Friday, March 12, 2010

Something Like Marriage

December 16, 2009 by delainem  
Filed under Evolution, Reflections, dailyplate

Submitted by: Big Little Wolf
I was never married, though it was something like marriage.
Perhaps I should say that I was married, and he was not. We had documents of our joining, we had a wedding – and it was a happy one. I thought that was a good sign. I remember the way that he [...]

No Room For Hate

August 23, 2009 by delainem  
Filed under Coping, Deciding to leave, Evolution, Reflections

Submitted by: Maya
I have a male friend whose divorce appears to be inevitable.  He’s been married for about 25 years.  They just took their last of three sons off to his freshman year in college, some two-day drive away.  As he and she were driving home in the warm Virginia sunshine, she told him that [...]

My Regret About Marrying The Wrong Man

Submitted by Erica Manfred
It took me more than twenty years to figure out why I never left my husband and I’m still struggling with  regret about marrying him in the first place.    After he dumped me,  I wished many times I’d been widowed instead of left for a younger woman.   When your husband dies, there’s [...]