She usually does, for a time anyways, but now the narrative has changed. Her health hasn't been good. She's 'spiritual' and conjured up this metaphysical demon of a hamster: "I need to do this because it makes me feel good and keeps me healthy."
Fighting it seems to make things worse and I'm tempted to instead respond with "yeah whatever, fuck you tonight" kind of attitude. She only chats ransoms from way out of state so what's the harm? My question is, and I know ultimately I have to answer this for myself: am I displaying low value by wasting my supposedly valuable time peeking at her conversations and getting mad? A "don't ask, don't tell" attitude might be better.
I know I have some codependency issues to work on and that might be a good proactive step to take. I also know MRP isn't meant to answer event-specific questions. And I don't really have one.
Because AWALT.
It's my responsibility to keep her in line by being the most fun, interesting, attractive option she could ever have. And I have some work to do.
Both figuratively, as in solidify and take action on my MAP, and literally, in that I better get going painting this house. Learn a trade, kids.
TL;DR: man wants to victim puke but fuck that, OYS
Also, divorce has been on my mind but I don't need that shit right now. My kids don't need that shit right now.
I need to:
See a lawyer. Because if you're here that's one of the first things you should do.
Get back in the gym. Maybe try some low volume program so I can stop burning out.
Game my wife even more.
Focus on my hobbies and my kids instead of reading my wife's messages.
Go back to my therapist and tackle codependency issues, as well as start on CBT which I never got to do cuz I just stopped going. Well, either go back or find a male therapist. Cost was the issue so I went to some family center and got assigned whoever. Good tip if you need help and can't afford 160 an hour and don't have insurance that covers it. But I'm making more and will be getting benefits sooo yeah.
I'll leave you with my final question:
Any of you ever deal with adrenal weakness/burnout? That shits a bitch and I suspect low T is either a cause or a symptom and it's what's making me not be able to recover, and makes me completely unable to function if I'm sore and tired.
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