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AS THE SAGA CONTINUES

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Submitted by goaway on Thu, 07/12/2012 - 1:24pm

Well my dh is still depressed over her daughter having to leave the house due to her disrespect and bad attitude and being mean and physically put her hands on our 7 yr old son.. Some days he will be very loving other days he will get angry at the drop of a hat...It can be very frustrating especially since our son has to witness this..Well for now I am going to a weekend retreat to resolve my own issues and get answers within myself, he works all weekend and a friend is watching our son...I am looking forward to changes (positive ones) and according to the retreat group do not force husband to make changes once he sees my change he will eventually want to assist the retreat...mmmmm we'll see..

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Submitted by steppystep on Tue, 03/12/2013 - 3:09pm

I'm sorry that you're going through that. However, he kicked out his daughter out of the house. Of course he is depressed. Even if she's disrespectful and has a bad attitude, she's still his kid. +Her behaviour is his fault.
I think you shouldn't have given him the ultimatum of "her or me" because you have a son together and he'd just create another broken home by leaving. You should have made him deal with her behaviour instead of asking him to choose. Then again, it's not your fault that he makes bad choices and doesn't parent his child. His depression is expected, he lost his child and it's his own fault. It's not a small thing and you can't expect him to be any better. Sad Once again, I'm sorry you're going through that, and even more sorry for your son. He's completely innocent in that story and has to suffer because of his father's bad choices... And that's really not fair to him. I think you should ask your husband to control himself, simply not to give your son such a bad example or make him feel bad which he probably is doing by behaving that way. Good luck, goaway!