I would like some advice on behalf of a friend who is confiding in me.
Her husband has been really difficult over Christmas, he won't talk to her, keeps going out to the pub and/ or staying overnight in hotels. He want tell her what he's been doing or talk to her about what's wrong. She's at the end of her tether, when they do communicate they just fight and one of them ends up leaving. She's had enough and is worried about the DCs but he's refusing to go to counselling.
She's not sure what to do. I think she might initiate a split but she literally can't afford to live without him as she works part time on very low pay. He's also relatively low paid but works full time. If they split, he couldn't afford to pay for her too (they really struggle with money already) and she doesn't know how she'd cope on her own. She works shifts and these are random so childcare is also an issue.
Any advice? She's really stuck in a rut.