Divorced my husband. My life would be better without him, but I still can't decide if my kids lives would be better, so I sit.
Thanks (maybe) for the shoutout, steve. We don't have enough information to advise Aether_Storm sagely or otherwise. There's millions of reasons to stay and millions to leave. My guess is that when it gets bad enough A_Storm will make her move. I think I have a poem on that topic. Let me see if I can find it: When it gets bad enough we leave.
(of course if it is a domestic violence situation, I would say dump that chump yesterday - but that is also hard to do) What do you think, Steve? Should I post a #todayswritingprompt on the topic of leaving? We wrap our dreams around a man.
Shoulder to shoulder we build our homes
And hide our hearts in every niche
But when it gets bad enough we leave.
We leave when it gets bad enough.
Not the first time we catch a punch
Or see the kids cringe
Or call the police
But when it gets bad enough we leave.
When it gets bad enough we leave
For the kids at first
Or for our lives
In spite of love or lust or need
When it gets bad enough we leave.
Because by then we’re half-crazy
And he’s spent all our money
We’re always angry
And it’s no longer funny
And if, by then, we’re still on our feet
When it gets bad enough we leave.