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35-Year-Old Man Stuck in Marriage with Manipulative Father-in-Law

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Relationships Expert, Mind Coach - Answered on Nov 18, 2024

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Question by sudharsan on Nov 08, 2024Hindi

iam a 35year old man ,my father in law is manipulative and emotional blackmailer iam struck in wrong marriage. She is nether willing to divorce nor peacefully live with me , she keeps dragging the divorce case for 5years now , iam not interested in this marriage and i want to step out and find a better partner who can live with me peacefully without intervention of her family

Ans: Dear Sudharsan,
What is your question for me? I think what you need is possibly a legal expert. Kindly seek one and he/she will guide you on the next steps since your wife has been dragging the case for a while now...

All the best!
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Hi Anu, I'm a 50 year old male married for 10 years. This is our second marriage for both of us. We live abroad. Since Day One my spouse was suspicious of me linking me with anyone on the street. She says I'm sighting girls. She suspected that I am interested in my elder sister-in-law since marriage. She never told me this for three years. Due to this we never had any relationship (and no child). Because of this constant fighting I lost my mother (I apologised to mother since I was not able to take care of her and I was unhappy. She died within a month of my apology.) I never told anyone either of our relatives about our problems. My father is 90 and alive. I don't want to cause any problem to him. During these 10 years her father never bothered to check if any problems. I hardly slept 1-2 days a week during these years.My spouse never changed a bit during these 10 years. Her position reached a stage where I had to admit her to hospital for psychosis. She got discharged in 2 months because her parents were adamant on discharge on the condition that she will travel to India. But once discharged, she refused to travel for nearly 10 months. Her father supported her. When her mother passed away in December 2020, due to Covid her return tickets got cancelled. In December 2021 she was again in hospital for 20 days in India for similar psychological issues. In April 2022 I visited her house in India and gave her father a 4-page document detailing her behaviour during these 10 years. He simply said she has done unknowingly. He is adamant on trying to send her back to me. While I am struggling to live, her father lives a happy life with his pension. As a father he never corrects his daughter and instead tries to push the problems to me.I have asked for a divorce but she is not willing to give and starts shouting hysterically. Please let me know how to proceed.

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