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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Plenty of marriages end without divorce or separation.

I am in one of those. For several reasons, including children, money, and health, the paperwork still says we are married. We can all find ways of being happy while in a disappointing (to say the least) relationship. It's not the way our conflict and closure-hungry society would want us to behave (divorce! now! spend all your money on two households and whine about how your ex treats your kids), but it's sometimes the most reasonable way.

So I commend you for taking the time to think through it. You can never take too much time as long as it's not a situation of abuse.

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This is so fascinating to me, PP. Would you mind sharing a bit more about your story and how you ended up like this?[/quote]

My husband is mentally ill and refuses to treat himself. He is an intelligent person who cannot be relied upon. Life with him is stressful for me, but life in separate households would be even more stressful since he would then have no one to try to prevent the daily mess that would ensue. I cannot do that to my kids.

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This. I didn't want my kids to have to be in a shared custody arrrangement with my mentally ill XDH.[/quote]

He is mentally ill without treatment and is unable to care for the children but you think he would still be granted shared custody? Without supervision?[/quote]

Not PP, but that is indeed how it goes. The bar is extremely low.[/quote]

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