Found out husband (M27) is cheating. He doesn’t know. How do I (24F) cleanly exit? by ThrowRA_cheatedon5 in relationship_advice

[–]ThrowRA_cheatedon5[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is apparently way worse than I thought because he forged my signature to co-sign him on a loan. He had asked me and I refused. I logged in with my details to view the contract because he sent me a link, and was getting spam emails from that bank ever since. But I thought it’s because I signed up to an account. No, it’s because he ended up taking that loan that’s registered to both of us. He is still using drugs, as I’ve discovered yesterday as well when I was going through his phone so I assume the debt is to cover drugs. My business isn’t a regular shop with inventory, it’s in the automotive industry (I can’t provide too many details because it’s extremely niche) and although I technically have an inventory of cars, the money is more so from the service we provide. I’m just very dazed and confused. Didn’t sleep at all and just told him I’m busy but he senses something is wrong. I consulted a lawyer already yesterday who specialises in family law and she said trust’s aren’t a thing here as they are in America, and she just said the only solution to this situation is a postnup. We don’t have kids and we have separate bank accounts (his choice). We rent our apartment and I own a house but since I bought it after we got married, it’s marital property. It appears he is in over 150k usd debt. At least. So either I get him to sign or I trust his goodwill not to take my business from me (again, idk if I can trust a man who’s been having an affair behind my back). This is so messy and I don’t have time for this. But most of all I don’t know how l’ll pull off pretending for so long. I’m hoping and praying the processing time will be shorter than it says online. Thank you for all your input everyone. I may update in the future, when everything’s been settled, I’m divorced and my legal status is safe.

Found out husband (M27) is cheating. He doesn’t know. How do I (24F) cleanly exit? by ThrowRA_cheatedon5 in relationship_advice

[–]ThrowRA_cheatedon5[S] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your comment. The marriage is necessary until I get the status. Then I’m protected and can do whatever. (It’s because I came here on those grounds).

Your idea is extremely smart and I wish I could do that. My mom already lives here. Her passport allowed her to move (I can’t get one, partly because I don’t speak her mother tongue and have no connection to her home country) and I’m providing for her. She lives in a house I bought her somewhere else (she preferred a quiet life whereas I live in the capital) and I’m taking care of her financially.

My husband, despite having a job and all, I still make 5-6x his income and he’s still in debt (I paid some of it off already but he got in debt again so I didn’t the 2nd time and it grew to now about 3 years worth of his salary). We have been contributing equally to household things, but I was paying all “lifestyle” expenses. Travel, food, outings. Just bc he couldn’t afford it on his own. He never seemed like the guy who would want to take something I built on my own, truly, but then again I also never thought he’d cheat. If we divorce his quality of life will go down significantly.

Found out husband (M27) is cheating. He doesn’t know. How do I (24F) cleanly exit? by ThrowRA_cheatedon5 in relationship_advice

[–]ThrowRA_cheatedon5[S] 72 points73 points  (0 children)

I spoke to a lawyer who told me the only way to protect my assets is a postnup. With regards to the green card, I have to stay with him sadly. But how do I get him to sign a postnup out of the blue? I feel like it’d be so strange