fen, milady, your husband has some underlying reason for watching his 'precious' shows, not sure what it is but time to do what it takes to find out, through faith in Him. Time to ask your husband why he is not sharing now, why he is not wanting to spend time with your son. I also thought you had a daughter, too? INSIST that you all play a board game together is my advice, or , cards, or, even, watch a movie together, a good, wholesome flick, like 'Courageous,' or, '7 Years in Utopia,' or 'Letter From God,' I think, is another. Veggie tales, too, PUT Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber into your family's watchings, like 'Jonah.'
Lastly, admit you are wrong for something when you talk to him after you are sat at the dinner table, the dinner table is a GREAT place to talk and you should TRY to have a family dinner EVERY night
,this is hard to do, not coordinating a family dinner so much but it is hard for we humans becoming vulnerable asking, "What did I do that bothered you?' . Typically, something we do, one thing even, sets off a closed-up feeling in a spouse or GF/BF or whatever. Sometimes, too, we are stubborn and know inside what is bugging someone else, like our husband, is something we know we did but we have too much pride to admit we messed up. Remember, what fell Satan? Pride
OUR family IS more important than our pride, right
It should not lose you any control to admit something you said/did hurt him, it may very well help your husband to realize you do care. Guys have feelings too--contrary to popular belief
-- but we MUST be confronted of them or we often will just hold them in forever and a day. And, I mean, forever and a day. Don't let us do that. It is a blessing for a guy to be married to a good wife (read Proverbs 31 ) ; fen, I KNOW, you are a 'good wife.'
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I agree with itoreHis, too, I think, putting stuff here is, perhaps, not the best idea. I would take what's been said from he and I, others, to the Lord in prayer, hennyfenny, and, go in FAITH to your husband, at dinner, and, ask why a 15 cent library fine is bothering him so much and things like watching t.v. and not focusing on your son is what is being chosen.
"I don't you watching your shows but spend time with your kids too, honey, and, me. "
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That is one approach. Another approach is totally proactive positive and that would be just asking the kids what game they want to play after dinner and then you all , as a whole family, ARE playing a game after dinner. Maybe, too, although not ideal, I think, it can work as long as dad can focus attention on the game, but, play the game with the kids so that your husband is facing toward the t.v.
The Lord leads, you stay with Him, read that bible of yours often, and, make sure you are praying around the dinner table and DO DEVOTIONS with your kids at nighttime. One reads a short story with a lesson for one and the other reads to the other child.
Be of good cheer, in this life, we WILL experience trials and tribulations, but He will hold up 'the sky' from falling and that sky falls from Satan who's bitterness to God is unyielding and wants to bring the same fate He experienced and will REALLY experience once God's thrown Satan into the Lake of Fire (this is my doctrine belief, please don't see this offensive if you believe a little diffferent .
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God bless and be with you fen, praying.
So many here, i KNOW, will now be praying for you and do bring this to the prayer requests forum is my best advice as that is something that , like itoreHis said, would not be a place as potentially 'gossipy' as here that could hurt your husband's feelings if found out. And, i do not say this is gossip now, I see genuine concern and reaching out to your 'singles' family here, and, you can tell your husband this truth too if things just keep spiraling worse, which I pray they do not
I am thankful that I can prayerfully say some things here that are directly from Him to help you. I say nothing good on my own, but with my Lord leading 'it' is all good
Dear Lord, help fen to see your Love in this situation of hers and her family. May her husband have an open heart to listening to fen speak her heart of how she feels or, however Lord you speak to fen to handle this situation. Thy will be done, Lord Jesus, just like one the cross, may we want your way, ultimately, in our life, through faith in you, faith that you gave us all for our lives to go about bringing glory to you in all we do. Amen
