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    Eliana
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    Hi Michelle,

    I’m so sorry to hear you are going through all this. Things don’t unfortunately sound very promising, because there are too many people in the mix causing too many complications and problems, and this has been going on for a long time and has not gotten better, only stagnant it seems. I hope others weigh in and give you their perspective..but I do think you deserve better. Everything is too complicated. You don’t need that.

    #174921
    Michelle
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    True. This has been very emotionally heavy on my heart. The problem is mostly his mom, controlling everything about him and every time I try to explain it he blows up saying no-one controls him. She’s brainwashed all her kids which is very sad to see.  He says he doesn’t want a divorce and would be easier if we could just move in with him but again mommy controls everything..even my marriage.  My dad tried a few years back to help him to get his dl. My husband only had one epilepsie seizure when he was 5..only once and she forced the medicine without discussing what was best with my fil and against his will. Apparently he grew out of it over time. when my dad paid for his tests and passed, instead of being happy when we told her, she flipped and kept stating he has it etc even with the current results saying he doesn’t. She was in major denial. We’re still trying to get the results off his records so he can drive but again hes not responsible enough and doesn’t get the ball rolling. I’m not there so it’s not getting done. Another example, he use to be a typical overly hyper (add) little boy then she put him on meds and he became a quiet zombie literally and of course she was thrilled. His dad wasnt happy about this which resulted in their divorce.  I know ultimately it’s my decision with him. I just want to make the right choice for my kids and myself. We still have feelings for eachother and I have on occasion brought up seeing a counciler for us but he kinda shrugs that off and states I have problems and go see a therapist. It’s hurtful.  I have celebrated two anniversaries by myself with zero gifts or any acknowledgment. It’s depressing. A friend of mine says he’s abandoned us and should file for abandonment, even my parents say so and are now saying I should divorce. At this point of time even his step mom is saying the same thing. I’m hoping a few nice folk can give me some suggestions or guidelines on my situation.

    #174941
    Eliana
    Participant

    Michelle,

    Do you think you would be happier with him or without him? I hope others weigh in..

    #174993
    Anonymous
    Guest

    Dear Michelle:

    Can your husband’s adoptive father, now remarried, help you?

    The fact that you have been interested in living in the same house with your husband’s adoptive mother indicates to me that you are indeed financially and otherwise desperate.

    You refer to this man as a husband. He is a husband and a father only according to the strictest definition of these words: a legal marriage was performed listing him as the husband and a sexual intercourse was carried through where his sperms were introduced to your eggs.

    This is where his function as a husband and a father end.

    Basically, you are not really married and your children don’t … really have a father.

    Do you agree? If so, accept this reality best you can, with as much calm as you can muster.

    You suggested counseling to him and he refused. He is living with his controlling, unreasonable mother who treats him like trash, you wrote. There is nothing you can do to change him and make him a real-life husband and father. He is still the boy he was before you met him and for as long as he lives with his mother and for as long as he doesn’t attend serious psychotherapy, he will most likely remain that boy.

    If I was you, I would no longer push to live with him and his mother/ It is a bad plan to put yourself and your children in such a damaging household. I understand that other possibilities aren’t inviting or possible for you.

    If you accept the reality I proposed exists, what do you think is your next move?

    anita

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