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
August 21, 2009 by delainem
Filed under Evolution, Healing, Midlife Divorce, Reflections, ericamanfred
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 [...]
