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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was staying for the kids for a while.  But then the marriage got better.  I was really staying for myself, of course, because divorce with kids would be so unpleasant for me.  So not really for the kids but because of them.

I only did it because I have divorcedemi parents and I know how much it complicates everything for decades.  If I didn't know that I probably would have divorced.  [b]But I'm glad I didnt.  Things aren't perfect, but we really did just ride the worst of it out[/b].[/quote]

I hear this all the time. Raising my hand as another one riding it out in hopes that it gets better.[/quote]

We are riding it out and things are getting a little better.  I tell myself that delaying the divorce is helping financially even if it isn't making me happier.  And delaying the kids changing schools.  Honestly, DH's parents are divorced and it has helped for him to see how much more work and cost it is for us to care for them separately has been a reality check.

OP, do the counseling.  I know it's hard but it really helped us.[/quote]

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