The tables have turned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A husband filed for divorce from his wife and burned bridges in the process by making incredibly disrespectful remarks to her. This came 10 months after she had their second child (the couple has six, in total). After losing his high-paying job, he turned course and asked her to take him back again. Should she take him back, given his lot in life, or hold firm and say good riddance to bad rubbish?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The situation came to a head when the husband demanded that his wife, who had a 10-month-old baby, stay in the house, instead of taking her child to a dentist appointment. She went anyway, and then the man slept in his game room for two months. He told everyone that he was divorcing his wife and went so far as to contact an attorney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe told me I was not the prize. I\u2019m almost 40 and have four kids, three of whom are minors. He said he\u2019s the prize, he\u2019s in his prime, and makes good money, and any woman would love to be in my shoes and take care of his kids. He even went as far as inviting his baby mother into the house to visit while I was out,\u201d the woman wrote on Reddit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFast forward, he loses his job and telling me to wait to move. He then starts talking nicer to me and acting differently than before,\u201d she wrote. So what was the wife to do, take back the man who said that she was \u201cnot the prize\u201d and that he was desirable because he had a high-paying job? Nope. She stood her ground and said he needed to leave. \u201cI told him I was still moving out and going forward with separating because his actions did not align with someone who wanted to be with me,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The woman then asked the commenters if she was right to follow through with what her husband started. The commenters were overwhelmingly on her side. \u201cHe said he was done, so let\u2019s be done, even if now it\u2019s an inconvenience for him,\u201d one of the top commenters wrote. \u201cSounds like YOU are the prize after all, because he\u2019s an unemployed AH who\u2019s soon to be unable to rent an apartment because he doesn\u2019t have a job. Hope his parents live close by and can take him in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Upworthy spoke with Paige Harley, MA, a cPaige Harley, MA, a conflict expert and mediator specializing in high-conflict divorce and custody issues. She says the woman shouldn\u2019t feel any guilt for her actions. \u201cAbsolutely never a reason to feel guilty about setting boundaries. However, make sure you are clear about what a boundary is and specifically what yours are,\u201d Harley told Upworthy. \u201cIt\u2019s hard and you will need to be the \u2018bigger person\u2019 but your future self will thank you\u2014as you are setting the tone for what comes next.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Nari Jeter, a licensed marriage and family therapist and associate teaching professor at Florida State University, and co-host of The Coupled Podcast, says there\u2019s nothing wrong with separating, but that\u2019s just the first step. \u201cI would say that this woman is not in the wrong for sticking to the boundary of separation. It clearly reinforces to him that he cannot threaten the safety and stability of the relationship without a consequence,\u201d Dr. Jeter told Upworthy. \u201cThe deeper issue is, can she separate herself from his view of reality and their marriage? Just because he says these things to her, it doesn\u2019t make them true. She may need to accept that he says these things to himself and others about her, but they aren\u2019t true\u2013and that defending herself to him will likely get her nowhere.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, the woman had to deal with a verbally abusive man who isn\u2019t supportive of her or their combined six children. But what\u2019s great to see is that after her husband tried to knock her down a peg and then leave her, she stood her ground and would not take him back. There\u2019s no doubt that she also felt great support from the 1,300 people who commented on the page, with nearly all of them supporting her decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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