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How does a wife escape when the husband won't
Today my husband and I decided that we no longer wanted to be our son's landlord and so would sell our so-called rental house. I thought we had a plan started until he said that he wanted to give the proceeds of the sale to give to our son over a ten year period. I lost it. I realize all my own limitations in releasing my adult son into the wild, but I would never give him say $200,000 to spend on whatever. Among the examples of his spending my husband included drugs. He thought we might be buying our son off basically. I'm afraid I utterly lost it -- I broke some dishes and screamed and told him he was trying to kill our son. I can't go on like this; I feel as though my feet are nailed to the floor.
Posted: 11/18/2015 10:25 AM
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In Response to: How does a wife escape when the husband won't I don't know what to say to that. Obviously your husband needs counseling to work out why he feels he owes so much to his adult son. What about your daughter? Does he owe her $200,000 too? Where does it end? If your son is in active addiction, what he proposes is incredibly dangerous and irresponsible. If he is not, it's still crazy..what has he done to earn $200,000 and what will he do with it? How will he ever learn to take care of himself? Your husband would do better to spend that money on intensive family counseling and work this out for everyone involved.. Posted: 11/22/2015 6:46 AM
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