Then I'm sorry to say the future isn't bright for you

at least not with him. If he really loves you as much as he claims, he'd realize what a sacrifice you'd be making if you stay behind with him. If he doesn't, he would be too dumb or insensitive to be any good. Even if you give in all the way and require nothing of him, he wouldn't appreciate enough and may soon forget all about it. Then you'd sacrifice even more to make him happy staying in this marriage. Do you wish to give in to his every desire, legitimate or not? As people age, women lose more and more power in the gender struggle.