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Dear Abby: Constant Tension with My in-Laws Is Pushing Me Toward Divorce
- The speaker faces ongoing marital strain as their husband fails to set boundaries against in-laws who repeatedly trash-talk them, causing separation and distrust since about four years ago.
- This tension arose because the husband refuses to confront his family's toxic behavior, despite knowing their actions and lying about addressing them, which fueled the speaker's frustration over years.
- The couple reconciled with explicit conditions including therapy for the husband, confronting his family, and selling their house to escape a harassing heroin-dealing neighbor, though the confrontation never occurred.
- The husband completed the necessary repairs on their home, and after two years of trying to sell it, the speaker eventually managed the sale. Meanwhile, over more than a decade, the speaker attended therapy and anger management, reaching a point of acceptance that her husband would not change.
- The unresolved family conflict and husband's refusal to seek therapy continue to harm the marriage, leading the speaker to refuse further acceptance and express lost respect and ongoing emotional challenges.
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19 Articles
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Dear Abby: My in-laws are destroying my marriage
Dear Abby: My in-laws have repeatedly attempted to destroy my marriage. My husband knows they trash-talk us to family, thinking we don’t know it, but he won’t put up any meaningful boundaries or check them whatsoever. I have lost all respect for him because he lies to me, telling me he has confronted them, when I know for a fact he hasn’t.
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