[Celtic Conservative]

There was no earthly way I could make my ex-wife happy. She would complain about money issues, so I worked more. Then I was a jerk for never being home. I never gave up though. I made a promise before God that I would preserve the marriage. Apparently she didn’t feel as strongly about her promise. I came home one day and she’d left.

CC

[combat_boots]

Sorry.

[No name given]

I’m sorry to hear that.

[EnderWiggin1970]

I hear you and feel your pain; my main difference was that she forced me out rather than leaving herself. How do you approach someone who says they feel unloved when they are always busy throwing knives at you? (Literally in one case.)

[alexander_busek]

From the article:

All in the name of finding your own happiness.

As the inimitable Mr. Kevin Samuels was famously wont to observe:

French toast your "happiness!"

Where in the Bible is there anything about a husband having to make his wife "happy?"

Men have civilized the world to the extent that the "struggle for survival" has been reduced to the level of a pie-eating contest. Our society has become decadent. A vast swathe of our nation's women has become effectively "married to the State." Since their needs (physical safety, provisioning) are largely fulfilled by the State (funded chiefly by men), they fall to the illusion that they "don't need no man." This imbalanced state of affairs can be maintained during their "prime years" (when they can still attract the attention of perceived high-value men), but by the time the scales fall from their eyes, it's too late. Saddled with a passel of illegitimate children from various fathers (mostly irresponsible "playahs"), they finally come to the realization that they have squandered their most-precious resources: youth, fertility, physical beauty, pair-bonding ability.

But now, the "beta males" (85% of the male population) they scorned in their "hoe" years are no longer willing to step into the role of step-father and provider.

Regards,

[Dan in Wichita]

There was no earthly way I could make my ex-wife happy. She would complain about money issues, so I worked more. Then I was a jerk for never being home. I never gave up though. I made a promise before God that I would preserve the marriage. Apparently she didn’t feel as strongly about her promise. I came home one day and she’d left.

My story is similar. I believe I was a good husband, a good father, and a good, hard-working honest provider. Apparently she did not see or appreciate any of that.

One day in July 2012, I came home from work and she was gone. A few minutes later someone showed up at the front door to serve divorce papers.

She had ran off with another guy... an alcoholic and a thief from a family of thieves.

The divorce cost me more than half my life savings and explains why my retirement is only semi-comfortable financially.

I don't take any satisfaction knowing her relationship with the other guy turned out disastrous for her.

[rlmorel]

Your post made me think of this:

[BookmanTheJanitor]

My friend had a wife like that. She was always miserable and never happy. There was nothing that he could do to make her happy. She finally filed for divorce after 25 years of marriage. He is now happily remarried and she’s still miserable and living in a small apartment.

[Zathras]

I told my ex that if I killed myself, the first thing she would do is slap me and complain about the mess I had made.
I am in a much happier place now!

[Lurker]

You were lucky.

L

[taxcontrol]

Your story sounds similar to mine. Wife decided that she wanted to “have some fun” after 30 years of marriage.