I really don't know where to begin. I just graduate Nursing School and always said that I was doing it so that I did not have to depend on my husband anymore. Our passed has been real rough, there has been physical and mental abuse. He has been unfaithful to me several times. I just seemed to lay down and take it. Now I want out and don't know how to go about it. My youngest child is 14, oldest is 18. I don't care about child support. My mom says that he has beat me down so much that I don't have any conficdence in myself. Right now he is in Jail for about 3 more weeks (simple assault) if anyone is wondering. I don't want him to get out. He want work, because if he does have a job he usually gets fired for running his mouth. Right now I pay all of the bills and I see that I don't need him. But I guess that I am afraid because I know that he want leave me along. Any advice anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated.
Your mom sounds like she is right. He has mentally conditioned you into believing you have no confidence in yourself. If living with him is too unbearable and in your mind something that cannot be salvaged, then start the divorce. That alone may prove to him that you are regaining your esteem. Since you completed nursing school, you should have some confidence in knowing you can accomplish tough barriers.