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Old Feb 10, 2014, 09:05 AM
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Hello, I am hoping that I can get some confirmation that I am not wrong in my decision. My daughter 29 is coming from a bad marriage that her husband walked out on her with no notice. She came home to their apartment cleaned out with all his stuff gone. Anything he brought onto their marriage he took, including a few things of hers. Although they dated 6 years before getting married he walked out 3 months into the marriage. She was legally divorces in May and moved in a new boyfriend. We did not like this move and felt it was way to early for her to make such a decision but......accepted if it made her happy then oh well. 7 months into this relationship we get a phone call from her feeling that he is cheating on her! She intercepted text messages that were very suggestive. She confronted him and he denied it (of course). She then got on his computer the next day and found numerous web sites, conversations and proof that he was going to meet others. She then had family and a friend help her toss him out. He was dumbfounded as to why she tossed him out. Well it has been now close to 2 months and he is still trying to get back into her life. Here come the issues, 1) he had over 5 different contacts with others to have sex with them (craig's list several postings of his, 3 web sites conversing with others and a site to had :"casual sex") 2). he contributed nothing financially to the relationship. We worked very hard to have her realize once a cheater and liar he will always be a cheater and liar. Now we have told her our opinion as to what she needs to do and get out of this relationship. He will not go away. He sent messages to me and told me some things that occurred during their relationship that my daughter did not want us knowing. He claimed we reuined his birthday and that she tried to commit suicide and that she wished we would go away. After talking with her she denied these allegations and said that he exaggerated this whole thing and she said she wished the situation would go away. Of course he has told me multiple times I ruined his birthday and to that he seems to only care about himself. Ironically he has not told his family that he has been evicted from her apartment as he has disgraced the family. He also has admitted to her that he initially intended to have casual sex with no commitments to the other party. He claims he did not carry through but the conversations were vivid enough that he intended to. We keep telling her that he is not worthy of her love let alone supporting him. (He is ever so in debt, constantly continuing to spend money and not on her and can barely pay his own bills). He has just taken on a second job as a bouncer for a strip club. After finding out he was at her apartment tonight, I am throwing my hands up! Please tell me that I am totally off base and that this is a relationship that is worthy of trying to save. My husband and the rest of the family all feel that she needs to keep him out of her life. Please help me help her!! Any suggestion will be appreciated.
Well sometimes someone has to learn things for themselves. They have to learn the hard way and they don't want to let go. You could ask her why she wants to save the relationship (if she does really want to save it) and go from there.
People outside a relationship can't see if there is good qualities and real love there sometimes. Yes, he messed up and did wrong. Your daughter sounds like she is very forgiving and willing to let things slide which can be a good quality, but she could get hurt emotionally from it. Ask her what she sees in him. Ask her how it benefits her to be with him. Maybe it will make her realize what course to take or help y'all understand why she wants to keep trying even when the signs tell her not to.
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Thanks for this!
SadMommy292014