My best friend is divorcing her husband, who is also a friend.
I know and understand the reasons why she is leaving him and I actually agree that this is what she has to do.
But I am still very sad about all of this and really wish it hadn't come to this.
My husband and I have a very happy, solid marriage and we can both see exactly what went wrong with theirs. We did what we could as friends to support their marriage.
I'm really struggling to understand why someone (the husband) would basically throw away their family. He's just not given anything to the relationship over the course of most of their marriage and he even admits that he hasn't tried at all to be a husband or father. He puts himself first, his mother second, and his wife and daughters are a far distant third. Yet, he really doesn't understand why she's leaving him.
I want to be supportive of both my friends. Of course, my primary concern is the children and to do anything I can to be there for them. But, I've never been in this position before.
I know and understand the reasons why she is leaving him and I actually agree that this is what she has to do.
But I am still very sad about all of this and really wish it hadn't come to this.
My husband and I have a very happy, solid marriage and we can both see exactly what went wrong with theirs. We did what we could as friends to support their marriage.
I'm really struggling to understand why someone (the husband) would basically throw away their family. He's just not given anything to the relationship over the course of most of their marriage and he even admits that he hasn't tried at all to be a husband or father. He puts himself first, his mother second, and his wife and daughters are a far distant third. Yet, he really doesn't understand why she's leaving him.
I want to be supportive of both my friends. Of course, my primary concern is the children and to do anything I can to be there for them. But, I've never been in this position before.
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