> I have been lurking on the Rinkworks forum for quite a while but have only posted a few times. However tonight I feel the need...
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> Looks like my husband and I are headed for divorce after 7 years of marriage. We will be filing for separation soon. This is by far the hardest thing I have ever had to deal with. There are times when I feel like I can deal with it and other times when I feel like I can't go on (but I have to for our two young children's sake). Right now I am hurting like crazy, and I guess I just needed to vent. Thanks for listening.
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> Aradian

Don't give up too quickly. If a marriage was worth starting, it should be worth keeping. Try counsuling, try changing yourselves, compromise. All marriages have rocky times, but you can get through them. I see people breaking up their marriages all the time and sometimes they aren't even sure why. It wasn't luck that kept my wife and I together for 48 years. We worked at. We put each other first, and got through the rocky years. And the rewards are still coming. If you think a broken marriage is tough on you, wait until you see how it effects the kids. I would be the last to suggest that you stay with an unfaithful, drunken spouse abuser, but is he really that bad? You need to look at each other and remember the good things that got you together in the first place.
Howard