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Struggling- what would life post divorce look like?

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BroughttoyoubyBerocca · 09/03/2024 22:26

Married 12 years, together about 16/17 years. One DC aged 10. Both work full time. I have a hybrid/flexible role, he doesn’t, needs to attend workplace. I’ve always done the grunt work, nursery thought that I was a single parent, DH when needed will do a drop off/pick up, always need planning, some of my dates/meetings are non negotiable, has to happen. Obviously he goes out after work a lot without any arrangements.

i used to earn a bit less than him, now I earn more than double. We were very sociable together, since having child it’s been an issue, he goes out a lot. Regularly I’m home with dc alone, most Fridays Saturdays I’m here, he’s in the pub with bloke mates. I’m seething, not a single one of my peers are sat at home whilst their DH are on the piss, he went to watch the second half of the rugby, only just stumbled in. We had dinner plans as a family ffs.

what would divorce look like? Do we have to split everything 50/50? I would massively lose out. I’m pissed off, what’s wrong with me that I don’t seem to qualify for a husband who is part of the family?

OP posts:
luvfizz · 11/03/2024 19:19

Unfortunately, I can relate. I filed for divorce last week. Always at the pub, has huge debts (unknown to me) and does not engage with his two teenage sons. Although he pays mortgage and bills I've contributed over £800k in capital and I hate that it starts at 50:50... there is no way he would ever get a chance to get his grubby hands on that amount of money. He will waste it and leave nothing to the children.

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