Dear Angel. What should I do? I am a 28-year-old woman. I have three kids and five step kids. My husband is 52. We have been married for 5 years. When we first got married we got along so good. Now I feel like my marriage is just a convenience. Last November we filed for divorce. But we dismissed it because we wanted to try one more time. Well, now it is back to the same way it was. He works all the time. He wont let me work. He doesn't like for me to leave the house and go anywhere unless it is with one of his family members. He wont even let me go to see my family. I have told him for the last two weeks I wanted to go see them. Since I haven't seen them since Christmas. But he continues to tell me no I cant. I want some attention. I want to feel free, not just like a prisoner. What should I do?

Call your attorney and refile your divorce petition. What he is doing to you is emotional abuse. You do not have to put up with his keeping you a prisoner in your home, or keep you from seeing your family and friends. If he won't get help to find out why he feels he needs to keep you at home then leave and don't look back. If he is treating you this way, I'm sure he is probably treating the kids the same way. No one deserves to live with this type of abuse.

Please read the next letter to see that you're not the only one going through this.