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went to therapy yesterday...

daisy0202's picture

So I decided to go to therapy and good thing I did.

Told therapist what was going on, what happened on our weekend and she told DH how wrong and disfuctional it was for him to constant be part of that drama. It was so great to see DH's face when the therapist pretty much told him, not in these words but meant the same, you are an idiot and a horrible parent who is hurting his daughter instead of helping her.

The session was mostly with DH and how he needs to step back and try not to feed the problem which is what he is doing. I looked at DH at one point and he looked :O .....He also told therapist he thought he was helping SD and thought things would really get better. But therapist told him this will never happen as long as you continue this pattern. She told him he is loosing his family including his daughter if he continues.

The session was an hour and most of the conversation was with therapist and DH. She did ask me where I stood as of right now and my response was I really dont know. i am more out than in at the moment and just think i need to be apart for awhile because i can not take anymore.

DH and I have decided with much thought that we will keep up what we are doing (not living together) and only see eachother on sat if phones are off, no talk about SD, and just be about us. That will be our date night. Weekdays are out and once we see that is going well for how ever long I feel than we will move on to maybe 2 days, and so forth..... Therapist thought this was a great idea so we decided to try it. We can talk on the phone but not constant. We need time apart to fix the other things in our lives before we completely fix us. The main ? she had was do we really love eachother and of course we do. i did tell him I do not think his parent skills are even in exsistance but he is going to work on that.

I have to say I felt good when I left. We kissed goodbye and we will see eachother sat. He did call this morning at 6:30 and we decided that will be our talk time for the day. It is a time we are alone...He told me he talked to SD regarding the session and she was not so happy but he told her he will do whatever it takes for us to be together again and she needs to deal with it. She has a session today and he is talking to her therapist regarding all the issues. Time will tell.

I am giving him a second chance. yes this is alot to deal with but I love this man, he is good to my children, loves my children like his own, he does not drink, hit me, hit my children, mis treat my children, disrespect my family or cheat on me. Yes he has his faults when it comes to his daughter but he is a man who's X wife took care of alot while he worked and didnt really spend time being a father. Now he is divorced raising a 16 year old daughter since she was 11 and dealing with alot of bullshit with BM who is a pill popping, drunk who is just a looser and puts SD through alot, i do have to say. i am not making excuses for anything, but i do need to try this last time. If it does not work DH is aware I am done and we will go our separate ways. It will be easy since I was very smart with my second marriage...I have a prenuptial agreement...I was SMART!!!!!! This time around Wink

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stormabruin's picture

I think that sounds like a reasonable plan & I think that it's important, for your own peace of mind, that you continue to try as long as you feel you need to. If you were to decide to leave before you felt you were ready, it would only result in a back-&-forth pattern. That's not good for anyone.

Continue to try as long you feel you need to. It isn't bad or wrong to continue trying, as long as BOTH of you are putting forth sincere effort.

lilsadone's picture

This sounds reasonable. I am so glad you decided to go to that therapy session. Sometimes these men just don't "hear" it unless it comes from someone else.

overworkedmom's picture

I really do hope that you guys make it work. It is obvious how much you love this man and I am hope that this is just a (big) bump that you guys will come out of and be stronger than ever!

whatwasithinkin's picture

I swear you sound like me...let me warn ya honey and im not trying to rain on your parade, but DH agreed whole heartedly agreed with the counselor two, and actually started to work on issues and seemed to be doing pretty good...then he slipped backwards...like your DH did when he first left. So since I am not strong enough to do this myself, Im going to say this to you, take care of YOU...good luck

imjustthemaid's picture

I hope it all works out for you Smile It sounds like its moving in the right direction and you just need to give it time.

Delilah's picture

I am so glad your therapist told him how dysfunctional tihs behaviour is and what he doing to his marriage. Lets hope he now does something about it!

I really do wish you luck and for this to work out for you.

Look not to rain on your parade, as I can only imagine what whirlwind of emotions you have been experiencing and this has likely given you positive hope BUT (yes that word unfortunately) this will not be his second chance, this is realistically his 10th chance or however many times he has failed to take reasonable action, even when you have given him a helping guideline on how to address things with sd...as after all lets remember you are a mother yourself so its not as if you have zero clue how to improve behavioural issues.

I also disagree with you state he has never disrespected your family, by allowing sd to act in that manner it affects everyone and when your family have a vested interest in your relationship being harmonious and flourishing it would hurt them to see him hurt you. That is disrespect in the first degree imo, be it from ignorance or whatever.

Would your DH consider CBT? It seems that his behaviour is deeply ingrained and will take a loooong time with a good dose of elbow grease in order to change, CBT may help with this.