Dear Mary: My wife belittles me constantly and is no longer the fun, happy woman I married. How do we bring the joy back?

"My wife is constantly in bad form, talks down to me and treats me like hired help around the house." Image: Getty

Mary O’Conor

Question: I have been married for a number of years and we have three children. But I’m worried that my marriage is in an irretrievable momentum of decline.

My wife is unrecognisable from the good, fun, happy person that I married. She is constantly in bad form, talks down to me and treats me like hired help around the house. She berates me for not doing tasks X, Y and Z, even if I am doing something else to help at the time, and never apologises for anything, which causes me great resentment.

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