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Dear Abby: After 38 years of marriage, I realize I’ve only tolerated my life
A reader questions staying in a 38-year marriage due to emotional toll and financial costs, seeking advice on whether continuing is worth the pain and expense.
- Recently, a woman married 38 years wrote to Dear Abby saying she has only tolerated the lifestyle she created and seeks guidance.
- The writer says she stayed partly from obligation and early pregnancy, wondering if she remained due to these reasons and recalling doubts that were 'off and on' most of her life.
- Her family—three adult children and four grandchildren—frames the decision she faces, as she curtailed behavior around the children but recently discussed telling the writer's mother about it.
- To weigh consequences, Abby recommends concrete lists and professional help, advising the writer to consult a licensed counselor and consider what she'd do with newfound freedom despite worries about pain and expense.
- Abby counsels that it is not too late to change and the writer is open to learning; Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and the writer is willing to learn anything that might help her situation.
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Dear Abby: After 38 years, was marriage worth it?
Dear Abby: I have been married for 38 years. We have three adult children and four grandchildren. I have always wondered whether I have stayed in the marriage out of obligation and/or because I got a young woman pregnant. I have on many occasions asked myself if I should have ended it and continued on with my life after the first child was born. I have tolerated the lifestyle I created and would like some advice from someone who has heard about …
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