Life goes on, but just seems to get harder...

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We live in North Dakota, USA. I didn't realize it would happen so fast either, but we didn't really have anything to fight about, so that sped things up. We agreed on sharing custody, how to split assets/debts, and child support payments. Went together to a lawyer to have paperwork done on 1/5/09, signed papers on 1/16/09, and that was that! We live in a disposable society, and I guess that includes marriages.

After reading some of the horror stories in this forum regarding fighting over custody and money, I am very thankful that my ex and I were able to split amicably and still be friends. It's sad how much money gets spent on divorce lawyers. My ex and I couldn't really afford lawyers even if we had wanted them, so we did it peacefully and spent $400 total.

If we had gone 5 months, much less 5 YEARS, without getting the divorce done I think my ex would have flipped out. She's not exactly the patient type - she wants what she wants ASAP.