Despite how bad his behavior has been, (she) is doing nothing to move the divorce forward.
DEAR ABBY: My best friend of 40 years, “Savannah,” has been in a bad marriage for 20 of those. Her husband has cheated on her repeatedly. He can’t keep a job, and he emotionally abuses her and her daughter. Now that she’s finally fed up, he refuses to leave the house.
It has been incredibly difficult to be supportive, hear about how harmful this has been, support her when she says she’s getting out, and then hear that for one reason or another he’s still there. When I challenge her and suggest she’s making excuses for not progressing with the divorce, she becomes defensive and shuts down the conversation.
DEAR WEARY FRIEND: What you may need to do is accept that one of the reasons Savannah’s dysfunctional marriage has lasted as long as it has is because she wants it to. She doesn’t need to move forward because she has you to dump on when the pressure becomes too great.
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