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i want to leave, but .....

Hi, i'm new here, and so glad i found this site, I have been married 20 years to my husband, our one son we had together is graduating next month, and I have been contemplating divorce now for 2 years, I have never cheated, nor has he that I know of, but what do I know, he is a compulsive liar! He lies about money, just about anything and everything, I can't understand it! I should of said good bye on after the first date, when I asked him about his past marriage, and how many children he had, he told me 2 , well,, after a couple weeks a friend of mine called me up and told me he was lying about his kids, that he has 3, so when i confronted him about it, he told me the reason he said 2 was because he didn't know if his first son was his or not, (which turned out to be bull) to this day nothing had ever come up about it and he looks like he his dad, Then a m onth after we were married , I got a phone call from his x wife, who i was made to believe was this cheating monster, and she called to warn me about my new husband and his lying ways, i asked her what he lied about , and she said MONEY, so, guess what my husband has lied about the past 20 years? Money! I know it is poorly managed, and god forbid me managing it, and when I have managed it, and trust me, I can do math, it never comes out right, we are always below in our account, I don't know what he does with it! he works, he comes home on time, i know that with the kind of work he does(i don't want to give away his job) but he has alot of time he can take off, and he sure and hell doesn't take the time off with me,(use or loose time) he's on a salary, he make over $100,000 a year, I have always worked, in the medical field, and it seems like no matter what we were always broke, late with bills, we have the worse credit, I just can't handle this anymore, I've grown to resent him like you would not believe!!!!! I was in a car accident 3 years ago, and hurt my back, so i haven't worked in 3 years,but I have mentioned divorce twice in the last 2 years and he talks me out of it every time, I am just waitng for my son to graduate, and I pray i can get the courage and strength to do this,(Divorce him) this whole thing, lack of trust, lies, has put me into a clinical depression, and i am just tired, so tired, and all i want is to be happy again,, No stress, Does any of this make sense to any of you?? what i want to know is, wouldn't this drain you? putting up with lies for all these years, is it a legitamate reason to devorce him? i would think so, please tell me what you think, I am just needing some support, I have no others to talk to about this, thanks,

by passioncat   2 Posts 
Posted on 4/16/2008 12:04 PM
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wow, this sounds like my life too.  You are thinking about it alot, then it may be something to consider.  I never thought that after 20 years in my marriage, I would be here either.  Once a liar...always a liar, and he is lying for reasons.  Better to get out now while you still have the rest of your life to live.  Do you want to spend another 20 years with a person who does nothing but lie to you.  I am sorry that you are feeling so sad.  It is hard to make that leap, but once you decide, you will know you made the right decision.  Trust me.  It is hard, but I do not regret the decision to leave my husbands chaos and lies.  It is freeing!!!  GL2U
by dyben   536 Posts
Posted on 4/21/2008 6:02 AM
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Hi Passioncat. You are not alone on this one. I have been with my husband for over 20 years-only married for 5. He also makes plenty of money, but uses none of it for bills. I have stopped asking him where it goes-cause it's just too exhausting listening to the lies. In the past 18 months we have lost my car, our home and filed bankruptcy. I can't even have a checking account cause he squanders all the money and then the checks all bounce. I decided to give him a year after the bankruptcy to stop the compulsive lying and the spending and nothing has changed. In fact it's worse- he applied for credit cards without telling me and now all three of them have been turned in for collection and two of my utilities are about to be shut off. Deciding to divorce will be the hardest thing I've ever done, especially because the reasons are financial, but he will never be able to stop spending and he will never be able to stop lying to me about it.  I know that I cannot let him destroy me financially again. I just can't listen to him begging for my forgivenss anymore. I've hit the point that I can't sleep, I can't eat, and I can barely find a reason to get out of bed in the morning because I am so consumed with worry over our bills. I know if he actually loved me there would be no way that he could keep putting me through this. I deserve more. I just need some good advice and the strength to do this.
by djinpa   1 Post
Posted on 4/18/2008 2:24 PM
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HI Passioncat, This could be written right out of my own life. Married 19 years, considering divorce for about 2 years, lies, lies, lies and money disappearing. The only difference is I now know where the money has been going over the years. He was using it for drugs and alcohol. We have 2 children, the oldest graduating in a month, they both can't wait to get out. My problem is no money to pay for the divorce.
Good Luck!!!
by PLR   1 Post
Posted on 4/16/2008 6:58 PM
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Thankyou
by passioncat   2 Posts
Posted on 4/16/2008 1:46 PM
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"...talk to..." - Welcome to the community; and, talk is good. Keep coming back so that you can share, vent, grow, etc...
by bp   1201 Posts
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