My wife [27F] acts more like my mother than my wife. I [27M] am considering divorce, but I don't know if this is fixable or a deal breaker.

Whenever my husband gets a new medicine, I remind him of the side effects and what he should/shouldn't do with it. I suggest things he should be eating when he asks me. I remind him to take his medicine and when he said he wanted to try doing something healthier. You know his reaction?

"Aww...You love me so much!"

So....why are you taking the reactions of someone who doesn't want you to drop dead as insults?

I'm guessing -- she doesn't give you the type of affection that makes you beleive his is her intention?

You seem like you're taking her suggestions as selfish and for only her instead of both of you -- is this because she doesn't do anything for you?

My husband knows I watch my diet and exercise both to stay sexy for him and so I can be healthy for when we have kids. So -- he wants to do the same.

Do you and your wife have this type of respect and appreciation for each other? Does she eat well and stay attracrive, and you think, "Oh, she's doing that for me and our future! I better do my part," or do you not pay attention to things like that and merely want her off your back?

There's some sort of miscommunication in how you two are perceiving each others' appreciation of each other and how you accept what the other says. Unless you dig deep and ask yourselves why you aren't appreciating each other enough that you can communicate your issues from a place of, "I know you do this because you care -- but when you do this, it makes me feel X, so do you think you could try Y?" I don't know if you two will have much more marriage left....:(

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