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Originally Posted by intergalactictraveler
Short story: I'm on SSDI for untreatable ultra rapid cycling bipolar. Been in a verbally/emotionally abusive relationship/marriage for 21 years. My wife has a good federal pension, owns the house, a property in Florida and I signed a pre-nup before the marriage. Getting out of the marriage is the easy part, if I don't mind living in my van.
Just making a point that there are men, too, who can't work or don't have the financial resources to start their life over. Whether a woman or man in a bad marriage, it's enough to send you over the edge.
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I didn't mean to imply that it only happens to women. I'm just frustrated at the whole situation. If you had told me 8 years ago that this is where i'd be now I would have laughed. I'm not laughing now though.
The hard part for me to deal with is the fact that when we met, I was going back to college after 10 years. When he decided to blow the popsickle stand that was my hometown, I took out a student loan to pay for our expenses. I still owe that. I can't even go back to school until I take care of it.
I had a pretty bright future ahead of me and I threw it all away for the person I though would love me forever and would never leave me hanging. How wrong I was.