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There are a lot of good marriages, including those of many people I know. Clearly yours is not.
We all need to look back at how we got in and why we have gone so far and still keep going. We have probably all changed our expectations along the way. Or probably in some way we have all encouraged / contributed to the problem as it is today. This is not to lay blames on anyone but to hope people to truly learn something and grow from here. If you don’t judge other divorced people, you shouldn’t be overly concerned about being judged for your own possibility of separation. It’s even shallower to worry about how people would say who has sponsored whom, and so on.
If you are not enjoying the mistreatment from your husband and then sympathy from rest of us, I don’t see any reason that you don’t take actions to correct the situation or get out of there. There is nothing glory, or deep, or moral about being a victim, being in pain, being passive or being tragic.
Let me go directly to what I suggest you to do without dwelling on this misery any longer.
1. Have an open and direct talk with your husband. This simplest part is ironically often the hardest part for a lot of Chinese. You will have to clear your own mind and actually sit to write down, item by item, what you truly want from him and from this marriage, emotionally, physically, and financially. Your expectations will have to be clear, definite (no back-off) and specific. Of course you will have to mentally prepare yourself. If you are ready but still have problem to sort out this list, I wouldn’t mind helping you personally.
2. You will have to be truly prepared to walk away from this marriage if he doesn’t agree to give you what you want. I can’t understand why people choose to stay in a marriage when there is no respect and care, men or women alike, except to prostitute themselves for economic purpose or for lack of courage/fear in themselves, especially when you are in a country where your basic living is promised.
3. You will ask him for the following when you eventually decide to leave –you will have to truly mean it, or even find yourself a lawyer through legal aid, if necessary:
a. Half of the entire family asset: saving, investment, property, etc.
b. An adequate amount of monthly payment, calculated according to his income, to support you until you can fully support yourself.
A lot of people in your life will not be respectful enough to automatically respect you. Very often, you will have to ask for or demand that respect. You don’t have any reason to be shy away from making these demands that you are entitled to.
May God bless you! |
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