You are right: this choice is a matter of balancing pros and cons. However, the level of tension between my husband and me is minimal, and I am working to diffuse my negative feelings to make the situation work.

I went through a divorce 14 years ago, and I know what that is like. I know the stresses divorce poses to a family: financial, emotional, logistical, and so on. I know how it affected my older children. I believe that divorce would be worse for my youngest daughter than what I am now choosing to do. I am not committed to staying in my current marriage forever, but I believe if I can stay at least until my youngest graduates from high school, that will be what is best for her.

My question is really about living day-to-day in a less than ideal situation, and whether anyone else has experienced that.