<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17266923</id><updated>2009-02-21T08:08:19.587-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Married and Defeated</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marriedanddefeated.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17266923/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marriedanddefeated.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Anonymous in DC</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17266923.post-112800653288994378</id><published>2005-09-29T11:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-29T08:08:52.896-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Life in My Personal Hell: An Introduction</title><content type='html'>To begin, I am a 38-year-old married man. I work in downtown Washington DC, I live with my family in the suburbs.I am broken. Apparently, I suffer tremendously from a passive-aggressive disorder, and I am loved by no one in this world and my wife is on the verge of giving up on me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In truth, I've never had a relationship that has worked out, and that goes for personal/sexual relationships as well as work relationships. So I was deep in my pity-party today and decided to start this blog. For one thing, I keep telling myself -- &lt;em&gt;I can't be wrong all the time&lt;/em&gt;. It can't be my fault every single time. There has to be an end to my misery, a depth to this ocean. And, let's face it, writing anonymously in this blog is extremely theraputic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is just no one in the world that I am comfortable telling everything to. Certainly not my wife. For all the supportive things she says to me, it's her actions that count. Every time I try to defend myself, she replies with tenfold reasons why I'm an utter asshole. Still, I have to find the strength to carry on every day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And so, welcome voyeurs. I've enjoyed reading about other people's lives, and I hope you'll enjoy reading about mine.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17266923-112800653288994378?l=marriedanddefeated.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marriedanddefeated.blogspot.com/feeds/112800653288994378/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17266923&amp;postID=112800653288994378' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17266923/posts/default/112800653288994378'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17266923/posts/default/112800653288994378'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marriedanddefeated.blogspot.com/2005/09/life-in-my-personal-hell-introduction.html' title='Life in My Personal Hell: An Introduction'/><author><name>Anonymous in DC</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05037498272572990045'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry></feed>