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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I heard an interview with her today, never heard of book prior to this. 
Weird- her experience and mine are the same! I actually had texts from friends saying “is this really you under pseudonym?”
My husband did this. Out of the blue. Wanted no custody, kids were younger than hers. More than a sandwich, he continued to come for meals and tuck-ins daily until he had guts to tell the kids. 
Anyway, it’s not that uncommon. Sometimes people just flake out. Best to plan B.

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Dinners multiple times a week at our house, and he would lurk around until bedtime so they thought he was home for the night. Meanwhile I was sending emails and texts pleading for a resolution or some honesty.

Mine tried to say the kids didn’t really need to know! Finally I told them and told him not to come back, and he threw a wild violent tantrum and his anger that I told them has never abated. It’s been a wild and scary divorce process.

“What did he think would happen?” is what I would call my book.[/quote]

Wow. This was while he was having an affair? [/quote]

I’ve never found any evidence of an affair. My only explanation is that there was a call for accountability over a very specific and minor (maybe even stupid) situation and his response to it was divorce. But in some ways it’s not that different from an affair being discovered.

I’m learning that some people enter a marriage expecting the benefits of it while maintaining complete control and independence. It’s a brilliant form of resource-hoarding and not dissimilar to what Belle Burden’s ex did. Get money, time, the social status of children and a family, reap the benefits, and cash out.[/quote]

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