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End of the Road?

 
 
Reply Wed 28 Jun, 2017 08:29 am
My husband and I have been together for 7 years, married for almost 4. It has been a tumultuous 7 years, filled with so many obstacles and fighting, but something has always kept us together. There was a lot of deceitfulness, lying, and emotional cheating on his part the first 2 years we were together. My family, specifically my mother, has not made the past 7 years lovely either. He has 2 sons from prior relationships. One son lives out of state and will be 19 this year, and the other lives about an hour from us, and will be 17 this year. This son does have high functioning autism and is very capable. He lives with his mother in his grandmother's house. This child's mother (the ex-wife), is emotionally immature and unstable. I feel that my husband still allows her to control him, so to speak. My husband, in my own humble opinion, is too friendly with her and her family. I understand having to speak about your child, but that is where it should end. We constantly argue about the future of this child, as my husbands go to response is he will get an apartment and live there with his two sons. When I bring up myself, his wife, he just shrugs his shoulders. I feel that I am not a priority in my husbands life. Maybe I am misinformed, but, your spouse should be your number 1 priority. I feel that I have given so much of myself to this man, his family and children (even more than their own mothers), for 7 years, and all I am continuously told is my kids come before you. Nevermind the fact that he doesn't have a relationship with the child who lives out of state, the 18 year old. And, he really doesn't have a relationship with the 16 year old! I held in my feelings about so much for 7 years, and now that I am expressing them, I am "crazy." I have mentioned marriage counseling, and it was met with a lot of resistance, so I am not sure if even that would help. I feel like a roommate to my husband, rather than his wife.
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Wed 28 Jun, 2017 09:29 am
@queserasera80,
Your husband seems to be clear that his future is with his sons, Have you talked about a timeline for when he will be moving into an apartment with his sons?

What plans have you made for your future?
queserasera80
 
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Reply Wed 28 Jun, 2017 01:36 pm
@ehBeth,
@ehbeth, I have made it clear to him that the one son who lives out of state is not welcome to live in my house (it's only my name on the mortgage). This son has a history of being in/out of trouble with the law and being incarcerated shortly after turning 18. I have tried to explain yo DH that his other son, with high functioning autism, needs to learn how to function independently. He is going to be 17 this year and is lazy. No one gives him any responsibility or accountability for anything. He has to be told to shower, brush his teeth, be clean about himself, he lies incessantly, which I know is a Hallmark of autism, but no one is doing anything to help him. DH response is well, I will not have my kids living on the streets. So, his solution, since I don't want them living in my house, is to say he will get an apartment for all of them, yet still wants to remain married. He has also told me he has to find himself and may leave the state, and I say, what about me. To which he responds, what, we can still be married. So, I really feel like I am dealing with a narcissist, and I do need to start focusing on me.
jespah
 
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Reply Wed 28 Jun, 2017 03:41 pm
@queserasera80,
Of course you can stay married. That way he can avoid the expense of a divorce and possible spousal support.

What are you doing, still hanging around?
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