I really admire the way you are handling this situation.

I cannot imagine how much self control it takes not to explode. I am really proud of you. I am still stunned by the words your husband said to you...How dare you talking that way to the mother of your children and wishing her to die... meanwhile he is totally passive in that divorce proceeding, that's really weird because it was something he wanted since many years, to be free.

His lack of reaction is getting me worried in the sense, I fear for your safety, I hope he is not going to do something to you or the kids. IMO, I think he thought you were not going to pursue the D and it was just another threat, and now he is worried not about you or the kids but how it is going to influence his life and his own image in regard of others. Reality is crashing in front of his eyes and it's too much to handle and it doesn't match his fantasy at all, he is having a crash course about what his new life is going to be and it's not what he thought it would have been. La la land is going down the drain.

Communicating with someone is just a way to have his ego stroked and having some kind of positive feedback, and may be also to enable some kind of reaction from you.

Sleeping on the floor.. he is playing the poor puppy... trying to inspire some pity from you or the kids...

Stay strong, I hope you don't have too much time to wait for your D to be finalized, because leaving that way is a lot of stress.


Me 52+ WH 57+
Married 20 +
Piecing since 2016 (ready to give up...)