Escaping from bad marriage-- my story-- and please share yours too

[Bogertophis]

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It has been four years now and my life is significantly better. I no longer suffer chronic anxiety attacks, my kid no longer tears out her eyelashes/eyebrows and quit biting her fingernails off until they bled. I am remarried, living in a new city (same job, longer commute) and our blended family is so much more stable and happy than anything I have known before.

So easy to make mistakes in relationships, & we've usually promised to try to make it work (whether by legal or other means), but really the best thing you
can do when nothing works is to walk away & get on with a better life...both for you & your children. We cannot change our partners who don't want to change, &
often not even if they WANT to change. Glad you made it out of the nightmare.