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Reasons for unreasonable behaviour

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JustOneLastThing · 11/03/2020 02:30

Stbxh and I are divorcing. Its all amicable, we are both happily embarking on new relationships but want to use unreasonable behaviour to get divorced quickly. Do you think the following would be accepted?:

  1. no sex for over two years
  2. living separately in the same house for approx 18 months
  3. Not socialising together for over 2.5years
  4. ex-h to be not contributing fairly to household income for 7 years, with me as the petitioner working 60+ hours a week to make up the difference in salaries, including not paying for DS's clothing, shoes or activities since birth.
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FortunesFave · 11/03/2020 02:37

Oh God I think just number 7 would be plenty! All that together certainly seems unreasonable.
Congratulations by the way! Flowers

FortunesFave · 11/03/2020 02:37

I meant number 4!

JustOneLastThing · 11/03/2020 02:44

Thank you! Yeah, I think the straw that broke the camels back was me begging him to get a job that was a) closer to home and b) paid more and he refused because 'my mum buys me lunch every monday'. Meanwhile I'm working full time plus evenings and weekends to make ends meet, and not only buying DS everything he needed, also paying for 'd' h's clothing, haircuts and shoes! It just about killed me off, and only when he was facing possible redundancy did he find a job in less than a month that meant I could stop working 60-90 hours a fucking week.

(Might still be angry about that 3 years later!)

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greatandpowerfulozma · 11/03/2020 02:50

Yes, those would be valid reasons. I did a fair bit of googling before I wrote my unreasonable behaviour statement and I read that you need to say the behaviour and how it affected you and made you feel. E.g. we haven't had sex for two years this has made me feel unwanted and distressed.
It feels really wanky and like you're oversharing but if i figured it was better than having to separate for 2 years and then do the divorce and it was all true anyway!
The other thing I did was show the statement to the ex before I sent it off just so it didn't come as a massive shock and so he could protest anything before I sent it. Was just a way to try to keep things amicable really.

millymollymoomoo · 11/03/2020 10:11

Number 4 isn’t relevant in my view
No different to many households with a SAHM or couples with disparate incomes

FortunesFave · 11/03/2020 13:21

It is relevant if one party is not happy with the arrangement.

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