Hello all,
How to start...hmmm, this is going to be a little long, but please bare with me and I hope I don't bore you too much.
I'm so unfulfilled and unsure of myself...advice please!
Relationship:
I'm coming on 26, I married at 21 to my bf from since I was 17. I have two children aged 7 and 3. I accidentally fell pregnant with our first child (the contraception I was using didn't work for me) but decided I should 'stand by my convictions' so as to say and marriage just seemed like the next logical step.
I've recently completed a course after returning to education after my maternity leave with my youngest.
I keep feeling very unfulfilled in my life. It's a horrible feeling almost like an itch I can't get rid of.
My husband is very different from me, we have no common interests (except our kids, house, bills etc...)
I'm very comfortable around my hubby, but it's almost like living with a brother, it all seems so dull and mundane. We have our ups and downs, like all couples, but something just seems to be missing.
We've had many chats and talks over the past couple of yrs and have both tried and it just seems as if we're plodding along. I can't help but feel I should be grateful to be in a 'stable' relationship and should work harder at our marriage and think we could easily drift along together and end up being together in old age. That scares me, to think I will still be with him when I'm old.
Career:
I'm going to be topping up to a BSc hons in Zoology in Sept for either yr f/t or 2 p/t. I'm passionate about the topic and is a lifelong interest of mine, I know it's a broad subject, but it all fascinates me. But I haven't a clue what I want to do after I finish, this is a concern as I don't want all my efforts to be in vain, as due to my children I am limited to jobs only in the South. My husband has supported me through my last course and is supportive, well indifferent actually but doesn't mind me continuing, which makes me feel selfish for thinking of leaving as he hasn't held me back at all.
Me:
I wonder if this feeling is just me, I feel I'm different to all those that I meet and know. I have periods where I ponder the reasons behind life, the meaning for my life, the imprint I will leave behind once I'm gone, the living world - from the tiniest of creatures to the largest, the universe and how insignificant we all are...I seem to have a couple of days like this from time to time and in the end have to try to snap myself out of the whole thing and not to think so much as it just takes over my thoughts and I come across a little distance to my family (they mostly presume I haven't had enough sleep) I'm also always looking things up, by 'things' it could be anything, I could notice an insect I haven't seen before while walking the dog for example and would have to come home identify it and read all about it's life, habits, behaviour... I overheard a friend talking to someone they knew about someone completely unknown to be that had a certain mental condition, when I got home I spent hours reading up all about this condition and many other related conditions...this is a daily habit of mine, I'm unable to do anything without having to research something or another....when I've spoken to people about this, I always get a reaction which implies I'm odd, however polite they may be trying to be, the initial (sometimes only facial) reaction is that it's weird. Is there anyone else like me or am I just plain odd? I have no friends, no because I'm a complete ass or anything, I make new friends easily, I think I'm easy to get along with, but I quickly become bored of them, which sounds awful, I know, but I find it hard to find people who have the same interests as me or can understand my restraints due to children, i.e.: can't go out clubbing as much, although I do enjoy the odd night out in a club, I'm far more enjoy lunch, meal, cinema, walk etc... everyone I meet seems to only want to go out drinking.
So I wonder if my relationship problems all boil down to me - I should just stay with my husband as I'll probably never find a relationship or person to match what I would like, which is to be in a relationship with someone who is very intelligent and whom I could debate and discuss everything with, read books together etc. My hubby is very much a football, computer games, work, sleep, eat kind of guy.
*Sigh*
I'm so unsure of what to do, to stay or go in my marriage which is my main concern.
Any advice is most appreciated.