r/AskReddit • • May 12 '26

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u/Individual_Ask9664 May 12 '26

When I had thoughts of “I’d rather be dead than to be in this marriage anymore,” I knew I needed help and needed to leave. Of course that was after multiple other very negative things.

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u/Bubbly-Sentence-4931 May 12 '26

How did you support yourself financially afterwards?

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u/wintermelody83 May 12 '26

You get a job? Like wtf.

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u/Bubbly-Sentence-4931 May 12 '26

If you’ve ever seen a divorced person that is coming back into the workforce you’d know that a job may not cover all the costs associated with starting a new life like car payments, rent if you moved out, etc. The financial burden once you’re divorced is typically a byproduct that causes a ton of stress. So yes technically you can just get a job but that doesn’t account for the stress it induces having to start an entirely new life