- April 27th, 2008, 11:57 pm
#172480
I realize I don't know most of you except by screen name, but I figure we're all kind of an extended family around here, so I'd like to just pour this stuff out, no matter how it looks. Hope that's ok.
I really need some prayer for my fiancee. We've been together for a little more than four years, engaged for a little more than 1. After about a year, she confesses to me that she struggles with depression. She's been receiving treatment for it, but every now and then, she gets in a funk for awhile, and it just takes her some time to get out of it.
Back in October, I started my current job, which requires me to travel quite extensively. (Writing this from a hotel room in DC, no less). 2 weeks, after I start, she lost her job..partly due, to her depression. She had been calling out of work when I was away, because she was lonely and depressed. Her work got tired of it, so when the next round of layoffs came, she got the ax. Since then, she's been unemployed, uninspired to find a new job, and I can't take it anymore. The problem is..I still love her. She's a great person when she's healthy. Recently, she has (finally) been looking for a new job, but even now, it's only with temp agencies. She can't seem to commit to a position, or give 100% to it.
It has put a strain on my relationships to my family, my friends, and with each other. If I could find the proper words, I probably would have broken it off a few months ago. How do you do something like this and not feel like the most insensitive person alive?
I'd just like you to lift this situation up with God in your prayers. I certainly don't have the answers, but I can't take things the way they are anymore. Having only one income has wiped out my savings, we're running on empty financially and emotionally, and I need a change. Whether that is with her in my life still or without her, I need to know where to go and what to say.
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Sorry for rambling..I feel like I just needed to get that out with people who come from the same religious background as I do. Thanks for listening.
I really need some prayer for my fiancee. We've been together for a little more than four years, engaged for a little more than 1. After about a year, she confesses to me that she struggles with depression. She's been receiving treatment for it, but every now and then, she gets in a funk for awhile, and it just takes her some time to get out of it.
Back in October, I started my current job, which requires me to travel quite extensively. (Writing this from a hotel room in DC, no less). 2 weeks, after I start, she lost her job..partly due, to her depression. She had been calling out of work when I was away, because she was lonely and depressed. Her work got tired of it, so when the next round of layoffs came, she got the ax. Since then, she's been unemployed, uninspired to find a new job, and I can't take it anymore. The problem is..I still love her. She's a great person when she's healthy. Recently, she has (finally) been looking for a new job, but even now, it's only with temp agencies. She can't seem to commit to a position, or give 100% to it.
It has put a strain on my relationships to my family, my friends, and with each other. If I could find the proper words, I probably would have broken it off a few months ago. How do you do something like this and not feel like the most insensitive person alive?
I'd just like you to lift this situation up with God in your prayers. I certainly don't have the answers, but I can't take things the way they are anymore. Having only one income has wiped out my savings, we're running on empty financially and emotionally, and I need a change. Whether that is with her in my life still or without her, I need to know where to go and what to say.
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Sorry for rambling..I feel like I just needed to get that out with people who come from the same religious background as I do. Thanks for listening.
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