Hi,

I have been happily married for 1 1/2 years. I have been with my husband for 6 years, though. I have an 11 year old son from a previous relationship. My son has always had some issues( he was abused by his real father), but we have all been through everything together, and have always been close. Last mont, my son set a papertowel on fire in our hallway, and the firestation came. There was no damage/no one was hurt, but my husband says it is the last straw, and that he no longer loves my son. He is sure that he will grow up to be a criminal, and does not want to waste anymore time on us. I want to find a way to work through this, but I don't know what to do. I have placed my son in counseling, and would like to attend counseling with my husband as well, but he says it won't help. How do I get him to come around? Also, ever since this happened my husband has been obseesed with hanging out with his single friends at nightclubs. It has become a 2/3 night a week thing, and it is very upsetting that it is nights that we would normally have off to spend time together. I feel that he is being regressive, and it certainly is not helping our other issue. I am very resentful of the way he is treating me and my son.