Married for 24 yrs. to a person i met at a young age and thought it was love. Had 4 children and as the years rolled bye i stopped to realize that this person i married was not at all who i needed him to be. left to run the house and raised the kids and he went to work and bitched at me. after 15 yrs of raising the kids and being the mom i needed to be i had lost myself and my love of stuff i wanted to see and be. went out to the work field and got a job and yes this job paid me money. with this job i was able to provide health care for my kids. My so called husband had lost his job and injured. I plucked along till one day i had enough verbal and physical and emotional abuse. I fled and what this man had always told me that i was nothing and could not survive on my own was now coming true. Thanks to my family i got support and my kids continued to love their mom. I have had a couple of encounters out in the dating field but i tend to go back to what draws me in to being taken advantage of my kind and loving nature. This past year has taken a toll on me with a man who also suffers with emotional issues. I tried to be a pillar but my walls had cracks of their own and i too fell along with him. I truly love this man but he makes it so hard to keep hanging on. when pushed away and shunned the way i have been i want to through my hands up in the air and say ENOUGH !!!!!!