I need advice

My husband and I got married when he got me pregnant at 16 because his Mormon parents didn’t give us a choice. After having my first kid at 17 my pregnancy was horrible and I almost died. I told him I never wanted to have kids again and he said that was so selfish so two years later I had our other daughter. I love my girls so so much. Now I’m 22 and him and I both made some mistakes and we were in the middle of a divorce. when it started he wanted full custody because I wasn’t fit to be a mom and I told him hell no, 50/50 custody. Now he is begging me to make it work “ for the kids”. He’s dated other people and hasn’t found what he’s looking for and I just don’t want to be in a relationship. I got married when I was 16. I don’t want to be married to anybody I want to have freedom over myself. He says that our lives aren’t about us anymore and we have to choose what’s best for our girls. Am I the asshole because I’d rather get divorced and parent the kids separately than try and make everything work with him so the kids don’t have divorced parents ?

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Keep on your path. Your girls will be better off if they get to see their mom be happy and grow into your independence! Show your girls to not settle! Show them to follow their happiness! That’s so much healthier than staying together just for the kids because then it puts kids in uncomfortable situations with mom and dad not role modeling a happy healthy relationship.

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