I am unhappily married with 3 children, 6, 7 & 13 yrs old. I stay in the marriage because my kids need me, and I don't want to see my wife get our kids after a divorce and then neglect them. My wife and I work full time, but I do most when it comes to our home & kids. I give our children attention and affection they need that my wife won't. Our 13 year old is from a past relationship, so I don't have a legal right to custody. I've taken care of her since she was 4, but her biological father wouldn't let me adopt her. I don't want to break up the children, so I stay in a miserable marriage.
Another reason I stay - my parents divorced when I was young. My mom moved and I didn't see or talk to her for several yrs. My dad became an alchoholic and ignored me, so I raised myself, but with many emotional scars that still remain. I fear that my children will be hurt more by a divorce, like me, than if I stay. I don't want them to lose either parent, so I stay for them. What do I do now?
2007-03-07
07:56:49
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JAZ
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Marriage & Divorce