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I may be in cognitive decline


I mean steep, I keep forgetting names I'm not supposed to forget, and I think this is related to an almost sudden lack of interest of my partner in me. Ever since the baby came, sex is either crap or non existing, no goodnight kiss, no flame, it has been 3 years of decline, I would say bellow zero at this point.

I talk about this with nobody, except you strangers without a face, hopefully someone can relate.

PS: i forgot the password I been using since 2004 for imdb

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Dang, that really sucks! I'm sorry you feel this way and I hope you get better.

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Thanks, I do to, I probably need to get my social life back? Argue, debate, engage with friends, plan things. My friends most likely won't be as available for such as most of us became parents in recent year and going out became a thing of the past. Maybe I need to join a church or a cult (jk), don't think I can really be religious but, there must be something

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Do you help with your child or you just focused on yourself?

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Everyday I wake him up, dress, feed and drive him to school, later also pick him up, we casually go to the park to play and after that I give him dinner. The mom basically makes the food and reads the bed time story (sometimes I do that too).

I don't see this as problem/burden, I rather enjoy waking up my baby boy, watching him smile and drive him to school singing. It's not something I demand her do because her work hours simply does not allow it.

The exception to the routine would be Saturday morning when I go surfing, sometimes alone. But I sense this is a problem to her, in fact, she started a conflict today because of it. Feel like she's like this with everything I endeavor into, it's always a struggle. I don't mean to bitch about it, but writing it down makes me realize how hard she makes things for me

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WHAT KIND OF SCHOOL DOES YOUR THREE YEAR OLD ATTEND?

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Creep.

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I THINK THE GUY WITH THE FAKE KID IS THE CREEP....I THINK HE COPIED AND PASTED THIS FROM AN EPISODE OF HUNG.

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You're a creep regardless, Kowpieski.

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To be fair, 3-year-olds attend school where I live, too. It's called Head Start. They're taught to read, count, colors, etc.

But, I don't know if the OP is American and his child is in the same program.

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I WOULDN'T GIVE MY KID TO ANY SCHOOL THAT YOUNG...BAD ENOUGH ONCE THEY START KINDERGARTEN.

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They began Head Start to help poor kids get a jump on learning. It's a success from what I heard. They have an Early Head Start for toddlers. It helps working parents.

I was in pre-kindergarten at 4 half the day, but all we did was play and fingerprint.

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I STARTED KINDERGARTEN AT FIVE...SAME AS I DID WITH ALI...WHO WAS WAY AHEAD OF HER CLASSMATES WHEN SHE STARTED.

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So let me see if I got this straight: You get your child up every day, feed him, dress him, drive him to school & also pick him up?? Do you work?? What does she do if I may ask while she's got her bowels in an uproar over this and you should probably remind her that she wanted kids, right?? This is called being a responsible parent and she needs to help you with this and YOU not be the one who's doing everything it sounds like?? 🤔

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Yeah I work but have a flexible schedule which allows me to do care and pick up with ease. Like I said, this is does not bother me at all, I don't blame her for not being able to do so, but admittedly, I won't mind to know she values this

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Just my 2 cents:
Support her enough and things will get better. Usually in a relationship both need help. Best help you can get is from each other.

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You need to hire a babysitter to arrange adult time for yourselves together and alone. Also, you can take turns babysitting for a few hours while each of you gets a break to hangout with friends, do a hobby, stroll, surf, etc.. You went surfing which means she was with the child. Let her take a break while you stay with him, too.

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She does take breaks, in fact I encourage that, just this last Friday she was out till 4am

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I'm old fashioned but this sounds like you were young when you had a child together and she's mentally still a kid and not ready for responsibility like an adult?? How am I doing so far?? 🤔

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Or she feels like he isn't pulling his weight. She resented his surfing while she was in the house with the baby. I only mention this because new mothers complaining about lack of support from their partners is very common.

Best thing to do might be to just ask her if she hasn't already mentioned it.

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But if he's only surfing one day out of the week VS her being out til 4AM being a "Mom" and all?? 🤔

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We only have his side of the story. Something is seriously wrong if she doesn't want to kiss him goodnight. And the problem is 3 years old.

It sounds like they're both suffering in silence and there's resentment. They need to communicate with each other.

I wonder if the surfing and 4am nighter are tit for tat. They need to spend time together as a couple without the baby, too.

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I was waiting for that "we only get his side of the story" and it's fair, I'm not trying to score points, rather using this as an outlet to "talk to someone" as my social life is pretty much I shambles too.

But yes, I surf once a week if the sea allows me to, and that's between 8am to 11am tops, I'm always home before 12. Baby usually wakes up at 9 on weekends.

I really don't mind she going out and talking to her girlfriends, I understand that and believe that I don't make her feel guilty about it. I'm thinking now that maybe I should, because that's exactly how she makes me feel whenever I find time for myself

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When my child was that age, we instituted "baby free days", where I would drop the kid off with the mother in law, and go have some quiet time before I went to work and the wife would pick the kid up in the evening. ONCE A WEEK.

Later, when the kid was a little older, she would stay over night, ie BABY FREE NIGHT.

It built up a nice relationship with the grandparents, and gave us a nice break. Sometimes we actually did stuff other than just rest.

How close are the grandparents?

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Your partner?? Is this "woman" I'm going to assume your wife, you had a child together and now it sounds like she wants nothing to do with you now?? Am I reading this right?? 🤔

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Yes my wife, although we're not married, and yes I feel pretty much transparent and weightless to her atm

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You mentioned it's been in a decline since the birth of your child, so I don't think it's a serious issue that you can't get back from. This just seems like it might be some sort of stress affecting you. I'm sure there's a therapist of some sort that can help you think more clearly.

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Friends complain about the same, but especially the massive decline in sex, not exactly the lack of interest. I'm stoic enough to deal with the frustration of not being able to control other people's feelings, but it really bothers me to think there isn't a hard will on her side to make this work.

We both grew without one of the parents, I grew up without a father, she grew. Up without a mother, I think we both owe the kid the complete unity of the family. It's such an easy path for me to follow , unfortunately I may be alone in that road

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Looks like it's porn for you until the baby gets older. Then your woman will get her sex drive back. I was in the same boat.

Signed, million man

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This sounds like a job for counselling. You seem to be aware of all the problems causing it which seems like the first step.

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