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Dear Miriam: 'I want to leave my abusive husband but fear for my son'

A reader wants to leave her verbally abusive husband, but guilt over leaving her adult son, who fears his father, behind is keeping her trapped in an unhappy marriage.

ASK MIRIAM 21 October 2026

Dear Miriam: 'I want to leave my abusive husband but fear for my son'

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Dear Miriam: 'I want to leave my abusive husband but fear for my son'

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