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[quote=Anonymous]Good for you OP!

So many women are in horrible marriages - yet continue to remain married because they are too afraid to “disrupt” their children’s lives.

They claim they will stay in bad marriages until the kids head off to college.

What they don’t understand here is that they are short selling themselves on years of happiness.
By wasting away their lives - they may later on become bitter + resentful.
And their kids will have a horrible example to refer back to as to what constitutes a normal, happy & successful marriage.

OP, I totally get what you are relaying here.
I just think your friends are trying to be positive in regards to this brand-new change in your life.
No one would dare say, “While you and your kids will have a much lower standard of living, your life may hit rock bottom. You may struggle more w/out a life partner even if he was very toxic. You will feel like you have let your children down and they are likely going to resent you for a very long time. You will have to shell out a ton of extra money for therapy but this is how life is. Sucks but so does life.”

Try to understand they truly have your best interests in mind in whatever they tell you. 🥰[/quote]

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