Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2012 6:38:45 GMT -7
In the past two to three weeks I've noticed that my husband has really poor impulse control. On several occasions he has reminded me of my son when he was three years old. This morning, as he was asking me what was in the box that he just picked up, spun on his fingers and dropped, I was answering that there were glass hummingbirds in the box. WHAT IN HEAVENS NAME would make a grown man spin and drop a box that he has no idea what it contains? I could care less about the humming birds. I'm really concerned that this is a symptom of declining or regressing mental function. I've previously described my husband as a 12 year old stuck in a mans body. I now think there are parts of him that are about three.
I spent the best 23 years of my life trying to live up to his standards, endured his sneers, and now I find myself married to a 50 year old, unemployed, alcoholic and sex addict who seems to have the impulse control of a three year old. I'm dumbfounded.
I question if this lack of impulse control has existed all along and I just never saw it before, or whether this is, as I suspect, a new symptom, a regression, a step on the path to premature dementia. I'd appreciate thoughts on this issue.
My best, DW
I spent the best 23 years of my life trying to live up to his standards, endured his sneers, and now I find myself married to a 50 year old, unemployed, alcoholic and sex addict who seems to have the impulse control of a three year old. I'm dumbfounded.
I question if this lack of impulse control has existed all along and I just never saw it before, or whether this is, as I suspect, a new symptom, a regression, a step on the path to premature dementia. I'd appreciate thoughts on this issue.
My best, DW