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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP started this thread as a decent person.... after listening to DCUM bitter women, OP will leave as a different person. [/quote]

She started this thread as a decent person who was about to be divorced and homeless...[/quote]

She could always, you know, honor her vows and not abandon her husband.[/quote]

Back to this question: OP, why are you leaving this guy? You seem to like him. [/quote]

OP here. I respect him as an honest person and a devoted father, but I am leaving because of ongoing emotional abuse/anger issues.

Someone else asked if I cheated: No, I never did. [b]But I'm acutely aware that I am now more than halfway through my life, and I'd like to try and find happiness with someone else while I'm still reasonably attractive and fit.[/quote][/b]

This is a horrible reason to divorce. It is very unlikely you will find a new partner. (I am divorced but it was a horrible marriage from day 1 and I divorced because being alone FOREVER was better than staying married...that is the only scenario that should be considered. Not a pipedream that you will find someone else.)[/quote]

But there is something to be said for the weight that will be lifted from her shoulders when she is single and hoping she might meet the right person as opposed to being resigned to live miserable with her DH.

Not sure if that is worth a divorce in her case, but hope is a powerful drug. [/quote]

She also gets out of being his caretaker now that he's super old, underemployed, and angry.   And no, it won't fall on their child because their elementary-age child is too young and will be for a long time.

[b]But leaving a marriage in mid-life with a young child, hoping to find a replacement husband, is not a good reason, and it is unlikely. Leave to be single, fine.[/b] [/quote]

Exactly: the motivation should be "being single is better than staying" rather than "maybe I will find someone else." If her motivation is "hope" for another relationship, that is truly not a bad enough marriage to leave.[/quote]

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