DEAR ABBY: My husband works out of state for an oil rigging company 20 days out of the month. He gets 10 days off. When he comes home, we may have two days of quality time together. The rest of his time he spends on his phone outside.
When I recently had spinal surgery, he came home supposedly to assist me. My doctor gave him instructions to follow after the surgery. The first was that he observe me for 24 hours to avert any complications. Well, after a few hours, he left me alone so he could spend time with his friends! I was sleeping when he left, and when I woke up, I was in pain.
When I called him and asked where he was, he, as usual, got upset and said, “I can’t spend time with my friends?” I replied, “No problem” and hung up the phone. He returned two hours later, and we discussed it, but he left the house again. I don’t know how to communicate with him without causing issues. What should I do? Am I wrong? — WIFE OF DETACHED HUSBAND
Support authors and subscribe to content
This is premium stuff. Subscribe to read the entire article.
