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neversmileanymore's picture

So much to say and dont know where to start. I met my husband 4 years ago after his then wife had left him. It was just suppose to be a casual thing but we both started to fall for each other. Stupidly I moved out of my apt to with him to his moms house. I was still a single gurl in my mind and had no idea what it meant to be with someone with kids. His mom took care of his kids, so everything seemed perfect. Exept his ex was still acting like he was hers. Oh some of his history...he met her in middle school and got her pregnant. She had 3 kids in all with him and they were together for 13yrs! She cheated on him, took his daughter out of state to be with another man. I could tell it broke his heart. He new nothing of taking care of children and bills and the house. He was just the money maker and didnt even keep up with his bank acct, she had full control. He felt dependent on her and because she cheated he began to chase her and do anything or buy anything he thought would bring her back. He even got into the trunk of her car when she left the house, to find out if and with whom she was seeing! CRAZY!

Well we moved 2 hrs away for his work. That same weekend I got pregnant! After having my son I was emotional and I was complaining about mess his kids made, he became defensive and hit me in the face with my newborn in my arms. I looked at him different after that. I called my ex and he caught me on the phone. Thats when he began to thing I was gonna be a cheater too. He became distant and the bio mom never came around for the kids. I was the only one they had to get attention from. So I consumed myself with the kids. By that time he had already stopped helping me with my bby and even his own kids. He was always having to leave town (his hm town) for "manager meetings" that always seemed to happen when the kids were in school, so guess who had to stay with all 4, ME! That summer his oldest son, who trusted and loved me, told me his bio mom had told them their dad would go see her when he would be in town. So many details he told me that no 10yr old could just come up with in our 5min conversation. I wasnt sure if it was true, I asked the other kids what was said before they had a chance to speak to each other and it was all the same info. Deep down I knew it was true. My DH worked with my frndz DH and her DH told her he said he didnt want to take me out of town with him. I wonder y. I died then and my life has been spiraling out of control. I drink myself to sleep and just to loose weight aftr bby I did drugs. I always felt compared to her with out him even saying anything. It was the way he looked at me...with hate. That hurt cuz I tried so hard to help him with his kids and felt lost. We fight alot and last august he pushed me over a dinning chair and I was bleeding internally. He took me to the ER, but kept leaving the room to see the GAME! I love him soo much but Im so tired of my life. Im so depressed i cant bring myself to do anything right anymore. I dnt want to leave the house anymore or talk to people who have tried to be my frnd many times. Now drinking doesnt put me to sleep...Ive slept 6 hours in 3days. My mind is gone...Im nt the person i use to be, all in 4 years. Much more to the story....

doll faced sm's picture

You have to get out. I know that's not what you want to hear. You want to hear that the man you love will some how, some day come back around and love you the way you love him. The reality is that that is just not going to happen. He loves his ex and has since middle school. She is his dream woman, and he will take any amount of abuse from her that she dishes out in order to maintain any kind of contact with her that she is willing to give him.

You need to know there is nothing wrong with *YOU*. You are a good person. You have sacrificed more than any woman should for a man. You are worthy of love and protection.

You need to take his kids back to his mother's house so that they are cared for and then leave. Go to your nearest battered woman's shelter - even if its hours away. If there is only one vehicle in your household, take it in the night after your husband has gone to sleep. You need to know where you are going and what to do when you get there and it is different for each city. Google "battered women's shelter [city, state]" to find out what is available to you in your area while your husband is working. Also, call the National Domestic Violence hotline 1-800-799-SAFE [7233].

Domestic violence never ever gets better. Get out. Keep yourself safe and your baby safe.

Once you are out, you need to seek out therapy to help rebuild your self esteem and uncover why you have stayed in this type of relationship for long. If you aren't able to work through these problems, this entire cycle will only repeat itself with a different man.

Auteur's picture

Yes please get out. it doesn't get any better. I was married to an abusive alcoholic. Now my current "SO" is acting the same way. He still holds a candle for the "mother of his children" (TM) IMO and has gotten abusive with me as well. I have an exit plan which would go faster if I was not financially entangled with him.

YOU have YOU and YOUR OWN CHILD to think about; you're young so GET OUT NOW!!

stepmom2011's picture

I was floored reading your story. I want you to know that I understand how hard it is to leave your man when you love him so much. I did leave, because SD13 was violent towards me and I am scared of her. She is a bully. I didnt last 24 hours! What can I say? I love him. Thinking of you today.