This is my sordid story. Well, a synopsis anyway.

Dec 2010: Stepson moves back in.

Dec 2010-Oct 2011: H is traveling overseas constantly for his job.

Jan 2011-May 2011: Multiple struggles with stepson and behavior/money issues.

May 2011: Stepson quit job H got for him and takes off in car H purchased for him. SS tells H he never wants to see him again.

July 2011: Severe health issues for MIL. Can barely walk and looks horrible. Wants to die.

Aug 2011: MIL goes into nursing home refuses to take care of herself. H wants her to move in with us. I say it's not a good idea.

Aug 2011: We finally track down SS in Florida and he brings the car back up to WI and he has had an accident and the back end of the car is smashed.

Aug 2011-Oct 2011: Trying to sell damaged car SS drove.

Oct 2011: H sells the damaged car to a young lady who drives it 45 minutes and the engine blows up leaving it totaled. Potential lawsuit and several threats to our safety. H ends up paying her $500 just to go away.

Early Oct 2011: H's favorite aunt dies of cancer. This was very sudden. H never gets to say goodbye. H sweeps emotions under the rug. Another aunt is admitted to the hospital with colon cancer, her prognosis is good. She thrives. Her husband, H's uncle, is diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

Mid Oct - late Jan: H acts distant. Troubled. Doesn't touch me, doesn't talk to me. Starts leaving more and more to visit friends and family without me or the kids.

Late Jan: I go to kiss H and he shoves me away. I notice unusual charges in another city and more "secretive" behavior.

Early Feb: BD


AT BD: WH 41, J 43; Bomb 2/5/2012
Two kids, one dog
D Final 6/18/14
J marries OW 1/24/15
"No matter where you go, there you are"