Chaotic Love/Family Life

@laydee (12798)
Philippines
September 12, 2012 5:28am CST
A friend of mine recently confided with me, her husband doesn't love her anymore and is in love with a new girl. The three of them work together in the same company and they have 2 beautiful kids. The gesture is overly insulting but I can't help but wonder why she still holds on when he's telling her every single detail about his affairs. I know it's easier to say just let go and leave the loser-of-a-husband, but I think she's still holding on. I feel for her but I cannot help her if she doesn't open her eyes to the reality that it's over. I am sad whenever I see her and whenever she tells me the "situation" but I don't know what to do. I would like to tell her to just let go but it seems she's really in love with the guy and such a martyr! What would you do if you were in my shoes. He doesn't respect her. The new querida or girlfriend (who I think should be burned) treats her like she has won. I'm angry at the guy but I'm angrier at the home-wrecker.
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11 responses
@WakeUpKitty (8691)
• Netherlands
12 Sep 12
There is nothing you can do, also it's not of your business. So the only thing you can do is be a friend and listen. Nobody is asking for your advice, the thing most needed is a listener. Time will tell what will happen. BTW there is a big difference between falling in love or love someone. Falling in love can pass by as well. More interesting to me would be how come suddenly the husband falls in love with someone else. What did change their relationship? The childeren, husband getting less attention? Or did they never really love eachother and was their marriage planned by.... I don't know if the husband is a loser, fact is love can pass by and you if so you can also admit it and go on with your life. I doubt if your friend, in long term, will be happy to have a husband who doesn't love, like or even can't stand her.
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@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
13 Sep 12
@WakeUpKitty It's not "none of my business" because she's confiding with me. It's not something that I just heard from a grapevine. Their marriage is not arranged. I guess they just married too quickly. @Metatronik Thank you for your understanding and I am here being a good listener for her. Thanks for the responses, have a great mylot experience ahead!
@knicnax (2232)
• Philippines
12 Sep 12
That is just down right mean!!! Your friend can discuss this with HR. Any HR department does not allow this behavior. You should be more angry at the husband. Even if the querida is acting all "I won b*tch", the husband is allowing her. She wouldn't feel like that if the husband does not make the querida feel this way. As for the husband, telling the wife of his affair, that is down right rude!!!! I'd burn him if it were me. Him and his bimbo! If she doesn't want to leave her husband, then fight. Fight like a monster and get the husband back. She shouldn't be all goody-goody and act like a martyr. She should raise hell about it, let her husband know it's effin' not okay!
@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
12 Sep 12
The main reason why she's not saying anything with the HR department is because if the guy won't have a job, then he wouldn't be able to support the kids. I don't really know the reasons why she's not complaining with the HR but I think one of the reasons is because of the job of the husband. I know I would raise hell about it and there would be blood! (well, I'm not going to kill someone but for sure someone would bleed!). I think what's keeping her from hurting anyone is because the kids are really attached to the father. She says he's a good father to the kids and I think he threatened her that he'd never see the kids again if she did something to the bimbo! Arrrghhh..! The nerve! That's why I need advise because I'm furious about her situation!
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@knicnax (2232)
• Philippines
17 Sep 12
I don't think HR would fire them immediately. Also, your friend should open her eyes. If he really is a good father, then he couldn't bare being away from his kids. I am so furious with her situation too. It's more infuriating when you know that the person most affected isn't doing anything about it :(
@challs12 (548)
• Malaysia
12 Sep 12
Owh! This is very sad story I ever read on net while posting in forum. I think your friend must me crying every moment in her heart. I suggest you to spend more time with her after working hour. Bring her to club, party or so on to get know other people. Maybe this way she may find some other guy who can make friend with her and make her forget her husband and ask for divorce. She must release the chain that tight her heart. If she says she loves her husband, she doesn't really mean it. It's only a matter she hasn't met a right person. Or maybe she was worried about their child if they divorce or some other reason. Try to find it. About the husband, he should feel shy to be such a man. He should be a woman.
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@challs12 (548)
• Malaysia
13 Sep 12
Then I think better for her to get connected or social online like we are doing right now. No need to go out party, posting like this can also help. Ask her to meet me here at Mylot and we can enjoy our online party.
@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
13 Sep 12
Her work schedule and mine don't always go on the same line so I rarely find time to see her. Not to mention that she has kids to take care of, so she's not really in the mood for going out clubbing or meeting other guy. I think she just needs to get over the guy and the guy needs to stop giving her hopes.
@sid556 (30953)
• United States
12 Sep 12
It takes two to make a relationship work. If he did not cheat on her with the "homewrecker" then it would of been someone else. I would not get in on the blame game. As for your friend, there is little that you can do until she makes up her mind to be done with being treated so disrespectfully. I am sure that a part of her is hoping that he will wake up and come back to her and ya know, that could happen. Some people do actually manage to save their marriages through these kinds of things. I don't know how because I think it would be almost impossible to trust him again. All you can really do is be a shoulder for your friend at this point. The choice to stay or leave is hers. I would have left his butt and I would be looking for another job.
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@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
13 Sep 12
I think she has plans of leaving, she's just finishing her contract. The kid just went to school so she needed to adjust pretty much on the expenses and routine of her life. But I'm pretty sure that she's going to come around soon. She's already in the anger stage and soon there would be acceptance. As for the "it takes two to tango" I don't think that she's to blame here, when relationships go rocky, one could only make her own effort, if the other doesn't give it a try then it won't work. She gave her shot but I guess the guy was just too lured by the homewrecker - perhaps it was too late when she discovered her marriage was over. Thanks for the response, have a great mylot experience ahead!
@jenny1015 (13359)
• Philippines
12 Sep 12
Your friend has been slapped with the painful reality that her husband doesn't love her and yet she still hopes of having him back? I have my own personal problems, too and even if others would say that I should just go on with my life without my husband, still I held on. BUT, we have a different problem. It is something that I am still hoping that would change. I think your friend needs to move on with her life. I do not think that she still loves her husband despite of his husband having an affair. She might be feeling scared of being left alone. Help your friend realize that no one else can help her except herself. It's time to move on.
@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
12 Sep 12
I know that she needs to move on. I don't think she's scared of being alone because she is a professional and even earns more than the husband (or the girlfriend). I think she's just clinging to a silver lining and still hopes that he's just in a "phase".
@jenny1015 (13359)
• Philippines
12 Sep 12
Well, it is really hard. In times like these, just be a dear friend to her. She needs people like you to help her get through this misery. I hope she decided to make her life better.
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@deazil (4730)
• United States
12 Sep 12
The best thing you can do is be her friend. She needs a real friend right now. And she will need one even more in the future. She may be in denial. I know a woman who, when her husband told her he was in love with another woman and he divorced her, lost her mind. She became irrational, refused to let him see their kids on the court appointed days and really was not functioning well. The result was she went in the hospital for her emotional instability and he got custody of the kids. Your friend is in the most difficult position a woman can find herself in. She may be hoping he will come back to his senses and dump his gf. It's happened before. A lot. She needs your sympathy and understanding. Your feelings are understandable. I would want to choke the gf. But imagine how it is for your friend everyday at work. She is trying desperately no doubt to cope. How hard it must be for her. I feel so sorry for a woman in her position. But she knows she has to think of her children and take care of them so she is not apt to give up or give in - yet. Be there for her. She needs a friend to sympathize without condemning her for putting up with this. Be understanding. I wish her good luck in whatever happens. This is a very sad situation.
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@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
12 Sep 12
Thank you for your words. Indeed this is a very sad situation and I am doing my best to be "there" for her. I don't judge her nor condemn her for her actions, I just listen and remind her of the good things about her. Hoping that all the motivational words could make her feel that she's worth a lot and that she deserves more. I pray for her everyday for her to be strong. Thanks again. Indeed I need to be her friend.
@deazil (4730)
• United States
12 Sep 12
You are a good friend. Thanks for commenting!
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
12 Sep 12
laydee yes this is really tragic for your friend as the three of them all work in the same company.You are right the other girl is really vile, a home wrecker and there at the workplace to rub it in to your friend.If it were me he would have killed any love 'I had for him when he chose t o cheat with the other girl.I would have filed for divorce at once. some women just keep hoping the cheater will come back to them but it never works that way at all.I would tell her not to waste any more love on 'that loser of a husband and file for divorce.as later she might find a man who love her and keep his marriage vows with her.
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@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
13 Sep 12
I told her that too, but there's something in her that amazes me, she's so into him regardless how he treated her (and even in the past he wasn't the best husband). I didn't like the husband ever since, he's got this flair in him that he feels his wife worships the ground he walks on. I guess he's just too confident and full of himself to notice that the world doesn't revolve around him. I honestly would like her to quit, but how do you make someone accept and see the real picture instead of the fantasy she's creating in her mind? But I'm more into killing the home wrecker coz she reminds me of the countless of women who would steal another woman's man! Arrgghh!
@jazel_juan (15745)
• Philippines
13 Sep 12
Somehow i believe she is hoping the love her husband used to have for her will be back. But the thing is... it won't if she is that way. She should stand up, kick him out of her life and move on and be beautiful and smart and everything more than that querida! I really hope that she will come to her senses. But i do feel for her, as a wife, this is one of those things that scares me..my husband falling out of love and finding comfort in other women..
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@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
13 Sep 12
This actually has created a huge stir in my life right now. I am anxious about my partner who's far from me (working in another country) but I'm just glad that he keeps me sane whenever my world goes insane with too much thinking. But yeah, I think she's still hopeful, and I'm happy to say that she has indeed made herself more beautiful and she's a lot smarter than that girl for sure. But the thing is, she feels she's losing the batter and the querida is feeling all time high because one call from her the husband would go rushing (as my friend said). It's sad. I would like to have that querida cremated! Women like that need to be beaten up physically!!!
@Metatronik (6198)
• Pasay, Philippines
12 Sep 12
It also came to my mind that most women tend to be really martyr and being afraid to be left by their husband no matter if how he lacks manliness. And yeah this is freaking much very insulting to think that they are married then working together in same company? I can totally picture how indecent it is. First you must ask your friend if she wants justice on her part? Then how can she solve the problem if she will not fight for her right? She must be really willing to let go her husband but then while letting him go I think she must also file a case of adultery. For now you must talk to her if she is willing to hire a lawyer because this is already a serious case. The two of them of course including that home wrecker are doing the crime. If I am on your friend's shoes then I would be really asking for LEGAL ADVISE already. If you are here in Manila just consult with IBP that is located in Julia Vargas Ave. Ortigas Pasig City. There is no need to file a case yet but just ask legal advise on what to do for a husband who is having another woman. Shocksss!!! honestly this is much degrading. Tell your friend that she must have respect to herself. If you can be angry then do it for her to wake up in reality. Then you said they even have kids. Then tell your friend to ask her husband if her husband is willing to have chaotic family that can lead to broken home.
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@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
12 Sep 12
Hi there, sadly I'm not in Manila but she's coming over manila in a few months and I would give her that address, perhaps she could ask advise there. As for filing a case against the husband, I think she's just waiting till she finds another job that would pay the same or more before she does something really hurtful to the bimbo and the husband. I think she does have plans of revenge. But I would rather that she get over him first so that whatever happens next, she would give a sh!t about what he's going to say. I think she has talked to her husband several times already and it's really hurtful whenever she does that and in the end the husband would still choose the bimbo over her. It's really an insult and I couldn't help but feel sad that she can't do anything about it for now. I'm just really feeling for the kids because they're really close with the father.
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• Pasay, Philippines
12 Sep 12
That is Integrated Bar of the Philippines. That is near in SM Megamall. She may also ask regarding the possible expenses when she will be asking advise. Tell the IBP that she is not living in Manila? Isn't? so that in case of course they might give help. That is good when she already found a new job and she can earn. It really helps when asking for legal advise. Well I did that but of course in other legal matters. It was about the job that my former boss attempted not to give me the salary. So I really went to IBP and good they allow me that I just want an advise and not to file a case yet. So it is like more on inquiry.
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@mikyung (2232)
• Philippines
12 Sep 12
I would advise your friend to leave her husband. If possible, find a new job away to the husband. That would end all heartaches eventually. As long as he will make an arrangement to support his children. Separation is inevitable and will eventually result to lasting peace every party - peace of mind and peace among them. Easier said than done, a problem like that, I think, needs a not so drastic move, if it cannot be resolve through diplomacy,even how painful it is. She must move on without the husband. Thanks
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13 Sep 12
You're friend doesn't deserve this but it's the reality. If she continues to fight back the odds,it's because she has a right to. They were married, they have a family together. She wants to keep their family together even at her expense. I pray that she will have the courage and strength to get through this ordeal. I hope that she will take the high road and just focus on her kids.
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@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
15 Sep 12
I am hoping for the best for her and the kids. I just wish that she'd grow cold with the husband and focus more on the kids. I have seen the kids yesterday and they're the cutest. They're well-behaved and very very cute! It's just sad that their father don't see them as something worth protecting and enough to give him the love he needs. Thanks for the response, and I do pray for her and those cute little angels!