I am in my early 40s I had a corporate career abroad and 2 years in the US but then had to be home as our son had difficulty reading, writing etc., and I had to take him to all those therapies. Soon to be ex husband traveled a lot. I had a very good salary back than for how young I was. I did finance and legal, but now my skills in the fields are really forgotten. Do you suggest to go back to professional school, getting an extra license, or looking straight for a job? I wanted to work full time during marriage, but our son had behavioral issues and finding a good day care giver was hard. Most caregivers just give video games. Now he is entering high school and I don’t know how well he’s going to do in much lore challenging program. |
This is OP - I didn’t write it |
He is very good in math, actually, in advanced math program. But has behavioral outbursts and short attention span, memory issues. His writing skills are pretty bad, too. He has 100% score and excellent grade in math, but other subjects are average or slightly below average.I think he can enter a mid-rank technical school. But it’s hard to tell if he would be able to maintain steady employment |
Have you decided to divorce or trying marriage counseling ? |
The colleagues are his colleagues, not yours and loyal to him. Your social circle is based off him. |
If you think 50s are old then you are definitely a troll. You should see me (59) . |
Most caregivers just give video games? Really? |
Make sure to get good child support and college or technical school paid for by dad and any extraordinary medical expenses such as evaluations in a divorce. |
At least he chose the classier option over the economy mistress. |
Wait till after the divorce so you can get alimony but talk to an attorney. |
If you are divorcing you need a job soon. If you go back to school it should be part time and/or remote and employer paid. You can’t afford to be a full time student if you are a single divorced mom. |
You have no social circle if the people you hang out with are his friends and colleagues. |
OP here. He doesn’t press for a divorce. It’s his goal as well to get our son into a good college and not stress out already vulnerable teenager. Now during pandemics he out of a sudden began parenting. We are just de-facto separated, not sharing bedroom, only have lunch together but mostly he spends day in his part of the house and I live in mine. Don’t tell don’t ask family.
Would you live in marriage like that for the duration of becoming more financial sustainable by possibly getting a degree financed by future ex husband (in 4 years), getting kids into college and higher payout in divorce? Am I a person without morals myself for not filing for a divorce proudly and instead just working on my own life and case against him ? |
NP, but when you have a challenging child with SN, yes, most caregivers will resort to screen-time to pacify child. It's a LOT easier than trying to figure out how to deal with the behaviors. It's nearly impossible to find anybody that is actually good at dealing with a kid like this. |
I was going to go with AI instead of.troll . There seem to be more and more posts lately with this strange syntax and stilted language. |