New Here... Hi All :)
Name: Alexandra
Status: in the process of filing for divorce
Age: 35
Location: Dallas, TX
Children: Emily, 2 months
Sahm/wohm/wahm: stay at home (going back to college in the Fall)
Hey guys, just wanted to introduce myself. I have a two-month-old daughter named Emily (the little firecracker you see in my profile pic) and a worthless excuse of a husband who I'm currently working on divorcing. We've been together for six years (married for one and a half) and we had always talked about having a family. However, when that idea became a reality I quickly found out that he was not actually willing/capable of doing anything more than talking about it. He never went to appointments, never went to classes, wasn't there for her birth and hasn't come to see me or her since. He's quick to argue his "right" to her but has not as of yet taken any of the responsibility. I've blocked his phones, FB account and email, but he does know where I live. He sent a letter claiming he'll do "anything" to prove himself, but apparently that doesn't include driving half an hour to my house. He did send two checks, though, which he seemed to think would be satisfactory. Father of the year.
So anyway, I'm going it alone (for the time being), although I'm fairly sure that staying with my husband wouldn't change that fact. I just want to keep him from making sure my daughter ends up marrying a man just like him because that would kill me, and I would kill him. I'm living with my parents right now, which helps a lot, with both paying for and caring for Emily (I'm not currently working because I'm finishing up college and raising a baby, so I have no money whatsoever).
I suppose the thing that has been the hardest so far is simply the loneliness. Pretty much all my friends live far away, so I really don't talk to anyone other than my parents except online. It's not like my husband and I have had a meaningful conversation in a long ass time, but even the arguing was sort of... something. Not the most pleasant something, but communication nonetheless.
I guess that's all for now. I'm looking forward to getting to know you all. Hope everyone's having a good morning/day/evening/night. Cheers :)
Status: in the process of filing for divorce
Age: 35
Location: Dallas, TX
Children: Emily, 2 months
Sahm/wohm/wahm: stay at home (going back to college in the Fall)
Hey guys, just wanted to introduce myself. I have a two-month-old daughter named Emily (the little firecracker you see in my profile pic) and a worthless excuse of a husband who I'm currently working on divorcing. We've been together for six years (married for one and a half) and we had always talked about having a family. However, when that idea became a reality I quickly found out that he was not actually willing/capable of doing anything more than talking about it. He never went to appointments, never went to classes, wasn't there for her birth and hasn't come to see me or her since. He's quick to argue his "right" to her but has not as of yet taken any of the responsibility. I've blocked his phones, FB account and email, but he does know where I live. He sent a letter claiming he'll do "anything" to prove himself, but apparently that doesn't include driving half an hour to my house. He did send two checks, though, which he seemed to think would be satisfactory. Father of the year.
So anyway, I'm going it alone (for the time being), although I'm fairly sure that staying with my husband wouldn't change that fact. I just want to keep him from making sure my daughter ends up marrying a man just like him because that would kill me, and I would kill him. I'm living with my parents right now, which helps a lot, with both paying for and caring for Emily (I'm not currently working because I'm finishing up college and raising a baby, so I have no money whatsoever).
I suppose the thing that has been the hardest so far is simply the loneliness. Pretty much all my friends live far away, so I really don't talk to anyone other than my parents except online. It's not like my husband and I have had a meaningful conversation in a long ass time, but even the arguing was sort of... something. Not the most pleasant something, but communication nonetheless.
I guess that's all for now. I'm looking forward to getting to know you all. Hope everyone's having a good morning/day/evening/night. Cheers :)