I cheated on my husband of 17 years with an 18 year old?

your pathetic

I don't think there is way to get them to change now. You've allowed them to treat you badly for so long that trying to get them to change will probably only make them even more disrespectful.

Your children are old enough to be in school, right? Get out there and get a job. Your first job isn't going to be a great one because you have no high school diploma, but you need to start someplace. Look into getting a GED too so you can continue to get better jobs. With each new job will come new friends and new experiences along with higher pay.

Your family will begin to respect you once you start showing yourself some respect. Be good to yourself. Good luck!

Your marriage sounds like a fairy tale, with you as Cinderella and your family as the wicked mother/sisters. Why should you try and save this, it sounds awful. Your kids are old enough now to deal, so it's your turn to have a life. Get a job, a good divorce lawyer, and leave. If they haven't treated you well all of their lives, they aren't going to start at this late date. I'm sure you love your kids, but do you want your boys to think that this is how relationships should be? Treat your partner like a dog with no consequence? They will be just like him, and treat women just like he does if you don't take a stand, and show them what you're made of. Good luck!

You have to make them (your family) see that you're sick of this lifestyle. No woman should be treated like that! And if they do laugh and disrespect you again walk out on them, and stay a little while with just a friend you trust. And after aa week go back to the house and see if their attitude has changed in any way towards you, maybe they missed you or something. But if they still don't respect you just be with your pen pal friend.

i know your home life is crap.But u leave or put up with it.Why oh why would you sleep with someone who could be your son.I think you have lived in that house far too long and your families warped values are rubbing off on you.

We are allowing your family to treat u like crap and your husband to treat u no better than a blow up doll.Why would u let someone who treats you that bad anywhere near you.

leave your family and the 18 year old get a life and a man not a boy!

OK. You need to get our of that toxic situation at home. I want you to find a therapist and start working on your issues: low self esteem, guilt issues etc...You have problems for turning to an 18 year old kid to make yourself feel better about the situation at home, as if somehow that would make things better. This is very sick. There is so much wrong with this that I don't know what else to say.

If this is true, you really need therapy. If your husband hasn't told you anything nice about yourself in 17 years, he's not going to now unless something really changes.

Think about what you're teaching your three boys about how a woman should be with a man. Is this what you want for your kids?

Dear Laura,

You have no self respect. Life is too short. I can give you the easy answer, that you don't want to hear.

You need to leave him. You are not a door mat or a spittoon for his fluid.

Most women in an abusive situation, try 7 times to leave their mate before they are successful

You need counseling. The sooner the better.

I wish you luck in discovering that you need to move on.

If you want to talk more about it, get back to me.

Anthony

Door mats deserve no respect, so as long as you act like a door mat you will be treated as such. Work on your self -esteem and quit letting your kids down grade you, slap the SHI* OUT OF HIM JUST BEFORE YOU DON'T SERVE DINNER .

Yes you will want to save your marriage but just not as it is, annd the kid doesn't want to stay with you.. Keep him as a memory.

Why did you let there behavior get to this point?

Your husband has no respect for you.. and he has taught his children to mistreat women... i feel sorry for any women that they end up with!

This is how Emotional And physical abuse starts with young people!

Your husband is a pile of trash... i'd file for divorce and take all his money!... your boys are going to have to start acting like men!....Since they thinking talking down to the women who bore them is Normal... lets see how they can handle cooking, cleaning, without mommy anymore,.......Run For Your Life Lady! You Deserve More!

Is this a real question?

Sounds like a good story, but not a realistic one, why would you have stayed in an "abusive" relationship. This sounds fishy and like a good story, but to answer your question.

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