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    Divorced. Now what?,  The Mother Hood

    Step-Mothers Get No Respect: Reflections on the Major Suck that is Step-Parenting

    October 1, 2014 /No Comments

    Raised him from ten to eighteen. Two calls from boot camp, one favor asked, zero letters. What step-parenting actually buys you when the ex controls the story.

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  • Relationships Bite - Am I Doomed?
    Divorced. Now what?,  Living Single

    Relationships Bite: Am I Doomed?

    September 29, 2014 /No Comments

    What if mr horrible was my soulmate? I almost ran off the road. Then I came to my senses — but the thought that replaced it wasn't any better.

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  • Divorced. Now what?,  Marital Hiss

    #WhyIStayed

    September 10, 2014 /No Comments

    Everyone was shocked when I divorced. No one knew because I wore a fake face 100% of the time. I stayed until the emotional abuse stopped being only my burden to bear. Then I left.

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  • Divorced. Now what?

    One wish

    July 22, 2014 /No Comments

    Sometimes, I wish that I could manage a decent relationship with mr horrible, just to ease the daily tension I get from his continued and sporadic interactions with my kids… or he could just die. That would work too.

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    You’re Such an Ass, Your Butt Dialed Me

    April 19, 2014 /No Comments

    mr horrible butt dialed me and I got three minutes of him and his girlfriend planning their future. I checked — none of it was about me.

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