Joined: 13 Aug 2005 Posts: 6 Location: Pennsylvania
Help, Can't Seem to Go On. Posted: 08-13-05 13:40pm
I'm in the process of divorce/custody and
I can't seem to keep my life going. A
month ago I caught my wife having an
affair with my father. At the time I
found out I told my wife I loved her and I
wanted to work things out if she was
willing. She agreed to try and work this
out and stay together. A week later I
came home from work and she was gone and
took our 3 year old daughter. It's been
3 weeks now since i've seen or heard from
either my wife or daughter and I can't
seem to go on. I've found out so much
about my wife and fathers relationship the
past 3 weeks and it keeps getting harder
to handle. It's hard to describe the
feelings I have. There was no types of
abuse and I thought things were going
great. I have a great job so she can
stay home with our daughter, made sure she
got everything she needed. Made sure she
had some alone time to herself when she
needed just to get away. I don't know
where I went wrong. Everythings so hard
now even getting out of bed.
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fatfamily02
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Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 3050 Location: Georgia, USA
Posted: 08-13-05 13:52pm
That is just too much--im sorry youre
going threw this. But in christian
circles it is called going threw as in we
will get to the other side of it. I know
doesnt seem like it now, but you will make
it. You have to try and not let full
depression creep in, for it has
devestating consequences. Try not to
fall into the trap the devil has set for
you.
God help this man in jesus name, show him
a way out of the panic and anxiety he
feels right now. Thank you god
god bless you , sir hope to hear from you
again. With hopefully better news.
Im really sorry this had to happen with
your father too. Has to be really hard.
You will find you might have to make a
decision to pull away from him, just to be
true to yourself. It is a hard hard
thing to go threw something like that with
someone who is suppose to be trustworthy
to you. I just send my prayers with
you--and god keep an eye on his wife and
daughter for him too. In jesus name
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KingKrazy
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Joined: 13 Aug 2005 Posts: 6 Location: Pennsylvania
Posted: 08-13-05 13:57pm
Thanks for the reply, unfortunately I do
not have a choice in pulling away from my
father or wife. They have dissapeard
together :(
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fatfamily02
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Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 3050 Location: Georgia, USA
Posted: 08-13-05 23:26pm
Horrible, sir that is horrible.
I wish I could give you a hug!!
Do you have anyone you can get some
emotional suppport from right now??
Please try and stay around pple who can
lift you up right now. And let them help
you if they want to, take it easy if at
all possible.
Much love goes out to you, sir
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KingKrazy
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Joined: 13 Aug 2005 Posts: 6 Location: Pennsylvania
Posted: 08-14-05 03:04am
I have family that live close by but
unfortunately I can not receive any form
of comfort from my family because this has
effected everyone around me. Everywhere
I turn it's there, I have to face
questions from the moment I walk out of my
door. I can't even get away from it at
work, my boss is related to my
aunt(fathers sister). So even he is
effected by it and I face a bombardment of
questions daily as to what's going on.
I can't help but keep running our
relationship through my head trying to
figure out where I screwed up. Where I
went wrong, why I have failed in my
marriage. I think about it so much I can
not hardly sleep, i'm down to getting
roughly 1-2 hours a night, living off of
water and vitamins and caffeine pills just
to make it through the day.
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fatfamily02
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Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 3050 Location: Georgia, USA
Posted: 08-14-05 15:31pm
There is always a self evaluation process,
we all 'should' go threw it, that is how
we learn, that is how we grow. But I
remind you sir, please dont beat yourself
up over all this. This evaluation process
will help you to do it "better" next time
or if she ever returns. That is if you
would ever want her back after all this.
No man or woman deserves to be cheated on,
it is just too devestating, so no matter
what you did or did not do, it wasnt you
who made her cheat. But cheaters always
have a story about how the other did this
or that, usually as far from the truth as
possible--for they need to validate why
they would do this, and in accusing us
they find that validation. My first
husband bless his little heart, always had
it where if I was at fault he could
justify his actions releaving his
ressponsibility to admit his horrendous
acts against me. He treated me like crap
every time he messed around, so I should
have seen the signs. Although I gave him
all he could ever need sexually--even when
I had cancer in female organs and would
bleed just to let him have his way with
me. All kinds of diseases he brought home
to me led to the pid and the final removal
of my womanhood. Then when he got other
girl pregnant he finally stepped out of
the picture leaving me with 3 small babies
to care for on my own--and no way to ever
give my new love a chance at his own
children from me.
I will tell you dear sir, god came in
mightily for me and gave me a peace I have
never known and that is the only way I got
threw that one. I waited 10 more years
to find the love of my life...
Much love to you again sir-- you will
be in my prayers for a long time.
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KingKrazy
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Joined: 13 Aug 2005 Posts: 6 Location: Pennsylvania
Posted: 08-20-05 12:31pm
Well we went to court for temp custody,
things went well. I have custody of our
daughter for 3 weeks at which time joint
custody will go into effect untill it is
decided by the courts.
Everything is so hard right now it's hard
to explain. Getting my daughter back was
a huge step but there's still and
emptiness I can't seem to get rid of.
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lovinmom4
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Joined: 11 Jun 2005 Posts: 37
Sorry to Hear Posted: 08-20-05 22:18pm
I, too, am going through a divorce. I
found out my husband was cheating on me
about 10 days after we split. It
evidently had been going on for about a
month b4 we split. Anyway, just hang in
there..Take it day by day.
Try to be the best father you can be.
Try to achieve one thing each day. No
matter how small or big the achievment.
Do not blame yourself...Your wife and your
father evidently have no respect nor
dignity for themselves, you, or your
child. You need to move on...Be strong.
Even when you think you are at your
lowest, think of your child. She needs
you. Let your daughter be your
inspiration. You will find someone that
is worthy of your love and who will not
take advantage of it. For now, just
focus on taking care of yourself and your
daughter. Try to stay busy, take her to
the park, watch cartoons with her, read to
her, take a walk, whatever you can do to
keep your mind somewhat off the situation.
Best of luck to you and your daughter.
:)
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KingKrazy
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Joined: 13 Aug 2005 Posts: 6 Location: Pennsylvania
Posted: 08-21-05 10:50am
During the day is easy to keep busy and
keep my mind off of things. I'm always
doing things with my daughter and I try to
keep her from having to hear about the
whole situation. When I have her it is
not discussed while she is around.
However after talking to her mother, she
has different views and believes our
daughter should be told why mommy and
daddy aren't together. She makes no
sense, our daughter is 3 and dosen't
understand what's going on and i'm sure it
upsets her. I believe the time either of
us have with our daughter should be
quality time doing things she enjoys not
telling her things to upset her.
Anyway, thanks for all the great help.
It's going to be a long battle and I can
only hope that my daughters best interests
are in mind.
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lovinmom4
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Joined: 11 Jun 2005 Posts: 37
I Agree Posted: 08-22-05 10:07am
I agree with you.Your daughter is too
young to understand. I would just try to
keep her busy. I know the nights are the
roughest, but you will get through this.
When I feel my worst, I write. I jot down
my feelings. It seems to help somewhat.
It is a day to day thing. The hurt will
not go away over night, but in time it
will get better and, eventually, it will
go away. Seems as if there are so many
stages you go through with a divorce.
Hurt, sad, angry, guilt, fear,etc. Just
be the best person you can be. Enjoy your
daughter. Three years old is such a great
time in her life. Assure her you love her
and that her mother loves her too. Again,
best of luck to ya.
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rainfalls
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Joined: 19 Aug 2005 Posts: 24 Location: minnesota
That Sucks Posted: 08-26-05 16:17pm
Wow, that is just insane. I cant even
fathom that!
There are stages we all go through during
a break up, and they come in no order.
i went through the anger, denial, and
shocl at the same time, then moved into
sadness and now emerging into acceptance.
Which is a better place to be. It is a
tough road, I will tell you that from my
expereince. My ex decided to move into
my nieghbors home, so every time I back
out of my driveway I see their house. I
see the kids, including his som who lived
with me. My ex relapsed (alcohol and
crak) so I told him to leave.
So I was angry for him mvoing right by
me.
I have now accepted that this is the wayti
is right now. Go with the feelings you
have, sadness, questioning etc... But
make sure you are not obsessing too much
on them or it will suck you in.
Your daughter can be the key in keeping
you upo and motivated to get htrough this
as she will need her daddy and someone who
is rational.
I will say aprayer for you, and look for a
higher pweor, prayer and talking to the
man upstairs will and does help
!