In my case, I really am much happier DF'd.
Me too.
Married just days after turning 20, he was the same age (we were 3 weeks apart.) He was an elder's son. He left me 10 days before our 5th baby was born just after our 7th anniversary. While I was in the hosptal having pregnancy complications, he moved in with a girl from his work. It didn't work out for him, and to this day, he is still unmarried, no long-term relationship, living in Calgary. I did not understand then, that I should have left the JW's with him - we may have made it. That was 14 years ago, and he's still df'd (and embarrassingly, partially my fault for turning him in.)
My 2nd jw husband was horribly abusive, yet the elders took his side on everything. He beat on my kids, to the point social services told me I had to get him out of the home, or they were going to apprehend my children. He ended up doing a 30 day sentence and 1 year probation for what he did to us. The JW's embrace him. I'm the outcast. He only pays his child support when threatened with jail time (my 6th child, now 10, is his.) In order to escape from that marriage, I did the nasty, and cheated on him. Obviously, In the process, I also had to leave the JW's. {edited to add: the main reason I married this man was because, some "loving" sister told me after my 1st husband left "who's going to want you with 5 small kids --- so I took the 1st offer I had, It certainly wasn't for love.}
I am now in a very awesome relationship with a "worldly" man, engaged and to be married this spring. He treats my children like his own. He treats me so awesome. Who'd have thought leaving the "truth" would lead me to so much happiness. My kids (the 10 year old, and the other 5, now 14 1/2 to 20) are happy. They thank me for leaving the JW's, and love my new soon-to-be husband (we bought a house and have been officially living together since March of 2007.)
