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Am I The Jerk For Leaving My Marriage After Finding Out My Husband Has A Child?
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0:00.0 | all of these people in my life I can deserve I'm feeling all pissed off and hurt I need to know if I am the jerk oh am I the jerked |
0:09.2 | okay got somebody here want to know if they're a jerk for leaving their marriage after finding out their husband had a child |
0:15.3 | now the husband's 29 she's 28 and when they got married they agreed at the start of their relationship that they did not want to be a step-parent or be with somebody who had kids. That was one thing they connected on. But into our marriage, I find out a few months ago that he actually had an eight-year-old daughter that he never knew about. |
0:36.3 | Oh, he didn't know. He did not know. So he said, no, I don't |
0:39.6 | have any other kids. He didn't lie. He didn't lie. He just didn't know. But apparently this daughter |
0:48.5 | lost her mom two years ago, lived with an aunt, and was just sent to live with a father she never knew. And this is her |
0:57.3 | dad and here she is. And now she's saying, I told you, I never wanted to be a stepparent. And now of a |
1:03.1 | sudden you've got an eight-year-old daughter I didn't know about. Well, my husband has begged and |
1:07.9 | pleaded with me to stay and raise her with him. But I just don't know that |
1:12.7 | my opinion has changed, especially in such a complex situation. This girl is eight. She's grieving. |
1:18.7 | She's angry. She needs support. And look, I am not the right person to provide what she needs. |
1:24.6 | Now, as much as I love my husband, this discovery has changed everything for me. |
1:28.3 | Already I've moved out. I filed for divorce, and I made my decision clear to his family. |
1:34.3 | Now, they've been trying to get me to reconsider with his mom saying that I'm stronger than I realize, but the truth is, |
1:40.3 | I'm not happy about him having a child, and I know I'll never feel like she is my own. |
1:45.0 | I understand this may seem selfish, but this is just a boundary that I clearly said at the |
1:49.3 | beginning of our marriage. So am I really a jerk? I mean, it's your boundary, it's your stance, it's, it's |
1:59.5 | what you wanted. I don't understand it because I feel like this is your chance to do something. He didn't lie to you. Life throws you things sometimes that you can't plan or expect for. But I mean, I would think of it as a blessing. |
2:19.0 | I would try to spin it. |
2:20.7 | We're going to ignore that whole part of the wedding about for better or for worse. |
2:25.2 | Yeah. |
2:26.3 | Through health, we're going to forget all those words. |
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