David & I started dating 2009 he would get gout a lot. He was always verbally abusive. Last few years it's on the daily wakes up raging at me goes to bed raging at me. He broke his ankle in 2012 which led to 2 knee replacements a hip replacement. He has had 2 heart attacks a stroke stage 3 cancer on his kidney, this is just a few medical events I have had to care for him thru. I have wiped this man's butt, I cook the meals, buy the groceries, pick up medicine. I'm a taxi driver, I'm a nurse, a physical therapist, nutritionist, maid, butler whatever, I'm it. I couldn't do this job 15 years ago. I have nothing in the tank now. I am a very empathetic person I am a stoic person,fighting never leads to anything good. I have been his legal primary care giver since we meet. He never asks to get me help when I've been begging for help. I have health issues from birth he won't help me take care of. He caused all his own grief drinking doing drugs chasing women and selling cars. Yet HE gets to verbally assault me every moment of the day. Divorce is not an option. He believes he's allowed to throw me out at anytime, that he can kick me to the curb whenever it fit his fancy. His father died of Alzheimer's, half the time David don't even remember I'm right next to him. He can't stuff remember from one day to the next. He lives in nostalgic,most every conversation (if & when he's in the right mood to speak civil to me, always chit-chat, deep conversations overwhelm him.) As long as I chit chat during these moments of what seems to be lucidness, he'll stay calm but if I try to tell one of my own past experiences,he screams ate that he's heard it all from me he don't want to hear another word &or get the fuck out you nasty whore (I am a very clean person and I am not a al whore) it's always been horrible, last few years is a freaking nightmare. Can anyone help me?
Why not?
No one is forcing you to stay in this relationship. Find a divorce lawyer and get your 50% of assets from him. The couny can take over his care and transition him into a facility.
What kind of help do you want? Financial? Other than that, I have no idea how to help someone who chooses to stay with an ogre because they are a "very empathetic person".
You have empathy for everyone but yourself, apparently. Take pity on yourself and divorce him.
I'm really interested in knowing why "Divorce isn't an option." Is it the cost? Do you fear for your life? Fear of the unknown? Of being by yourself?
No one can rescue you from yourself. You are your own solution.
Go to a woman's shelter, then a divorce lawyer, then a therapist so that you can get your life started.
Why isn't Divorce an option? You want to waste your life on someone like him?
Honestly, does not compute to me.
You will have to start helping yourself, the ball is in your court, only you can resolve this, he will continue to get worse.
When you refuse to help yourself, just what exactly would you think a Forum of strangers from all around the world could offer in terms of any help?
Why did you marry this man? You admit he has always been exactly what he is now--abusive.
And why have you STAYED with this man?
Is it a financial decision?
If so, you are being bought, I guess, and will have to put up with it for the payment.
It's clear this isn't about love.
At 66 he's got another good two decades in him.
It's up to you, whether you choose to stay with him or not.
There's nothing a Forum of strangers can do about that. It's your own life decision for your own life.
Who on Earth told you that little gem? Him? Unless you entered into a care contract with him and were/are being paid, there is no such animal.
You need to find yourself a divorce lawyer so you can find out exactly what you are entitled to, so you can at least be holding a few face cards, as it were, in this "relationship".
What would happen to this person if you were indeed to pack up and leave? Is he capable of any sort of self-care? Because if the answer is no, you might need to forcibly remind him of this fact...but only AFTER you see an attorney.
Seeing a divorce attorney doesn't mean you are required to go through with a divorce. It will, however, help clarify what your rights are, since you seem to not understand exactly what you're entitled to, as you have said he has threatened to "throw you out" - which he has no legal standing to do, by the way. He doesn't have the power to evict you from your legal residence.
They will help you find a good lawyer.
Otherwise you can be a martyr and victim.
If you need help or are in fear, contact the senior services agency in your town or call the police!
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