onedepressedmom
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So apparently after a small misunderstanding and a joke that was taken the wrong way, I have gone from being married for 17 years to being separated, but living in the same house. I just don't get it. Yeah, we have not been getting along for awhile now, but I did not think that it was that bad! The kids had set him off by saying that they wanted Subway hoagies for dinner and if they could not have them, then he did nothing for them. He got soooo bent out of shape over that, and then would not talk to me because I asked him to please not act like that over something soooooo stupid. I then sent him an email later that night before I went to bed telling him that the kids did not deserve that behavioral meltdown he had. That's when he emailed me the next morning that as far as he was concerned, we might as well just be separated since "I do nothing around here". It doesn't end there obviously because there is more to this story that would take hours to type, but you get the biggest part of it. The argument "broke the camel's back" as they say. He said that he would stay around for the kids, but that was all. I have been through the worst 3 years of my life after many obstacles that caused me to spiral down into it. My depression was at it's all time low last year that I was hospitalized earlier this year. I've had two separate sets of ECT along with several medication changes. He knows that this has been very, very hard for me, yet he has thrown this latest bullshit at me. How do I respond? How do I overcome this and go on? Do I try to fight to get my marriage back? I'm at a loss here! I don't have the motivation to get off the couch most days so this is going to be a real struggle for me. My kids mean the world to me and are the reason why I am still alive. I would not want to hurt them in any way by my actions or lack thereof. Please send me your suggestions and ideas!