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When I Filed For Divorce, My Mother-In-Law Tried To Save The Day
Some women try to keep other women down
It was the final straw. He had read my phone and text messages for the last time. He had also read through every one of my fucking journals, my private diaries. After I told him never to violate my privacy again.
For so many reasons, after fifteen years of marriage, I was done. This was the final straw.
I packed my bags and left for the night. I called a new friend and let him know what happened. At least, I had someone to confide in about this bullshit. I had prayed for years for my husband to actually be my friend, and that wasn’t something he was capable of, so it was refreshing and surprising that I could find that in someone else.
I checked into a hotel for the night alone to figure out what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. What to do about the lonely, abusive marriage to a man who felt it was his business to read all of my private diaries and phone messages, instead of having a real conversation with me?
I chose to file for divorce. It was time.
We decided to split our time between our home. When it was our time with the kids, we would be at the house, and we would leave when it was the other person’s turn. So in that regard, we…
