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I have no one to talk to..I just want to cry

83 replies

Lostandlost · 16/03/2021 17:00

Sorry for my pity party. But I am overwhelmed.

  1. Strained marriage because my H had written off everything until his last penny savings to my inlaws in his will to prove that he cares for them.
  2. Inlaws have now written away everything to my sil to prove they love her.
  3. I have been kept in dark about all this thinking my husband is actually saving for my children but as of he owns nothing to give away.
  4. To make it worse, I am a housewife; now desperately looking to earn because I cant rely on my H anymore after he betrayed me financially.
  5. I was home to take care of him with his deteriorating auto immune condition. The medication has now affected his liver and we are waiting for either the bad news or the worst news.
  6. My inlaws blame me for his auto immune condition as I am supposed to be keeping him healthy so that he could send his income to them.
  7. My mum suffers from depression since Inlost my dad and my sister has hydrocephelus which becomes worse with stress. I cant tell them both.
  8. I feel the storm is comming and I am not prepared. H might get sick/worse. I wont have a penny to survive nor my inlaws will give me anything as they have already written it off and they are down right greedy and wont acknowledge me or my children.

I am scared. I am lost. I cant talk to anyone.

On the outside, I have a good healthy husband ( I dont). I own a house ( solely depends on Hs ability to earn which is only going south). I am rich ( I am absolutely stuck and broke and have nothing in my name) and save a lot ( we send almost everything to inlaws as they have brainwashed my husband that he is a bad human being if he dosnt). My husband is the scape goat child to their daughter who is the golden child. They dont even care much about his liver problem, as long as the money comes in.. it should be ok Sad.

I know this senario is new to the western world. I am not looking for quick solutions. I think I just want to say it out Sad. I am lost and crying.

OP posts:
Biscuitsanddoombar · 16/03/2021 17:19

I’m sure someone will be along soon with some wise words but couldn’t not reply

Flowers sending a handhold OP xxx

yesterdaysbread · 16/03/2021 17:23

I'm so so sorry OP. Financial issues plus unwell loved ones plus in-law drama...it's a lot to be going through at the moment with all the covid nightmare to contend with too. I sympathise with you so much, I am in a relationship where I am financially dependent and I am slowly realising what a mistake it was to allow myself to get in this position :(

going for a job and some financial independence could be a really positive thing. I'm not sure how this would work for you while also managing your husband's care, but it seems like he and his family are not looking out for you...someone needs to be taking care of you, and if you are the only one who can right now, then you need to put yourself first.

wishing you all the best

Bananalanacake · 16/03/2021 17:24

What would happen if he refused to send his parents money, haven't they got enough.

Stratfordplace · 16/03/2021 17:25

It would be helpful to know if you are in the UK and what culture we are talking about so that someone knowledgable could advise you. Your DH sounds very sick and unable to deal with this.

Sohum · 16/03/2021 17:25

Are you based in the UK? You’re married. You can challenge a will. I’m pretty sure of that. The children could as dependants. Get solicitor advice regardless of what country you are in. Do you own the house? Is it in your name? Can you sell and downsize? Release equity.

Sohum · 16/03/2021 17:26

If your DH is very sick you can then challenge the will on the basis of mental instability/coercion.

Sohum · 16/03/2021 17:27

Nobody in their right mind would see their kids homeless. We need more info and you need proper legal advice

Embracelife · 16/03/2021 17:28

See a lawyer
As his,wife maybe you can contest the will but find out from a lawyer what your rights are to house and finance
Don't sit there
Do something
Change what you can change

yearinyearout · 16/03/2021 17:35

Sorry to be blunt but if you divorce him now you'll get half of the house and everything else.

PegasusReturns · 16/03/2021 17:35

I’m sorry to hear this OP. It’s very stressful when a partner is unwell but with the financial issues I can imagine unbearable.

Form a practical, financial perspective, first things first do you know how you own the house? If it as joint tenants which is usual for married couples, your DH cannot leave “his share” to his parents (because it doesn’t exist - you both own it in whole).

Is the house mortgaged and if so do you have life insurance? It’s common for the mortgage company to insist you have enough to pay off the mortgage so in all likelihood the house will be yours in the event of your DHs death.

Beyond that given you DC and are wholly supported by your DH you may well have claim against his assets in the event of his death however you should really talk to him properly - he can’t seriously want to leave you and the DC unsupported.

yetmorecrap · 16/03/2021 17:48

If you are in UK- divorce now on unreasonable behaviour.

yetmorecrap · 16/03/2021 17:49

His family are also utter arseholes

GeorgiaGirl52 · 16/03/2021 18:00

File for divorce now. Even if the divorce is still pending when your husband dies, it will freeze his assets for your children.

MsTSwift · 16/03/2021 18:05

If you are in England you are in an extremely strong position to make a claim on his estate. You should get at least what you would have got on a divorce. Are the children still young?

If he made the will with a professional they would have advised him of this. It’s very odd and unusual to cut out a spouse unless you have been separated for years. What a weird decision for him to take.

DianaT1969 · 16/03/2021 18:20

Get a divorce right now. What did your solicitor say about this?

Lostandlost · 16/03/2021 20:33

Thank you all for all the answers :).. neber expected so many Smile.

I will try to answer as many qs as possible. Most of them will make it seem everything more and more pathetic.

@Biscuitsanddoombar, @yesterdaysbread Thankyou :)

I am in the UK and I am not from the UK. My marraige dosnt fall under UK marraige law.
I have asked a lawyer about the law I fall in and it was bad news; apparently there is nothing like 'marital property' its only 'mans property' and 'womens property'. The wife can only claim husbands property when she becomes his widow and not when she divorces.
So I aint getting any staying with him or leaving him. He has all rights to write everything off and he did because he could.

What if he says 'no'?.. well I made him try once and it was a shocker. He froze, he sweat a lot and kept saying 'my brain isnt working, my brain isnt working'.. this is a man who gives conference talks infront of 100 people. He is always praised for being to the point with people at high level jobs. I could not beleive my eyes when this man was shaking. It has been ingrained that if he says 'no' he might as well go jump under a bus as he will be worthless.

Are my inlaws poor?... before my H had a job; they were in debts until their eye balls. My H paid all of them and then made them millionaries in these 15yrs of my marriage ( I did not know this). My sister in law and my inlaws live a lavish life and they demand one. The only one who works for that money is my H.

I am livid but no one cares. I want to be a pillar for my kids unlike their father who is happy to dump them to please someone else; but I dont know how. He accuses me of being selfish asking about money but when his family does it, its just 'love'.

I dont want to be in their drama, they have zero empathy and my H lives to please them. I have no space amongst these people; not sure why he wanted a wife and then a family if they did not mean anything.

I have been terribily deceived and stabbed repeatedly on my back. I just want to stand up again for my kids. They do t deserve any of this.

OP posts:
Lostandlost · 16/03/2021 20:34

Sorry I meant to thank you each of you but after quoting first two posters; I got emotional. Please dont mind.

OP posts:
captainpantbeard · 16/03/2021 20:42

That sounds awful for you, I’m so sorry Flowers
You ARE a pillar to your kids, thank goodness they have you!

Stratfordplace · 16/03/2021 20:56

As you are in the UK you have rights whatever the religion.

MorrisZapp · 16/03/2021 21:06

That advice is wrong. If you divorce in the UK your religion is irrelevant.

Doidontimmm · 16/03/2021 22:08

Please speak to a lawyer here in the Uk.

PawPawNoodle · 16/03/2021 22:18

@MorrisZapp

That advice is wrong. If you divorce in the UK your religion is irrelevant.
It's not wrong. I'm assuming OP has had a religious marriage which isn't recognised as legal in the UK.
ScaredOfDinosaurs · 16/03/2021 22:21

If you're resident in the UK, UK law almost certainly applies. See a family solicitor here, one from outside your own culture.

Grumpycatsmum · 16/03/2021 22:35

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Grumpycatsmum · 16/03/2021 22:42

Sorry - just realised that my point (1) doesn't make sense. Still think you need a second legal opinion though