Hello Everyone,
Married for 12 years (known her for 18) have a 4 year old son and a 4 month old daughter. We met at 19, both Christian's both virgins. I was the typical good guy that followed the script. Looking back I was fairly alpha when we met (MGTOW monk) but let my guard down to try and give marriage a shot. I became more beta over time. Last 5 years has resurrected the "strong independent woman" who wants to find herself. I tried being a better husband, did some counseling, chore play etc. None of which worked. Early 2018 I found the manosphere and started applying some of the principles and it worked. More sex, less fighting, but the feminist jezebel spirit was still strong within her.
Moved from midwest to the northeast for a better job right before the beerflu which coincidentally is closer to her mother. We have had some crazy arguments since the move. I have always told her if you don't like it...thereis the door. Most of the time she was bluffing but this week she pulled my son out of private school and along with my daughter to go visit her mom 3 hours away I told I am not cool with long distant parenting. I told her I would consider that an act of separation or divorce if she ever did that. Even though she only gone for a week I did talk to a lawyer about her basically kidnapping the kids.
I read Horns post of nuking the nuclear family. I no longer need her validation, She can no longer use sex as a weapon I no longer get emotional involved for the most part (I slip up on occasion) The only thing she can leverage is my kids. I am black and we all know about black children raised by single mothers. She spent most of her life adult life pursuing a PhD in Grad school and has never worked full time So I have been carrying 98% of the financial load for the duration of the marriage. She is currently unemployed
Should I activate the nuke? Taking the kids to her mom.signals she is truly done or is trying to have her cake and eat it too. Talking with the lawyers even if she gets primary custody and I have to pay child support and alimony I could still live comfortably. I would just have to get through the divorce and try to be in my son's life if possible.
Can this be salvaged through separation? Does separation make the divorce less expensive. I talk with the lawyer again on Friday.
Thoughts?
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Time to review some of your short & long term goals.
Your first priority is to remain sane & grounded. I went through a trainwreck divorce (took 5 yrs), your worst enemy is your emotions & idle hands/body become a breeding ground for you emotions & "what if X?" questions spiraling out of control.
One tip is to become emotionally numb & non-responsive to her requests/demands, while remaining emotionally available to your kids.
You SHALL NOT be emotionally available or supportive to you STBx - This will invite chaos, fear, doubt & acrimony. "It's business" mentality shall be your modus operandi.
"Just the Facts, Ma'am"
Take a look at what you have been doing that improves your tangible life (financially & physically). Do more of that even to the point of obsession if warranted (prevent idle hands & emotional reflections).
Last piece of advice is dealing with "The abyss".
Your Ex may want to get back together & stop the train, now that you called her on her shit & started the ball rolling (My ex did this).
This is normal for Women.
My brother had this same problem (sexual aggressiveness of Women often goes through the roof - Hysterical Bonding) but he eventually learned to say no & used a tactic to accelerate his divorce proceeding by explaining to his STBx "We can start over, but in order to do so, we must first end the marriage." Some will dismiss this as a slimy / BS tactic but...
There's something VERY wise & useful in taking this route.
You once liked her enough to have two kids w/her.
If YOU can get back to that point, and she can accept that certain boundaries cannot be crossed, you & your kids will be the better for it.
What I'm saying is there's still some hope of you two getting along afterwards but tread carefully - Do NOT reverse course or you'll just throw gasoline on a raging inferno. You will only invite her to escalate her shit tests, as apparently this threat wasn't even real.
As for hope: Marriage creates a pressure-cooker environment for people's psyches. "I'm trapped" mentality & more often than not its a hostage situation (e.g. verbal intercourse, nuclear shit tests, domestic violence, etc.).
In an ideal world Men should be able to have kids & have the option to kick a misbehaving woman out of his home without legal repercussions. Walking away from a relationship is our only inalienable legal right in this overly-legalized world.
Being married waives that right.
NOT being married is the gateway to having that right & option.
Push it through to conclusion & both of you MIGHT be able to reach the conclusion that you can still get along and both of you may become better parents & she just might let you still fuck her again on the regular.
In other words, post-divorce you two might be able to act like an unmarried couple living in two separate homes and end up with some moderately well-adjusted kids.
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