Marital Hiss
The opposite of marital bliss.
The category that predates the divorce — essays from inside a marriage that was already broken before anyone admitted it. The emotional desert years, the gaslighting, the moment it became undeniable. Read this one before Divorced Now What if you want the full story in order.-
#WhyIStayed
Everyone was shocked when they heard the news that I was divorcing mr horrible. I mean everyone. My friends, my family and acquaintances. No one suspected things were bad. Why? Because I wore a fake face 100% of the time, and even when I was “keeping things real” with by BFFs, there was still a spin to every story I told.
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The 15 Characteristics of Verbal Abuse
I am going to read this book immediately. I was one of the lucky ones and I was able to get myself together and walk away from mr horrible. It might have taken me 14 years, but I made it happen. The verbal abuse can be perpetrated by men or women, so no stereotypes apply here. The first step was waking up and reading the signs…
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I Should Have Known – Signs It’s Not Meant to Be
I should have known that my marriage was not going to last the first time I looked at the sleeping face of mr Horrible and I wanted to smother it with a pillow.
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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.
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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.
