Chip Chick
Things became more stressful over the years. She worried about paying for their children’s private school tuition, but since her husband wouldn’t budge, her daughter went to public school while her stepson stayed in private school for a year.
She felt herself getting worn down, stressing out over money and family matters, and not even wanting to be near her husband, who was consistently letting her down.
“During this time, he had tried half a dozen different jobs and still was not offering financial support,” she recalled.
“About two more years go by, I was dissatisfied but still trying to stay committed. I end up pregnant with our daughter. He was very controlling during the pregnancy [and] we fought like cats and dogs.”
Her youngest child, her daughter, is now in kindergarten and had a friend over for a few playdates.
The friend’s mom knew her husband, but when she invited her to their house, she didn’t like the vibes she got, so she told her husband she didn’t want that woman coming around anymore.
Then, her husband began acting very suspicious.
He backed out of a family road trip at the last minute, became agitated, and, after a few months, admitted he was having an affair with the woman from the play date and that he got her pregnant, which broke her heart and made her furious.
She decided the best thing to do for herself and her kids would be to divorce her husband.
“I absolutely refuse to be financially responsible for his outside child or him any longer, and he has agreed to leave but [is] saying he has nowhere to go,” she explained.
“As far as I am concerned, that is not my problem. I have supported him and his oldest son for 13 years. Our children do not know the truth of his transgressions, and I struggle with how to tell them we are getting divorced.”
