• @chiliedogg
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    184 hours ago

    I have a friend who I haven’t been able to hang out with for several years because his wife is insane and posessive, and he’s decided to just ride it out until the kids are all 18 so he can divorce her without having to pay her child support.

    He’ll still support his children, but he’ll do it directly instead of through her.

    • @[email protected]
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      3 hours ago

      It’s me, your buddy - well maybe not your exact buddy but a dude living in this same scenario.

      Please hang out when that last kid turns 18 and we are free. It’s horribly lonely and there is no one to help. Getting a divorce just means she gets everything including all the time in the world to manipulate the kids.

    • LustyArgonianMana
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      Wow, think of the example he’s setting. If his kids were in that marriage, would he recommend waiting for 1/5 of their life to go by with a horrible person? How will his kids even know how to have a loving relationship if his parents are that fucked up?

      He’s a coward who cares more about money than about being a good person or dad.

      And that’s most men in these relationships. Men would rather cheat and lie than be honest and extend basic respect and communication to their partners. And then get upset when women finally initiate divorce for the broken shitty relationship.

      • Cethin
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        336 minutes ago

        You’re being down voted, but I mostly agree with you. Putting your kids through the issues of your failing relationship isn’t doing them any good either. There’s no good answer, but staying for your children is often putting them through even more trauma than the divorce would.

      • @orrk
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        103 hours ago

        you have issues, please go see a therapist

      • @P1k1e
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        12 hours ago

        A parents obligation to their children is more nuanced than your implying, setting an example isn’t the only factor. Not to mention abuse is used to break your will to stand up for yourself, and even if that weren’t a factor, communication isn’t possible with people unwilling to listen.

        Relationships are a two way street, but when you’ve got kids., it’s not just about the relationship with your partner anymore

        • LustyArgonianMana
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          115 minutes ago

          He stated that he wanted control of finances as his main motivator, not abuse.

          Yes, the best way to teach your kids how to handle abuse is by being a role model. Sometimes that means leaving the abusive parent and making a safe place away from the abusive parent. How can an 18 year old learn the skill of leaving their abusive parent if it was never modeled to them and the nonabusive parent stuck by them no matter what?

      • @Demdaru
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        43 hours ago

        Fucking hell dude, get the hell down from your horse. In a world where unwilling mother still gets rights to a child, what choice does that dude have? Hell, if he cares for his children, this is the best course of action, not only money wise.

        And before you pull some shitty ass generalisation - I know three children from broken marriages, in two cases overall “normal” mothers used their children as bargaining chip. One of these children being me, and in third case mother denied father rights to see his child so much that currently that person loathes their mother.