Yyy wrote on 27 Nov 2017 00:39:
Loveu, with all due respect, you claim to have married a skinny wife AND you picked her yourself yet you and Youcan are having the same struggles and are pretty much in the same boat. Don't make him feel worse about his situation because of how Hashem sent him his bashert. Obviously picking our own beautiful skinny wife didn't guarantee any of us anything. And besides he did say that he loves his wife so saying that Lea was hated cuz yakov was fooled doesn't apply here. This story is sad-yes-just as sad as all our stories for the mere fact that we ended up here. Youcan, YOU CAN get out of this im yertza hashem. Don't think of yourself as being stuck because of past circumstances.
I appreciate your comment which is definitely true. It is definitely true that our dear brother can and loves his wife. And this wife is definitely his bashert.
My point was relating to him feeling a loser for the fact that he was pushed and fooled into something and wasn't given all the details. I feel that such feelings of being ripped off can nudge a person for decades (it would definitely nudge me..) and adds a very different dimension to this struggle. I was not making him feel worse than me - believe me, reb youcan, I am a messed up dude that actively destroys my life by abusing lust - I was merely referring to how he already feels. And for that, I can say that it is a sad situation and our
bechir h'avos was also given this
nisayon and struggled with it. Whichever way you wanna look at it, Yakov was married to I women he has never chosen to marry in the first place, and as the Medrish says he wanted to divorce her so Hashem had to intervene by making her pregnant. This might add some perspective to your situation.
Reb youcan, your current wife is the one that was named as your zivug 40 days before you were born, regardless of how unjustified the marriage came about. You are faced with a very special and rare struggle that our father Yakov was faced too, namely to be mekabel the ratzon hashem in whichever form it was given. You are far from a loser; for if Hashem wanted he would fool me in just like you. He didn't give me this nisoyon but he gave it to you. Probably because you have the koches to overcome it and accept God's will in your life, koches that I am unfortunately missing. It is rough but it will serve you as an opportunity to grow your love to Hashem and your wife.
youcan, sorry if I came across as a magid with my drushis; and if it doesn't do you any good please please disregard every nonsense I just said.
May we all be able to accept God's will in our personal lives!
Much Hatzlacha!
Yitzchok