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My wife always had problems with other people but was able to tolerate them but her paranoia about people did become out of control after covid. Her behavior has now resulted in our social circle becoming extremely thin with people going out of their way to exclude us.
Her behavior has led to us fighting and this issue has almost bought us to the point of divorce. Finally after a long time she has now understood that people avoid her. She is someone who thrives in isolation but me not so much. Now, in our late 30s, how do we rebuild a social circle because it just looks hopeless. I would change cities but my only option is to seek employment in another city and that's not going really well.
Details on her behavior – being extremely walled up, difficult and sarcastic with new people. I usually gel well with the male adults but after every gathering she would complain about the other females being difficult and over-obsessed with themselves. I tried to find the perfect people for her but now it has become weird that we live in a city with so many other couples with whom we have a strained relationship.