Wife of ~18 yrs with 16 yr old son. I make good money. Wife makes double my salary so we have a great financial life. I manage the money and there is little disagreement about finances. Sex is also quite good and very regular.

Problem: Anyone she feels threaten by, for whatever reason, influencing me or otherwise, she creates a problem with me, attacks me, attempts to create a wedge between me and others. I gave up (my own fault regarding boundaries) a relationship with my sister because every time I talked to her was a fight with my wife. Now she is targeting my brother. She has a lot of past jealousy issues that still surface whenever we travel. Basically I can't visit family or travel anywhere with her due to these issues. She complains that we don't do anything but I dread going places with her. I can at least go out to dinner with her now and do some things but the latest incident with my brother just shows that the negative thoughts and fears are so ingrained in her psyche that I have to question remaining in this marriage for the rest of my life.

I almost 50 yrs. old at this point, average looks, dad bod. Not a whole lot of time to meet other women to grow old with or just live out my final years in peace. Of course, I know I have some mid-life crisis that is just exacerbated by all of this and thinking that this is my foreseeable future. Wife has had some therapy and it did help a lot with the extreme jealously (at one point I couldn't get near her sister-in-law at family gatherings without a huge fight). The stories are endless.

Everything is fine if we don't go anywhere or do anything (other than her complaints). She is now going out more with friends instead of relying on me for her entertainment. But, that still leaves me living in a sort of prison (or feeling that way at least).

After reading a lot of posts here, I almost feel like chances of finding a woman with less problems is a crap shoot. Would love to hear replies of your experiences.