IT'S OVER. I'M OFFICIALLY DIVORCED! (Headlines on the hour, bulletins at once!)
She caved on the separation of child support and alimony and the payback of unreimbursed medical expenses (Remember, she took $121K out of the joint account when I was in Iraq and I never saw it again, so I refused to pay these, insisting it come out of the "stolen money")
I think her attorney in no way wanted to have her tell "her story"
She looked terrible! She looks like she lost 20 pounds, and not in a good way! (I think I found the 20 she lost!)
I'm not sad, I'm not nostalgic, I'm relieved. For at least 12 years, my life has been miserable. I looked across the coutroom at her and it was like looking at a corpse at a wake. All the soul, all the energy, all the joy had left her "shell".
Maybe it's because of a year in Iraq, maybe it's because Gym Woman came into my life a month after return, maybe it's just because I accepted it. Four years after wishing I was dead (and almost made sure that happened) I can't wait to move on with life.
Thanks to all of you who were always here from 2006 (when I posted every 10 minutes) right up until today.
You are all wonderful people who got caught up in one of the cruelest things one human can do to another. I wish you all the best.
