divorce
Divorce isn't an end; it's a different beginning.
The Move
Just today a friend told me about a king who wanted to know what made happy people sad and sad people happy. Spoiler alert: thinking about how "this too shall pass." And so my initially happy marriage ended after 20 years when my husband realized we were incompatible and did not want my input on the matter. He told our teenagers on our anniversary, a couple days after we celebrated with them and his parents.
By Hannah Eitam5 years ago in Humans
The Beautiful Affair
My husband is having an affair. It’s a story as old as time; I, the unsuspecting wife, a victim to the salacious impulses of a man, whom I have loved dearly for nearly half a century. This man still embraces me on entry into our home. He still kisses my neck when he saunters by. He speaks of me fondly to his colleagues. I am an educated, proper woman who has aged gracefully. I am quiet. I am acceptable among his circles.
By Amy Lee Perry5 years ago in Humans
I Met My Ex-Husband’s New Girlfriend
Three days ago, my marriage officially ended. I received an email from my ex-husband informing me that I was a free woman. It was about time. Although we only just separated in February of 2020, our relationship had been slowly dying for many years, bleeding out from a million tiny cuts inflicted by our words and deeds on a daily basis. We had been to marriage counseling three times in the past eighteen years and had nearly separated twice before. On an annual basis, my ex-husband would announce that he was done and our marriage was over, only to stay and tough it out a little longer.
By Alecia Kennedy5 years ago in Humans
When They Grow Up!
The marriage would come years later, but it’s a story behind that, first; let me tell you about why I decided to stay. Well, I had thought that I had found the right man. He was so cunning and warm with his words and so charming with the southern ways I fell totally in love with him. He did all the right things. And every day I fell more and more in love with him.
By A Women's Voice5 years ago in Humans
My Husband’s Mistress Can Keep My Husband, but I Want the Anthropologie Dress Back
Some women are predators. I’m not blaming her. Ok, I am blaming her entirely. I blame him entirely too. My husband was, technically, an adult when they met, even though he quickly regressed into a man with the emotional maturity of a teen in love.
By Jessica Lynn5 years ago in Humans
Yet still I stayed
You know how when you watch a movie, you put yourself in the shoes of the actor/actress and you tell yourself how differently you would do things if put in their situation? How if you ever found yourself in an abusive relationship, you’d immediately get out before any real damage could be done? I was one of those people. I was wrong, but I was one of those people once.
By Lexi Renee5 years ago in Humans
