Divorced. Now what?
Got divorced. What happens now?
The full, unvarnished account of what happens after you finally leave a bad marriage: the legal chaos, the emotional wreckage, the years of co-parenting with someone you'd rather never speak to again, and the slow, nonlinear process of putting yourself back together.Navigating Uncharted Waters
Stuff from NJ inbound means nothing ties me to that black hole anymore. Every step forward in the new apartment is uncharted waters.
Grown Men Masquerading as Children
Reflections about having a man pretending to be incompetent to get out of parenting his children and the strain it created in the marriage.
Have Passport Will Travel
The marriage cost me years of travel. Now I'm divorced, I have a passport, and for the first time in a long time I feel like I have permission to hope and dream.
Laboring to be a Buzz Kill
Holiday weekends and crowds go hand in hand. I don’t care for crowds, but I don’t avoid them either. If I know I’m going somewhere on a holiday weekend, it is safe to assume that everyone else will too, so I plan for it. This past Labor Day, the day started with rain, which meant indoor activities like the cinema were going to be packed… anyone who expected different was smoking crack.
Alcohol, Cocktails and Other Adult Band-aids
On drinking as a coping mechanism to get through evenings with mr horrible, waiting for the divorce to be final.
