The mental illness of my ex wife has damaged to some degree all her children
To this day her demonic behavior causes pain and mayhem for all
It’s a sickness
Makes one understand why Rochester kept Bertha Antionetta locked in the attic
Sadly that was not an option for me although husband number five...I was number two....tried to kill her and was caught in a one in a billion happenstance
I know the damage to us kids, especially my younger brother, haunted my father.
Many years later we asked him why he didn’t get a divorce much sooner. He told us that in the 50s & 60s no judge would award a father custody, regardless of the mother’s actions and he felt he could at least be there to protect us to some degree. He paid a high price for caring for us children.
I feel you. I completely get it.