text: how do you know when to give up on your spouse and move on? my husband and i have been married for a little over a year. we have a beautiful daughter who is 18 months old. he has mental depression because of being abused as a child. i have got him into counceling and he was perscribed medication, which worked wonders. taking the medicine didnt last long because of financial problems. he was working full-time and watching our daughter while i was at college, who was 13 months at the time. one day he called me at school and told me that she had fell off the couch and i needed to come home to calm her down. to make a long story short he grabbed her face with such force that her whole face was bruised. she was taken from us then after he admitted to what he did she was placed back with me and he went to jail. his judgement was anger & parenting classes, counceling, and probation. if he truley has turned a new leaf, should i go through with the divorce, or should i give him another chance? i'd have a hard time trusting him again.  i might give him one (and only one) more chance, but i wouldn't leave him alone with the baby, ever, until he's proven himself with years of good behavior.    any more violence, and you should have him arrested and get yourself out of there.  (i'm only giving him a break because of his medical issues.  make sure that he gets his medication and keeps on it, no matter what.)