After a brief and shocking text message, your husband disappeared! Your letter describing these events leaves me feeling as confused as you undoubtedly were when you reached your husband, asked him where he was, and he told you that the two of you \u201cwere not blossoming.\u201d You asked him what he meant and he didn\u2019t explain; he simply repeated himself, as though he expected you to read his mind, to understand him and his behavior, with no discussion or meeting involved.<\/p>\n
I wonder how long you were married. Also, was his appearance of \u201cbeing happy and in love\u201d an act entirely, or did he sometimes mean it when he told you he loved you? Were the \u201ccute little videos\u201d he sent you all a game? Is he a con man? Or does he have serious emotional problems?<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t know if you will ever be able to figure out what really happened, however much you keep trying. You were happy, you thought he was too\u2014and then he vanished into thin air, leaving you to wonder if you even knew what was real and what wasn\u2019t in your relationship. Who wouldn\u2019t feel \u201cheartbroken and confused\u201d? I wonder if you might feel angry, too, over this callous treatment.<\/p>\n
You say that you haven\u2019t heard from him in over three months. I suppose if he were to turn up, you would want an explanation, at the very least, if you were even willing to see him at all, but I\u2019m not sure he could ever say anything that would be adequate to explain what really happened, and then to make this up to you. It might, as you say, be a symptom of midlife crisis, but it is an extreme symptom.<\/p>\n
You feel like a \u201cdisposable razor\u201d that has been \u201ctossed away.\u201d Your husband seems to have tossed away his own life, too, and all that he shared with you, treating your relationship and you like a throwaway. The entire scenario sounds like something out of a mystery movie.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not sure if you will ever figure this mystery out; what\u2019s more important is where you will go next, how you will organize your life to make sure that you experience security as well as the joy that you deserve.<\/p>\n
Are there other people in your life who you trust and have known for a long time? Do you feel that you can be real and safe with them? Will they offer you much-needed support? This experience with your disappeared husband is so unusual; you can almost bet that nothing like this will ever happen again.<\/p>\n
Perhaps your best path would be to put this strange and painful experience behind you and travel toward a better and more secure future. It might be a good idea to join a therapy group or to work with someone individually to help you regain your self-confidence and ability to trust.<\/p>\n
I wish you a safe, sound journey.<\/p>\n
Take care,
\nLynn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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