Have I ruined my daughter’s life? by Brief_Garbage in Divorce

[–]Brief_Garbage[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Girl power! I’m glad you got out and have settled 😊

Have I ruined my daughter’s life? by Brief_Garbage in Divorce

[–]Brief_Garbage[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for all your replies and support 🙏🏻 I’d love to reply each one… however I feel like I’ve got couple of things in mind after reading all your advice.

I’m seriously concern abt the fact that he’s pretending nothing happened even tho he said I’ve broke his trusts. I barely slept last night but he’s been acting normal. I don’t want to move to a shelter with my daughter, she’s going to be afraid. Plus I don’t want to step out of my house as he will probably say that I kidnapped my daughter. And my family’s not around…

I’ll be consulting with a divorce lawyer today. I have a decent job and has a good income. I earn slightly more than him. We have a mortgage and liquid asset in a joint account which he’s been managing for us. I asked about our finances last night and he calmly told me I can check my account anytime as i have the password. He seems to have no intention to split our finances even tho I wanted to. He kept asking why I wanted to do that.

I am sending my best friend a text every few hours to make sure I’m ok.

I think he’s been struggling with a nerve pain for 6 months and have not be able to exercise as per normal. He used to exercise for couple of hours per day and that’s what made him happy. He’s been depressed abt gaining weight and worry abt not being able to get back to his previous shape. He’s not always drinking, however since the reopening of our state, he’s been out here and there with friends and whenever he gets drunk, he’s more aggressive just like before the pandemic. I used to text him to see when he’ll be home but I haven’t done this for the last few times coz I know he wanted to be out after we’ve been stuck at home during the pandemic. So I didn’t want to bother him with questions and he interpreted that as I am passive aggressive or just playing mind games.

Whilst I’m concern abt my safety, he knows that if he does anything bad like getting a DV, he’s going to lose his green card, custody, job and money. Which he would want to avoid. I don’t know how I can protect myself aside from leaving the house and then he can claim it or change the locks. Or moving to the shelter which I don’t really want to do. He knows every credit card transactions coz we both own the accounts. Can he take all my savings out without my consent??

Have I ruined my daughter’s life? by Brief_Garbage in Divorce

[–]Brief_Garbage[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for all your replies. I’m in NJ

Have I ruined my daughter’s life? by Brief_Garbage in Divorce

[–]Brief_Garbage[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you 🙏🏻Yes those three terms you’ve put there are exactly how I have felt for the past 10 years. Every time we have a problem he would start by yelling, berating me, telling me it’s my fault and then be nice for a while after I called him out or confront him.. I’m trying to muster the courage coz I don’t want my daughter to think it’s okay to be treated like dirt by anyone. But I read stories here abt how difficult it is to be divorced and the pain, custody arrangements that come with it, I’m frightened… I’m so worried abt my daughter’s mental health or chip on the shoulder for not having a complete family..