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November 10, 2005, 3:10 pm PST

11/10 Infidelity Aftermath

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If you were talking in response to me.  Thanks.  I have started putting money aside.  Right now I don't have enough nor am I in a position to go.  We are talking of moving again, this time to the midwest (job related) which would make it less expensive for me to live and be closer to my family (still several hundred miles, but not over a thousand anymore).  I figure if things don't change soon, I'm going to have to get out, but I do need to be prepared.  I'm beginning to get things going to start doing that, but it is a slow process.  I know my husband loves me, of that I have no doubt, it's just that I also know he doesn't understand love and respect as it should be.  His mother cheated on his father (who divorced her), but he (my husband) obviously didn't learn anything from it.  All I can ask for is prayers that I can turn his life around (I've made a lot of progress on other fronts with him) and get him to realize how much he hurts me and how much he will be hurting the children as they get older if he doesn't change.

  

I was and you're welcome. 

  

Do not touch your saved money for anything in this world and definitely not for this next move. That money is your lifeline. Continue to save, no excuses. 

  

You can not change him. Don't kill the messenger. YOU CAN NOT CHANGE ANOTHER WOMAN'S CHILD, HIS FOUNDATION IS SET. 

  

Whatever! Believe what you want. Continue to save save save for the sake of your children. 

 
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November 10, 2005, 3:39 pm PST

Money and excuses

Quote From: aandcsmom

If you were talking in response to me.  Thanks.  I have started putting money aside.  Right now I don't have enough nor am I in a position to go.  We are talking of moving again, this time to the midwest (job related) which would make it less expensive for me to live and be closer to my family (still several hundred miles, but not over a thousand anymore).  I figure if things don't change soon, I'm going to have to get out, but I do need to be prepared.  I'm beginning to get things going to start doing that, but it is a slow process.  I know my husband loves me, of that I have no doubt, it's just that I also know he doesn't understand love and respect as it should be.  His mother cheated on his father (who divorced her), but he (my husband) obviously didn't learn anything from it.  All I can ask for is prayers that I can turn his life around (I've made a lot of progress on other fronts with him) and get him to realize how much he hurts me and how much he will be hurting the children as they get older if he doesn't change.
One reason it was so easy for me to leave was my savings I had aquired.  I in no way need him financially, I can support myself and my child without any help.  It was a realief and truly made the decison so much "easier".

My now ex grew up in a household where his dad cheated around on his mom regularly.  I let him use this as an excuse for a while, but in reality I say "you are 36 years old you know better than that!".  I have friends who grew up in abusive households and they do not abuse their partners or children etc.  To me the way they grew up is an excuse, they should instead  be using it as a model of how not to treat someone they are with.  "He doesn't understand love and respect as it should be" - he understands from growing up what they ARE NOT!  From this statement I would gatehr he disagrees with his mother's actions so why would he do them to someone else?

You cannot change anyone, but people can change themselves.  He has to want to change himself and this take a good long hard look in the mirror and some bitter taste of reality to accept personal responsiblity.  You can support him through this period but you will never be able to change him, unfortunately that is all up to him.
 


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