I always ask myself........
Posted By: Patti on 2007-02-12
In Reply to: i need some emotional support - Exhausted.
Stop and think do you want this marriage to be the type of example your children have and if your daughter was in this type of marriage what advice would you give them? To continue gives your girls the message that this is the way a marriage is and they will follow those examples. It is hard especially with children but it will only get harder and worse unless changes are made. My nephew and his wife are going through a separation now and I have told both of them that they have had a very dysfunctional marriage for many years --- blame on both sides -- but it is a terrible example to give to the kids No abuse but no respect towards each other. And I simply said what advice would you give your boys if they were in this type of situation and would you want them to treat their wife as you are yours and would you want the wife to treat your son that way. Made them open up their eyes and they are going through counseling at the church, don't really give it much hope and I am an optimist but hoping that if it ends up in divorce they can help take the nastiness out of it. Again, if you daughter came to you 25 years from now with this exact story what would you tell her to do????
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