Mrs. Yates (The Letter)

Dear Dr. Coe,


 I woke up this morning and when I didn't feel my husband by my side I wasn't surprised. He's probably cheating, but if asked he was working. It just dawned upon me last week, when I caught him in yet another lie, that I'm numb. I'm physically and mentally numb.  As soon as I got my balance together I went straight to the wet bar to finish the drink I started last night. Drinking had become something of a habit, but a comfort.


I've been married to ****** Yates for the past 8 years and for the last 2 years, I have been plotting his murder. For some reason I can't seem to pin point the exact time when things changed,  I guess that makes me a bad wife. But I have been there for my husband. There isn't anything that I haven't or that I wouldn't do for my husband. But now, I just don't feel that way.  I don't feel like we relate anymore. It's like when I look at him I see the man that I loved and married, but I don't know him.


I remember when I was a little girl, all I ever wanted was to have a family, and be a house wife. Now I have both but the man that I thought would always be there, has slowly drifted away. He keeps drifting and no matter how fast I run, I can't seem to catch him. I can't help but to be confused. I go to the gym 3x a week. I cook, I clean, I make sure the kids are taken care of. I can't help but to question what more I could have done in order to keep my husband..


-Mrs. Yates