Well, here I am out the other side of this mess! My kiddos have never been happier and life is really beautiful. The ex never got any better, in fact, he got worse. Lots of horrible stuff went down and now he has to have state supervised visitations for two hours on every Sunday. I got nothing...
He will be paying for the lawyer fees, for sure and will be paying spousal support so I can get some training to get a decent job. If the judge okays it all, of course.
He called yesterday and wanted to talk. Which turned into him goading me and yelling, to which I told him to settle or I'd hang up. He wanted to see the kids and I agreed. He met me at the school, where he picked them up and I followed him to the restaurant and then went next door to another...
My parents (God bless them!) are paying for my lawyer. I cannot thank them enough! I did not qualify for Legal Aid as DH makes too much money. I will be asking for child support, spousal support, and possibly for him to either make the house payments or the car payments. He entered into this...
We're plugging along. My kids actually seem happier because all of my attention isn't focused on making sure DH is not going to blow up or get moody suddenly over something stupid. I did text him asking for more money because both little kids need snow boots and DD needs some shirts, he finally...
I've only gotten to post 33 or so.
I did tell the oldest and middle what is the problem. The oldest is 18 and understood and has seen him in action, etc. The middle is 10 and I told her that Dad has a disease and she knew right away which one, even told me they learned about it in school. Told...
He's been battling alcoholism for years, trying to quit, etc, but it never stuck for very long. Now he says it's me that the problem. Says I complain about his drinking so much that he needs to drink to live with me. I told him I wouldn't be married to a falling down drunk that does the three...