Her Husband Is A “Dreamer” Who Constantly Suggests Ideas To Make Their Life Better, But She’s Annoyed That He Never Follows Through To Make Them Happen
Many of us have been in a situation where we’ve wanted to accomplish something or had an idea to make something happen and never followed through. The plans may not have come to fruition because something came up, or perhaps we simply lost motivation.
Having ideas that don’t come to fruition every once in a while is normal, but when you’re constantly getting people excited about something you’re not going to follow through with, it gets irritating.
One woman is frustrated with her “dreamer” husband, who has been proposing all sorts of ideas that will improve their life over the last few years but never makes it happen.
She and her husband are in their late 30s. Her husband holds a stable job with a solid income that’s kept them afloat, which she’s thankful for. However, there’s something about his personality that’s been bugging her more lately.
“My husband is a dreamer [who takes] little to no action,” she said.
“It was great when dating, but now it’s starting to get on my nerves.”
About once a month, her husband will approach her with an idea that he believes will change their lives and make them rich within a handful of years. Her husband’s ideas are sometimes small, where he’ll suggest something like getting another part-time job that will make them more money, or he’ll have bigger ideas like starting their own business.
“[He] never does any real research besides [looking on] social media and never puts an actual plan to paper, let alone get started,” she explained.
“There’s always an idea [but] there’s never any follow through.”
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Her husband’s big ideas have caused tension in the past, as she used to believe him and get her hopes up, thinking they could put more money toward important things in their life and potentially move into a better home or have more money for retirement. However, her husband usually gives up on his ideas, upsetting her.
“Initially, I was very supportive, trying to see what I could do to help out,” she added.
“But now I just ignore him. It drives me freaking insane that he has not learned that he will not do anything he’s planning and that he has absolutely no follow-through. Like how are you this old and this un-self-aware?”
While she doesn’t want to give up on her husband, she doesn’t know how to accept this personality trait of his, and it’s affecting how she feels about him.
What would you do if you were in her shoes?
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