napolitina, thanks! Yes, she does, but only on a small scale. I try and get her to come out with me to do all sorts of stuff, even just going for walks.. We live on a beautiful little island and the scenery can cheer anybody up, but of course suffering with M.E. usually prevents her doing that. I've suggested other things, but I think a side-effect of her depression is a lack of motivation (something I can empathise with completely.. lol). She has her religion, and although I'm extremely anti-religion and would call myself an atheist, I'm happy that she has something that brings happiness to her life, and I try to talk to her about it as much as possible. She has said the same things to me that you've just said, and I understand.. But it still hurts sometimes, you know?

SmokeyToker, I'm sorry to hear you're dealing with those things. You're right, sometimes putting up with it is all you can do, but I didn't realise until now how theraputic it can be to just.. talk about it.