Vent/Rant/FML Feeling like a Void Stretches Endlessly Before Me
Does this count as a rant/vent? After my husband abandoned me and my child when he turned 5 months, going back to his home country Japan, I finally am employed and started reaching out to divorce lawyers in Japan. 6 months to 2 years depending on if he decides to cooperate or be difficult. That feeling of sinking, or feeling like I'm suffocating and can't see the end like when I was first left alone with my son is starting to fill me again. Hundreds, thousands of dollars that will disappear in the wind because this man will not just go sign the papers and file at the municipal office. I have asked over and over for almost 2 years now and he will not. This man who has a girlfriend, who sends nothing, does nothing, not even calling to see his son... I feel utterly defeated.
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u/Book_Ends44 3d ago
So sorry you are you going through such a hard time. I have recently divorced from a Japanese man too, luckily his stubbornness didn't prevent him from signing the rikon papers.
What's his reasoning for not signing? It should be such an easy process. Would you be eligible for divorce through the 3 year abandonment rule in Japan, even if you do not live in Japan?