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Real
Housewives
of
Potomac
star
Mia
Thornton
has
opened
up
about
the
trials
and
tribulations
that
led
to
her
separation
from
her
soon-to-be
ex-husband,
Gordon
Thornton.
During
the
latest
episode
of RHOP
on
Dec.
3,
the
39-year-old
housewife
revealed
that
“a
financial
change”
caused
marital
strife
in
her
union
with
the
71-year-old
entrepreneur.
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“We
have
recently
gone
through
a
financial
change
with
our
business,
and
having
to
downsize,
and
having
to
navigate
a
lot,”
Mia
confessed
during
an
intense
therapy
session
with
Gordon.
“The
relationship
between
Gordon
and
I
has
definitely
changed.
Ever
since
Gordon
was
voted
out
of
the
family
business,
he’s
been
working
a
lot
more
because
we
were
expanding
our
portfolio
with
other
partnership
groups,
so
it
is
causing
a
lot
of
tension
inside
of
our
marriage,”
she
continued.
“And,
to
me,
spending
time
with
the
kids
and
having
balance
is
so
much
better
than
us
always
working
and
then
we
look
up
and
our
kids
are
grown.”
At
one
point,
Mia
alleged
that
her
marriage
became
so
rocky,
that
she
retained
a
divorce
lawyer.
Gordon,
who
was
unaware
of
the
star’s
decision,
was
shocked
by
the
confession.
“I
had
no
idea
it
had
gotten
that
bad
with
her;
that’s
why
I’m
focusing
on
really
trying
to
listen,”
the
businessman,
who
runs
the
Joint
Chiropractic
company
alongside
his
soon-to-be
ex-wife,
said.
Mia
added,
“Gordon
was
really
so
focused
on
work,
and
then
we
started
to
argue.
I
told
myself
I
won’t
allow
my
children
to
hear
Mommy
and
Daddy
arguing.”
The
RHOP
star,
who
shares
two
children
with
the
business
guru,
told
her
therapist
that
she
wasn’t
happy
Gordon
was
putting
his
busy
work
schedule
over
his
family.
She
wanted
her
husband
to
“retire”
so
that
he
could
spend
more
time
with
the
family,
but
the
matriarch
claimed
that
Gordon
never
listened
to
her
when
she
tried
to
talk
things
through.
Gordon
explained
that
he
was
just
trying
to
meet
his
financial
“goals”
so
that
he
could
take
care
of
the
family.
“I
set
goals,
and
then
I
don’t
let
anything
get
in
the
way.
I
go
get
it.
I
wanted
to
get
to
a
certain
economic
level,
so
that
[Mia]
and
the
kids
would
be
set
no
matter
what
happened
to
me,”
he
shared
during
the
therapy
session
on
Sunday’s
episode
of
RHOP.
“I
was
almost
there,
so
I
was
really
pushing
hard
to
get
those
last
few
nuggets.”
Gordon
wants
to
keep
working
as
he
ages,
but
Mia
doesn’t
agree
with
his
decision.
“I
honestly
think
that,
despite
my
feelings
and
how
I
feel
about
it
from
a
personal
level
that
Gordon
is
going
to
go
full
force
at
it
from
a
business
level,
no
matter
who
they
are,
and
I
just
don’t
agree
with
it.
And
it’s,
like,
f-cking
with
me,
because
it’s
not
the
guy
that
I
married,”
the
housewife
added.
In
September,
Mia
announced
that
she
and
Gordon
were separating after
11
years
of
marriage.
“Like
all
marriages,
ours
has
had
its
ups
and
downs,”
the RHOP star said in
a
statement
to People. “At
this
time,
Gordon
and
I
are
separated,
but
my
family
is
my
number
one
priority,
and
I
am
committed
to
doing
whatever
it
takes
to
make
sure
we
are
okay.”
The
couple,
who
were
married
in
March
2012,
share
two
children
together:
Jeremiah
Carter,
8,
and
daughter
Juliana,
6.
They
each
also
have
one
child
from
a
previous
relationship.
