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JulieJ
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Re: Spark gone and feeling lost
      03/06/2009 08:44

With a one year old child I'm not surprised you feel your marriage is flat. There's a whole lot of rubbish in the media about how you can sail through having babies etc and still have a hot sex life blah blah blah, but for the vast majority of families that's just rubbish.

If your marriage is survive you need to re-invent it. Do an audit, take stock, and, as above, hire a babysitter or better still a relative, and get out for the evneing, bretter still a night away in a romantic hotel etc etc.

You say your husband has turned into a slob, but what about you? If you are still able to keep your body in trim (or get it back into trim post natal), and make the effort to look good (and it takes SO much effort with a baby!), then he should do the same.

Don't have an affair within the marriage, I definitely agree with that. What will it achieve? Nothing but the destruction of your marriage.

Surely it's worth trying to re-invent your marriage and revitalise it. If you give it your best shot, and it doesn't work, then dump your useless saddo husband (as that is the message coming across) and strike out on your own.

However, don't take this 'baby time' as the norm - it really isn't. Those of us with older children can look back now and wonder how we ever survived with small children -the stresses were enormous, though we were accustomed to them at the time.

Best (unless you have an affair!) - Julie.

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* Spark gone and feeling lost stargirl 02/06/2009 21:16
. * * Re: Spark gone and feeling lost WoodyM   03/06/2009 14:25
. * * Re: Spark gone and feeling lost PatsyW   03/06/2009 16:10
. * * Re: Spark gone and feeling lost Brightspark   03/06/2009 17:18
. * * Re: Spark gone and feeling lost stargirl   03/06/2009 20:34
. * * Re: Spark gone and feeling lost Foxie   03/06/2009 21:57
. * * Re: Spark gone and feeling lost MrsBucket   03/06/2009 22:56
. * * Re: Spark gone and feeling lost JulieJ   04/06/2009 10:07
. * * Re: Spark gone and feeling lost popaloo1   05/06/2009 21:58
. * * Re: Spark gone and feeling lost Optimistic   06/06/2009 17:41
. * * Re: Spark gone and feeling lost suejane   07/06/2009 19:52
. * * Re: Spark gone and feeling lost jamjams   02/06/2009 21:45
. * * Re: Spark gone and feeling lost bevvywevvy   02/06/2009 21:38
. * * Re: Spark gone and feeling lost anner06   02/06/2009 21:48
. * * Re: Spark gone and feeling lost marie50   02/06/2009 22:02
. * * Re: Spark gone and feeling lost JulieJ   03/06/2009 08:44
. * * Re: Spark gone and feeling lost ChrissiFi   03/06/2009 09:02
. * * Re: Spark gone and feeling lost scottishmags   03/06/2009 13:57

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