Hi BBJ. It took me awhile to read and catch up on your thread. I know some of this is old news and rehashed already, but here is my 2 cents.
I too am a Christian. Actually I am a practicing Catholic who is raising her children as such. We were married in the church and H joined after we were married. We have been very involved in our parish and of course people were shocked when they learned of our S. I thought that I would never give in and fight the D all the way. As time passes and T continues I realize that God might not want me to live the rest of my life unhappy. If H refuses to work on our marriage and H won't do anything about the D he wants, I might have to. Right now I have decided to give him until Jan, then I might file. I haven't decided for sure. I'm still praying about that one. I never thought that my marriage would end in a D. But I also don't know God's plan yet. I guess what I'm trying to say is don't rule out any possibilities because of your strong Christian beliefs. Most of all I know God doesn't want you to suffer, well unless he plans for you to someday be named a martyr and then a saint.
GAL away girl. I know we have lived pretty much the same life, even though I have been living it longer. I know H is surprised and in a good way anytime I do something new. Silly me, I didn't realize all those years I spent at home raising the Ds he thought I should be out doing things. I find that when I do something financial that surprises him the most.
I am the one that opened a checking account seperate from the joint one first. I did almost everything to buy my house on my own. H went to one open house, I did the rest.
Let me say again do not cosign on the house. Remember I got my house on my teacher's salary. Something tells me Dan can swing it no matter what he tells you.
R 23 years M 20 years Bomb June 2007 S Oct 2007 Ds 11 & 16 Ds and I moved out Aug. 2008