I Am In a Bad Marriage

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...

I have been married for 34 years and have been unhappy for most of that. I tried for years to be good enough, love him enough so that by my actions he would see and understand what a marriage should be like, how spouses should treat...

Youre daughters psychologist asks you if youve considered seperation.

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...

Today was a great day at work. I had a hysterical wife call me at work very upset telling me her prepaid phone company wouldn't take her credit. I suggested she call her cell phone provider and find out why and to please let me know...

I have known my husband all my life. We met as children; he was a friend to my younger brothers. We dated casually in high school, but it was nothing serious. I went away for college to a different state and we lost touch. I moved back...

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I am a male, have a kid and married for the past 7 yrs. my wife after conception never had physical contact with me. we stay in the same house, with a kid but still she says she is not interested in all these. she has become...

I have been married for 7 years, have one toddler son, and am expecting a second child in a couple of months. I have always had problems with my husband, even before we were married. We've gone to couples therapy in the past, to great...

I have always lived with her playing the “helpless victim,” and from the start of the relatioship there has always been the bottomless pits of never-ending, un-meetable needs. I have always faced wrath for not meeting her...

I truly didn't know what the meaning of the above title was, till I found myself in the middle of
of it. So I'm from Canada, and met my now spouse (husband) online. He's from the US. We got to know each other, through typing...

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 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 been married almost 20 years... to a woman that barely even knows me. Sometimes I pat myself on the back for having stuck with this for so long - I stretched a 2 year marriage into 20! Woohoo! Our kids are almost grown and I have...

Can anyone tell me what to do when one is stuck in a horrible marriage and there is nowhere to go? I feel like dying all the time.

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...

I've only been married for 4 years, together for over 10. This is my second marriage, so you'd think I'd have it figured out! Unfortunately that's not the case. We should never have gotten married as we have always struggled with our...

My husband and I had a horrible dating experience. We had everything from arguments
About small things to me waking up from being choked out on the bathroom floor.
Now why marry him u ask?? I'm not sure. Was it a sad self love of...

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 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...