Dear Annie: A wife’s health issues and depression have prompted her husband to see a doctor.

Dear Annie: I have been married to the love of my life for 15 years, but the last 10 years have been different than the first five years. My wife is suffering from depression due to some health reasons along with her thyroid, but my problem is that she has stopped going to the doctor.

I beg her to leave, but it always ends in an argument. Recently, she started bathing only twice a month and does not clean herself. She usually makes our kids do it.

I’m at my wits end. I still love her and I will never leave her because I made a vow and she knows it. — At the end of my wits

Dear At My Wits End: It is very sad to see your wife suffering from depression. You are living with all the symptoms, and it is affecting the whole family. At the end of them, the most important person is your wife.

Untreated depression is a terrible way to live. She needs help right away — not just from a thyroid doctor, but from a trained psychiatrist who specializes in depression and can get her back on the path to a healthier life. Tell her that this is not just for her sake, but for the sake of your children and your marriage. Keep supporting her, but don’t give up on fighting to help her.

Dear Annie: Thirty years ago, I met and fell in love with a man. But he never asked me to marry her. He was 10 years older than me and had two young children. Life went on. I had children of my own, now grown and both still living at home. I will protect them and their father.

Now, 30 years later, I feel like I still love the man I met so long ago. We are getting along, and he wants me to leave my family.

I’ve never been happier in my life, but I always push for it. I am very anxious to do something for myself, and at this time I am tempted, but I do not know what to do. Please help me. — Lost in the past

Dear Lost in the Past: The rearview mirror is much smaller than the windshield. Move forward to the life you want for yourself. However, your old flame does not have the right to ask you out of your family. It sounds like a control freak that should stop interfering with your relationship between your children and their father. If he wanted you to “run away with him” and leave your family, he should have done it when you first met and asked you to marry her.

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