I very nearly bolted from my ex in the early days, but stuck it out for the kid, which then became kids. The inevitable happened 16/17 years later. A few good times of course but many many shit times. & when my world collapsed the level of deceit lies and scheming was almost too much for me to take.
So, my words on the matter...
When your mindset becomes 'stay together for the kids' you may start seeing that one of you starts taking advantage of that in fact.. you wont see it, itll happen slowly. You may loose years of your life, your 20s your 30s. Now imagine making a break fro