What can I do with bipolar/manic depressive partner?

Can a marriage to a controlling partner ever work?

• I should say this extends to lying about accepting my daughter before marriage, to immediately changing her mind afterwards demanding a dna test. And denying her access to our new child. She always found it difficult to deal with the fact I had child (toddler) already. this is one of the larger parts of her general controlling behaviour around access to anyone in my life, and making work damn difficult. And occasional violence. I am not making it sound any good, I guess. She is a depressive person and although very pretty and gregrious to outside worlds, treats her own family quite badly. She was beaten by family regularly when she was younger, but has been in rage since and now 32 year old mother. Having a baby hasnt calmed her - she is even worse now, including in front of the poor mite.

• Answer:

  Not unless you two start therapy together and she makes a real effort to change. Otherwise things are just going to get worse until one of you finally gets sick of it and leaves. Ultimately it will be the kids that suffer most. You knew what you were getting in to when you married her, but they never asked for any of this. If you care about them at all, you will do something about this even if it means getting a divorce.