01-19-2014, 02:22 AM
Not sure if this is an appropriate location for this post - Vox, please feel free to move it if necessary ...
The good lady wife (not a Catholic ... yet) and myself (cradle Catholic) have had two children in our 6 year marriage. We have used NFP but the misses has never been confident with it and is convinced it doesn't work for her (we had several 'surprises' which led to miscarriages). She just announced to me today that she does not want any more children after she turns 35 and she became very irate when I brought up the idea of 'going back to school' to get a refresher on NFP.
This is a subject we (particularly me) dance around and have been avoiding for the last 6 years - she has always known my position on the matter and has yielded to me, however, I have also known her discomfort and just hoped that somehow everything would work itself out, so I'm not too surprised that it has sort of come to a bit of a head ...
Frankly, at the moment I'm kind of lost and stressing out - I just don't know what to do, the options seem to be either total abstinence until menopause or ABCs ...
If anyone has any wise words, or experiences in a similar situation I would be most grateful :(( ...
The good lady wife (not a Catholic ... yet) and myself (cradle Catholic) have had two children in our 6 year marriage. We have used NFP but the misses has never been confident with it and is convinced it doesn't work for her (we had several 'surprises' which led to miscarriages). She just announced to me today that she does not want any more children after she turns 35 and she became very irate when I brought up the idea of 'going back to school' to get a refresher on NFP.
This is a subject we (particularly me) dance around and have been avoiding for the last 6 years - she has always known my position on the matter and has yielded to me, however, I have also known her discomfort and just hoped that somehow everything would work itself out, so I'm not too surprised that it has sort of come to a bit of a head ...
Frankly, at the moment I'm kind of lost and stressing out - I just don't know what to do, the options seem to be either total abstinence until menopause or ABCs ...
If anyone has any wise words, or experiences in a similar situation I would be most grateful :(( ...