Posted by Delaine - February 1, 2011 - Children, Dealing with the ex, Grief/ Anger
Don’t expect to be friends with your ex. Not at the start anyways. This is what I wish someone, or many people, had told me at the beginning of my divorce. I’m not saying you should expect to be enemies; no, not at all. I’m saying you should aim for something in the middle – like a [...]
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Posted by Delaine - February 17, 2009 - Dealing with the ex, Surviving
You’re on the phone with your ex, courteously discussing a pending issue related to your kids or your divorce. Suddenly, ‘it’ happens – his voice turns whiney and he starts singing the ‘poor-me’ blues. Or maybe he throws in an unexpected mean remark. Or maybe, just maybe, he decides to start venting – and you find you and your character [...]
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Posted by Delaine - February 8, 2009 - Social Barriers & Change, Surviving
In the year 2000, my mom and Dad got divorced. He left my then 57-year-old mom for another woman. But this wasn’t the first time he’d cheated – his philanderings had begun back in the 70s. “Why didn’t leave him way back then?” I recently asked my mom. “Don’t you wish you had?” “Delaine, it [...]
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Posted by Delaine - January 15, 2009 - Grief/ Anger, Infidelity, Surviving
Keying his car doors. Burning his clothes. Emptying his bank account. Posting photos/ love letters of his affair all over the internet. Telling his boss and all his friends… We’ve all heard the expression “Hell hath no fury like a woman’s scorn.” Infidelity is one sure way to bring it on. Betrayal hurts like hell.
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