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This is long, but please read, need serious advice?

Ok, here's the back story between my husband and I, and warning it *will* be a bit lengthy. . . someone please read!!!

-met when I was 17 and he was 25, 2 months after I turned 18 I got pregnant. I told him and he left the state for nearly a month.

-he finally contacted me and said we needed to work it out and be together, plus both our families were very traditional and we weren't welcomed into their homes if I was pregnant out of wedlock, so we got married just before I was 4 months along

- my pregnancy was high risk, I was put on bedrest and hospitalized 13 different times, our baby girl was born in 5/02

- thinks were going pretty good then, but when she was 4 months old I got pregnant again with our 2nd daughter, I asked him if we should keep the baby cause they were so close in age, and he said he didn't care it's up to me. I chose to have her and he got mad

- 6 months into my 2nd pregnancy, which went much smoother than the 1st, our lease on our apt. ran out. He decided to sign a lease on a new place 3 counties away and not tell me until it was signed. I never wanted to come here, and fought him over it, but the contract was legally binding and he refused to budge from it, so we moved

- 3 months later in 6/03 I had our 2nd little girl, and at the time was irked because he hadn't gone with me to any of my dr. appts, and by that time had been through 4 jobs

- a few months after she was born I expressed the desire to go to school at night the following semester, I asked my hubby what he thought, he said as far as he sees it, school's a waste of time and money and if I want to waste my time and money on it, he doesn't care, just do whatever

- that December I signed up for night classes at the local comunity college and tell him I'm starting school in 2 weeks. He flips out and says that no, I am not allowed to take classes at night unless he says I can. I reminded him that he sais he didn't care if I wasted my time and money on school and it was my time that was going to be spent in class and my EE bonds paying for the classes

- in 1/04 I started my classes, and around that time his best buddy *Mike* got kicked out of his place for throwing a television at his pregnant girlfriend, needless to say she broke it off and filed a restraining order, and Mike needed a place to stay, so my hubby told him to come live with us. It was supposed to be for a month at most, but turned into 10 months

- during that time I was on antibiotics cause I was plagued with ear infections and didn't know that antibiotics can veto birth control and once again I found myself pregnant, but was not aware of it until 7/04 because I had NO symptoms at all

- also during this time my hubby and I were fighting a lot about everything: I wanted Mike out the house cause he was a jerk to me, my hubby envied his freedom and started acting single staying out late, drinking a lot, snorting cocaine, smoking weed, popping pills, skipping out of work etc. . . and blaming me for ruining his life, making me miss my classes and I had to break more bonds to start putting money in my account to pay a sitter to come watch the kids so I could go to school

- during my 2nd semester at the comm coll I went into labor early, I was due 12/2/04, but my 3rd (yes 3) daughter decided to be born 11/4/04, I was scared of falling behind in class and only missed 1 week of school before going back, even though I was not ready to. I also got the point across to my hubby that Mike had to go because we had 3 young kids and having Mike there only hindered things

- I thought that after Mike was gone my hubby would come to his senses and stop staying out late, doing drugs, drinking like crazy, and popping pills, but he didn't, he kept doing it and becoming even more insecure about me doing anything with my life, I was no longer 'allowed' to go to the campus, I could only do online courses, go to the grocery store, visit friends or family without him there, I emptied my banking account to pay the bills and we still had to borrow money from family, I was also down-graded from a contract phone to a prepaid one and often left at home with no money to even put gas in my car

- then in 3/05 my hubby's little sister who was 16 at the time (by then I was 21, almost 22) moved in with us from living 3 states away with their mom and step-dad, she and the step-dad didn't get along, and the mom had to choose, her daughter or her husband, she chose her husband. anyways, she moved in, my hubby and I were granted guardianship of her, and she became my responsibility as well as my own 3 kids, managing my online courses and a difficult marriage. I enrolled her in high school, picked her up from cheer-leading practice, went to her parent-teacher conferences, consoled her when she cried because her mom didn't choose her, but we ended up fighting like crazy because she was very disrespectful and would scream, cuss, and call me and the kids names when she didn't get her way

- my hubb

Update:

- my hubby couldn't deal with his sister and started staying out even more, a few times staying over at his high school crushes house, she lived in a nearby neighborhood, but is married with 3 kids of her own also, he stayed over a few times with her 1st cousin, who was a girl he used to fool around and do drugs with

- I got very insecure about that and started giving him the 3rd degree non-stop about what was going on, I didn't trust it was just watching television together, and me and him started fighting non-stop about my jealousy issues, and he started turning his cell off so I couldn't call and when we did talk tell me that where he's at, what he does, and who he's with is none of my business and to stay out of his life and leave him the hell alone

Update 2:

- then in 2/06 I got tired of his crap and wasting money on drugs and pills, not working steady, and I took our 3 girls and moved in with a friend (female friend) I didn't file any custody papers cause I hoped we could talk it out. A week later he asked to come over and see me and the girls, I said ok cause we needed to talk. He acted very sweet, and said he wanted to take the 2 older ones to get happy meals and play and would have them back in a few hours. Me, being way too trusting said ok, and let him. He called me later and said he has the girls and isn't giving them back and was going to file for custody of the 2 older ones, but let me have the baby and he'll see me in court

Update 3:

- we got to court and the 1st thing he told them was that I took the baby and walked out on the 2 older girls and left them and he came home to find them alone, and he wanted to restrict my visitation as much as possible because he felt I was unfit and might try to stalk him. Unfortunately I had no way to prove him wrong, I couldn't put my daughters on the stand cause they were way too young and his sister automatically sided with him and she was the only other person who had seen 1st hand how things had been

Update 4:

- we were separated for 3 months, then in 5/06 decided to try and work it out after attending some mediation sessions. I took the baby and moved back home, and had a long talk with him that I either wanted to go back to campus or get a pt job in the evenings. He said ok at 1st, but once I started looking got really possessive and being a jerk to me again, and because of the separation me and his sister, who was still at house started fighting all the time, and naturally on every issue she took his side, and he took hers

- 2 months later in 7/06 left again with the girls and moved into my grandparents house, and got a pt job. At 1st I was working 3rd shift and on my 1st night, my hubby who'd been spying on me came over to 'visit' the girls and once again ended up leaving with the 2 older ones, but this time leaving state also, and I didn't hear from them for over 2 months until I had him ordered to court, and that got really messy. I brought up his past habits, and he brought up my only

Update 5:

working pt and the fact I'd left him 2 that year already so it must mean I have some sort of commitment instability

- then in 11/06 we once again decided to work it out and I move back home, it's very rocky at 1st, but I tell myself I'm going to stick it out because I don't want to put any more trauma on our little girls, we also decide that being at a home neither of us like and with a bunch of bad memories doesn't help so we start house hunting

- my hubby also kicks his sister out the house cause he had to deal with her while I was gone and he saw 1st hand what she's like and how hateful she is

Update 6:

- now, a little over 2 years later, we still haven't found a home we agree on, I want to get a pt job, but he says I can't and if I do against his wishes he'll show up at my work to get me fired. We fight about every topic under the sun, he's no longer on drugs (as far as I know) but he makes up for it by drinking EVERY day without fail, he says he can't go to sleep unless he's blitzed. I consider him to be extremely controlling and that saddens me (read my other recent posts to see what I mean) I love him, but do not consider myself in love, but at this time have no place else to go, and don't want to disrupt the 2 older girls schooling, the oldest is in 1st grade, the 2nd is in kindergarten, and our youngest attends a special preschool part time for kids on the autism spectrum. I want out. I want a job. I want my own life, with the kids, away from him.

Update 7:

Neither of us is happy, nor are the kids, and we know it. Problem is. . . I have absolutely no idea at all how to go about any of this, and if it matters, I'm 25 now, he's almost 33, and we live in North Carolina. Please help, any advice, real advice is much appreciated! Thanks!

*** I told you this would be long!!!***

Update 8:

haha well, i got my tubes tied after our youngest and as far as moving in with family, can't happen, both my parents are dead and my grandparents are too old for me and the kids to be there 24/7, and while I may not have a bachelor's degree, i do have my associates in accounting and am looking for a job in that field.

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  • smiles
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Counseling is the first thing to get for the girls and quit making excuses. That's all I read is excuses. Once a drug addicted always a drug addicted. I had one of them. This is domestic violence. Read about it. Its emotional, physical, financial, verbal and sexual abuse. Yes, I say sexual cause I feel the 2 older girls were molested if he was so anxious to get them every chance he could and they have expressed anger. I say get them into counseling and I bet you will find out that he or his drugged up friends molested the girls. You need counseling as well. You're immature still. Once you get abused you know other way of living but to be abused. I had been abused by my ex hubby who is a drug addict. No one can tell you what to do its up to you. Not all families are the same. My dad disowned me when I had my son out of wedlock. This man is 33 not 3. You need to let him go. He's done enough damage to you and the kids. You don't love him its fear. Fear is love. I still love my ex hubby but its the fear. My ex hubby abused me. He strangled me, pushed me, slapped me, punched me, kicked me and swat my neck ok he tried many times to kill me. Now, I can see this man hasn't done any of that to you but his anger from his drugs and drinking is causing more harm to you and the kids. It will get worse. You will stay with him until he dies from the drinking I can tell. You need help with the fact that he's never going to stop drinking. I had to finally divorce my drug addict hubby. I am not any better but it feels much better to know that don't have to continue watching over my shoulders if any cops are watching me. My ex hubby is 46 and been doing drugs since he was 13 so that's 33 years of it. All abusers will always blame others for their problem. If you want to break away from this man and live in peace than I suggest you seek a woman's shelter. Find an Option House or go to the court and ask if they have any programs for you to get away from him. If he hasn't change 3 years ago he's never going to change. What is it that you're waiting for? I know you need a job but too many excuses. When I say too many excuses is cause I did the same things you did. I worried about him. I cared for him. Even if he strangled me, pushed me, kicked me, slapped me, punched me, karate chop my neck while I was driving, ok, this man was mean and hateful towards me just like your hubby but he uses control instead of physical blows. I had to deal with his abuse for 15 years. Its going to get worse if you don't put your foot down. Are you willing to wait? I know many abusers do change. My sister's alcoholic hubby finally quit drinking after 23 years when he almost died this year. He also stopped doing speed and weed after 23 years. You should see what it would be like in 23 years for you but I have to say my sister is a mess. She's on anxiety pills and have bad OCD-obessive compulsive disorder. Why don't you go to corporate offices since you have a degree in accounting or find a company who does financial planning and you can do that at home. You can go work for a bank, payroll or small businesses as a bookkeeper. I just hope after all these posts you have a set goal of what it is you really want. You seem like you don't have a clue since I see a lot of excuses. One more thing, being with an older man is against the law so this is why he left the state. He could have been charged with rape. Lets hope this is a lesson learned but you seriously need to get away. He's doing nothing to better his life and he's bringing you down with him and he doesn't care. Trust me cause I have been there and done all what you had stated. I was once pregnant with my ex hubby's baby and he left me a month later when I told him. He never held a job. He was always stoned. He was always paranoid. I can go on forever but read and learn. This post may not help but I hope it gets some points across to you. You're hubby is fixable but he will have to hit rock bottom to get better. You can also get him into a rehab place but I don't know where you live but many states have outpatient or alnon drug programs. I will pray for you and hope they girls get into counseling. Trust me if you don't they will mimic his behavior and become an alcoholic and drug user. Just do what is right in your heart.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Perhaps I can help. I've been there and done this. First, as bad as this might sound, children are considered property and possesion of them is 9/10ths of the law. So basically whoever has them in their physical posession, has them and the only way to get them back or visitation is to go through the courts. Second, once you get to court, DEMAND that he go in for a hair and nail folicle test, this is both for drugs and alchohal. With regard to pulling the kids from school, I know exactly what you mean, but doing it now while they're still young is the best time. Trust me! I too was in your shoes with one exception, I fortunately had my parents to go to. I had a junkie/cross dresser of a husband for 10years, and all the while, I had NO IDEA! I have 3 very yound kids, two of which are twins, and one of my twins has aspergers syndrom, which is autism for those who don't know. My BEST advice, get out, if even to a shelter, I know it sounds bad and a last resort, but it seems as if you're already there. Trust me, you are one step ahead of me with having your AA, I didn't. What I did have though was a good mind. I too got into the accounting field at the age of 17 and by the time I was 22, I was the VP of Audit at a MAJOR company. By the time I was 24, I was CEO and never stopped working harder to obtain whatever I needed too for my kids. Another thing to do if you already haven't, watch the movie, "Pursuit of Happiness" it's a true story and it will help you make that final, most important move. With your degree, and even though the economy is slow, I am confident that you can get a job. Also, welfare, that's what it's there for. Once you're one welfare, they will pay for childcare full-time. I know that it doesn't sound like the best at first, but just remember, your children are young enough not to remember, (and they are the ones that you're ultimately doing this for) and within no time, you'll be self sufficient and glad you went through all of this for them and yourself in the longrun. Again, I know it sounds a lot easier said than done, but Like I said, I've been there and done that. Even had I not had my parents, who are the only people that I had, I would of proudly gone to a shelter. When you make it in the end, it's all worth it. If you ever need anyone to talk to further, drop me an email, cause sometimes it takes someone else whose been throught it to help you go through it. I had no one and nothing. I walked with the clothes on our back and now am a million % better for doing such.

  • Bethy4
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Long isn't the word, I didn't read it all because it is truly a freakin mess and I just can't see how you could be a part of such a saga. Babygirl, get your life together, you are a Mother and with all the drama you are living, I feel for that baby. Unless and until you realize the crap that is going on in and around you, well, you will be knee deep in it - leave the past behind, step into now and the future will be brighter. I pray you have a Blessed New Year. God Bless.

  • 1 decade ago

    file for divorce. to begin with. see if you can move in with any of your ralatives or parents. it might not be easy, but if you really want a change, you have to do this.

    then prepare for the custody hearings. tell judge about his grug and alchohol problems, and request a drug test.

    once you past all that, get a job. any reasonable job. get food stamps, and whatever other help you can.

    and keep going to school,even if its a little bit at a time.

  • 1 decade ago

    How about when you get your tax refund, take about a thousand from it. Get a place near your family members that ARE good influences. Then find a part time job or full time, depending on your surroundings. Go to the welfare office, file for food stamps, Medicaid and tanf (temporary assistance for needy families) and try to make it out on your own. You can also apply for hud housing, that would help out a lot. You do deserve a LOT better and nothing can stop you if you really, REALLY try. Oh yeah, you can also apply for assistance with childcare. So there are a lot of resources for you to gain from. Good Luck and God Bless. Oh yeah, it was long, but I read it all. Messsage me if anything else you would like to know. Hope I helped!

  • 1 decade ago

    WOW You are an incredible person. You have been extraordinarily capable and it is great that you trying to provide a stable environment for your children. From what you say your husband is not interested in honouring you or the children. You have allowed him to dominate and you perhaps became reactive to his behaviours. It is time to take stock. If you want a fulfilled life dong the activities that have value to you then you may have seriously choose. If you have not filed for custody of all your children do so immediately, do not wait. You only have to show that you can provide for them properly. Good luck

  • 1 decade ago

    Pls. this is a serious one. You should consult or go to a counselling session. There an expert will give u a better advise. Pls. do this for your own good and dont let ur husband know.

  • Mary K
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Your life is a train wreck...no place to call home, an uncaring husband and you never got a real education.

    Get out and try to borrow money and move back with a relative, get a job and make some money.

    And, stop getting pregnant. it will take a few years,...but you need to get your life back on track.

    Good luck!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    so, now you know why he moved there

    "my hubby couldn't deal with his sister and started staying out even more, a few times staying over at his high school crushes house, she lived in a nearby neighborhood"

    just divorce this loser, you sound like a great person with a lot of future ahead. he's really not going to be a good influence on your kids

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