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I was having a conversation yesterday with a friend (whom I have mistreated and for that I am sincerely sorry) but the discussion was the end of my marriage. I am leaving my wife. After the holidays, God Willing, we will go our...

I have lived with my emotionally abusive spouse William, for the past 18 years.  Like many others I stay because of financial commitments, one son still living at home, my pet dogs and my age.  Things...

We live under one roof and sleep separately. . . I mean different rooms. We never talk except about the kids. I eat with my kids. When he wants to eat I offer a plate and serve him. I wait, while doing something, till he finishes his...

Being married for 25 years should feel like an achievement, but it doesn't - for me, at least.  I feel like I have been alone in this marriage for more than half of those 25 years and yet, I still cannot decide if I want to stay or...

I am a 21 year old girl and I just got married in may this year. The problem is that my husband is verbally and even physically abusive at times. He gets mad over everything, and he calls me stupid, fat, ugly and a bitch on a daily...

I live in India, where arranged marriages are the norm. But a lot of people (like my 2 sisters) find their own mates, and marry them. So if u fall in love, you marry your lover, else mom and dad find you a husband.

My situation was...

I have been married over 30 years and am in a bad place.  He is verbally abusive
and I feel like I have nowhere to turn.  It's easy for everyone to tell you to leave,
but it is a case that I stayed too long, am...

I am 37 years old. I met my husband when I was 16. We were friends for 4 years and then dated for 4 years. After being married for 10 years and having two boys, I started feeling as though something was going on with my husband and his...

My marriage sucks, I will just put it out there. I have NEVER spoken to anybody about this before. This is why my marriage sucks.... my hubby works an evening shift. We have one son, so when I get off work, it's all me. There is nobody...

alone i am, and is how i will stay.
id rather be alone than be treated this way.

you are black and cruel and justifiably wrong,
and i'm a bird who's tied down that needs to sing her songs.

a boring, lying creature, guilty all of the...

Not quite sure where to start.  I am in a bad marriage.  Some of the things I have had to deal with are my husband going out (who knows where) and coming home in the wee hours of the morning or well into the next morning while I have...

I have been reading the stories and I have to tell you that it's kind of nice to have a group like this.  I guess my marriage has been bad from the start.  I husband has always had an anger problem.  He's broken furniture...

I keep oscillating between wanting to get out of the marriage; and trying to carry on. Deep in my heart I know that if I leave, I'll feel liberated and ecstatic. But the reality is that the kids will be shattered. Another reality is...

I thought he was sent from heaven to love me.  Things were SO good.  Time passed and more and more he would treat me badly.  Now I feel like I am trapped and it sucks.

I have been married for over 18 years. I am very dissatisfied with my life. My husband has told me outright that he is not interested in me or my what I do. I work with children and he does not, and when I even begin to share my day he...

My husband and I have been married 15 years. We have two kids, one with ADHD and oppositional defiant behavior.  He has emotional and behavioral problems and we have worked with many professionals.  The more research I did...

I have only been married for 5 years. In those five years, my marriage was never good. My husband changed after we married.
It's like the man I knew before being married just vanished or this guy killed him. He completely changed. I...

 I just had it today, 10 years with my husband and I felt like he never hears me. Simple request, please fix the faucet, or please fix the towel holder. The answer is always "OK" but it never get done. I keep repeating myself over and...

My husband and I have 2 children and of course are one of those couples who I believe are truely staying together for them.  At least I am. We don't agree about anything and I have this thing about me that I like to rearrange...

I am from india and was married 6 years back through an arranged set-up. My childhood was traumatic as i was witness to marital violence and abuse. I was married of to a boy who everybody described as" god incarnate". I was...