Anonymous wrote:My DH thinks I still want to be in this marriage for all of our sakes. The truth is that I know he will fight tooth and nail for joint custody (actually I am sure he will even ask for primary! that's just the type of belligerent guy he is!) despite only doing 5% of the childcare. And of course, if he's not a alcoholic or a convicted felon or physically abusive, he will likely get it, given our laws today, even if the kids are way more bonded to me. So I stay, because I think he will totally screw up the kids if he's left in charge of them 3.5 days out of 7. And because (unfortunately? fortunately?) our friends include no divorced/single parents so it would totally freak out our kids.
But I'm good at putting on a nice face.
This is a lot of women, I know many. They are smart but realistic like you. They see how bad their divorced friends lives are with the ex, fighting, the new bimbo, money problems, kids going back and forth, new steps they hate, dad gets bimbo pregnant...kids upset. Going back to court. I know 2 couples who got divorced 4 years ago and have court dates on average of every 3 mo.
They put on a happy face and DH thinks everything is great. I've had friends do this when the husband has cheated, but the smart ones sock money away and put themselves in a good position. I'm assuming you've seen a lawyer.
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