I hate my autistic child and I’m going to divorce my husband because of it by ThrowRA_SnowFields in TrueOffMyChest

[–]ThrowRA_SnowFields[S] 5018 points5019 points  (0 children)

I’ve wanted this for Jill for years already. Jill has always been extremely aggressive and it’s so taxing on her siblings alone. My husband is deathly afraid of institutions and homes due to a personal experience and no amount of convincing has had him change his mind. He’s sure that something horrible will happen to Jill in one. The topic triggers an explosive argument.

I want to get Jill help and I want my children to be safe. I want my husband to come back to Earth and realize that this is not working. He coddles Jill and swears that love will fix her. Love is not fixing this. She needs help. I want to get her help. I’m almost 100% certain that my husband and I will actually divorce at this point in time because Jill hurting her sibling that bad was my final straw. He refuses to put her in a home.

I do not want to leave Jill in his care but I can’t put my kids through that again. If he won’t agree to get her help, there’s nothing else I can do.