My husband has been clean and sober for 6 months now. I was ready to leave him 6 months ago, that’s why he went into rehab to start his recovery. He has been working very well on his sobriety by attending meetings, having a sponsor and seeing a counselor. He has also been diagnosed with bipolar in which he does take his medications for. But still, we have issues. He still makes rude comments to me in front of friends and family members. And, we don’t see eye to eye on a lot of things now. He doessn’t seem remorseful for what he has put me through for the past 20 years or how he has treated the kids in the past few. I support him with his sobriety by taking care of our kids alone on my own so that he has time to go to meetings after work. I am a stay at home mom who takes care of all the finances and do what I can to keep his stress down. I even support him on having his hobby of rc truck racing. When I have brought up anything about how I feel, he tells me he can’t deal with any of that now because he isn’t at that step yet. I try to be understanding. But the pain just builds and builds in me because he doesn’t seem sorry nor does he see how rude and disrespectful he can be towards me. I get criticized for everything I do, including my parenting skills. My question is, is this good for the kids to have to continue to witness, me being sad and him being rude to me? How long does it take to see at least an improvement on the behavior? I am not asking for perfection. But a good start would be knowing that he was sorry and cared about our feelings. He doesn’t spend too much time with the kids, either. I am just wondering if I fighting a never ending battle.
Sincerely, Heartbroken

Situation: The son is in the process of divorcing. His mother believes everything her son says about what’s happened without hearing his wife’s side of story? If you are the wife and your mother-in-law judges you based on the lies her son told her, how would you deal with her? They are making stories like the wife walked out on her kids. When in reality the kids are staying with her 5 days a week with little or no child support. And the wife still deals with the ex-husband as peaceful as she can although it’s breaking her heart and emotionally drained. How would you face a mother-in-law like this? What are the things the wife can do to lessen the stress brought by it? Should you explain yourself or just focus on the divorce?

The Mom and son can be both arrogant when being defensive. The son is spoiled brat he’s used to getting what he wants. The wife knows her husbands family’s stinky side because she’s there when they gossip about other family members, judge and call them names as though they are so clean – the wife knows how they can be arrogant and self-righteous. She also know they are a loving family in a way that they are affectionate and pretty loyal to each other.

I don’t understand. If a couple of Atheists can get married then why can’t a couple of religious gays? Also why can a Notary Republic marry a couple. That Notary could be an atheist! So yeah, I don’t get it. Come up with a better excuse.
Yes, I mean Notary Public, thank you for the correction. =)
Notaries can perform weddings in FL. My friend, whom is Atheist, is one and had done many weddings for his Atheist friends/family members.

My husband and I have so many friends and family members asking us for relationship and marriage advice, because our advice works, and is helping so many relationships, that we would like to be able to help as many people as we can and share the joy of healthy balanced relationships. However, my husband and I don’t have the money or the desire to get a degree in the field. We’ve looked into it and started, but simply aren’t interested in wasting the money or time on a degree, since we don’t agree with many of the theories of mainstream psychology anyway, but we’d still love to help people in this area. Is there any way to do this as a non-profit service, if you generally need a Counseling License and a degree?

Thanks for any help, God bless

I’m not trying to be a troll, but if you think about it there should be nothing wrong with having intimacy with your mom when you turn 18. I mean u came out of her, so it’s not disgusting. There shouldn’t be any laws that stop you from marrying and having intimacy with your mom or any other family member you love.

-My question is.. is it illegal to marry your mom?
-And why does society view it as morally wrong
to have intimacy with family members??

Me and my mom built an attraction, but until i’m married to her were not going to have any intimacy.

My husband and I have so many friends and family members asking us for relationship and marriage advice, because our advice works, and is helping so many relationships, that we would like to be able to help as many people as we can and share the joy of healthy balanced relationships. However, my husband and I don’t have the money or the desire to get a degree in the field. We’ve looked into it and started, but simply aren’t interested in wasting the money or time on a degree, since we don’t agree with many of the theories of mainstream psychology anyway, but we’d still love to help people in this area. Is there any way to do this as a non-profit service, if you generally need a Counseling License and a degree?

Thanks for any help, God bless

My husband and I have so many friends and family members asking us for relationship and marriage advice, because our advice works, and is helping so many relationships, that we would like to be able to help as many people as we can and share the joy of healthy balanced relationships. However, my husband and I don’t have the money or the desire to get a degree in the field. We’ve looked into it and started, but simply aren’t interested in wasting the money or time on a degree, since we don’t agree with many of the theories of mainstream psychology anyway, but we’d still love to help people in this area. Is there any way to do this as a non-profit service, if you generally need a Counseling License and a degree?

Thanks for any help, God bless
@Alex: I know anyone can give advice, but I’m asking in terms of a business, or in a bigger area than just family/friends…
I’m not giving counseling as a professional, but would like to, and am simply researching different ways of doing this, before I blow thousands of dollars and 6-8 years on a degree, when I’m already helping people who are close to me.

I am 23 year old and my wife is 20 years old. we have been married 8 months and dated 3 years. We both have full time jobs and attend college at night. Depression and Bipolar disease run in her family. In my opinion she suffers both. Anyway she told me the other night that she loves me but is no longer in love with me and that she wants a divorce. t I have beensomewhat distant from her because 1 year before we got married and about 3 months after we got engaged she had a fling with another guy. It was not physical cause i took care of that on the wedding night but I think that she honestly fell for the other guy but felt like she had to marry me. I went ahead with it because I thought marriage could save us BIG MISTAKE. I know I screwed up big time because I never really forgave her for the other guy and that made us grow apart. I know that her depression and the bipolar are affecting her decision to some point how can stall her till the depression wave subsides cause I do love her
Ya I have suggest her seeing a counselor but she thinks I am over the top and that She needs no help. I want to be with her but I guess it is kinda too good to leave but too bad to stay kinda thing. I know a lot of my problem is that I don’t take major change good and I like to hold on too long in relationships. Maybe she is right and we should split but I don’t want to be a worthless human being for 6 months or however long it takes me to heal myself.
To her if I say that she does something because of the depression it is like a cheap move. Like something only a lowlife would suggest as a cause to get their way
first of all I am not the only person that believes she suffers from the depression all of her close family members think she does and more times than not she will come out and ask questions like "how bad am I when I get depressed?" Now the bipolar disease has been found in every woman in the family for the last 4 generations and the family has stories that would move it out to 7 or 8 generations back. So I am not making this condition up.

I still love him, he doesn’t want this divorce but he is being pushed by raging family members. We are both in our early 40′s. I think this is immature of him to let his family make his decisions based on their dislike of me. I want to know should I fight for my man?

This will be file in MI but my husband does not live in MI because I left him since he was mentally and emotionally abusive!

I have 4 children but 3 were born in the marriage born after we were separated but they are not biologically my husband’s. My oldest was born before I met my husband. I talked to several divorce attorneys and they told me that since my 3 children of 4 were born in the marriage than legally they are my husband’s.

I also told to a divorce attorney who told me that my husband has to come to court and say that he’s not the father of any of my children but I still gave my children away at birth to one of my family members.

I gave all of my children away at birth to one of my family members.
The fourth child was born due to me being rape!

My husband lives with his girlfriend!