'There are thousands like me': Reservist's wife collapsing under the burden shares messages she sent her husband
Content creator Bat-El Sanens shared recordings and WhatsApp messages she sent to her husband Aviram, expressing frustration and helplessness over the extension of his reserve duty. She described a feeling of exhaustion and invisibility, noting that there are thousands of women, mothers, and partners like her who can no longer hold everything on their shoulders. She added that they care for everyone except themselves, and concluded that she had to share this for herself and for all reservists' wives, especially in August.
Content creator Bat-El Sanens shared recordings and WhatsApp messages she sent to her husband Aviram, expressing frustration and helplessness over the extension of his reserve duty. In a message she wrote: "I can't do everything alone, I'm so exhausted." She added: "I can't believe I'm sharing this like this, but I really feel this is a voice that isn't heard enough. There are thousands of women like me, mothers, partners who can no longer hold everything on their shoulders." In the post, Sanens expressed her frustration: "I feel that as time goes by, we become more and more invisible, as if it's taken for granted that we put ourselves last for months on end, every year, and care for everyone except ourselves." She concluded: "We care for our husband on duty while we broadcast to the children that everything is fine, care for the children who see through our cracks and lie to our husband that everything is fine at home. The main thing is that everyone is okay. And us? Who cares for us? Who notices if we're okay? I don't know what will come of this sharing, but I owed it to myself and to all reservists' wives, especially in August." The article presents Sanens's words as a representative voice of reservists' wives, without additional interviews or data on the scope of the phenomenon.