Thread: BP and Marriage
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Old Feb 28, 2015, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by BP2014 View Post
The divorce rate is 50% for "normal" people and 90% if one spouse is BP. I am struggling in my marriage and no longer happy. I often feel I would be better off alone. I know this is selfish and I have two wonderful and healthy girls who I adore. Any advice?
Hard to say without the details. In general, unless there's infedelity or abuse, I'd stick it out and do like wiretwister says. I lost my first marriage bc I walked away w bipolar. Hard to explain this to my son now.

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