25yearsMLC 10 Later I FILE D part 8

[25yearsmlc]

I write and perform comedy as an avocation. I definitely have a gallows sense of humor that has helped me immensely.

But there are times it distracts me, or makes me feel unheard.

This week- I felt a gut punch from my h, yet again.

Another new discovery of longer term infidelity. Another unknown, that I now know.

Another fact that still makes my stomach drop.

And my closest dearest brother was diagnosed with cancer of his kidney(s). I'm sad and incredulous.

My brother has already made the kidney pie jokes, and he is setting the tone for how we are to handle this until we have more information. I'm getting tested to see if I'm a match IF he needs a transplant down the road.

My brother J, is a great man and I do not use that word loosely.

He has 7 daughters and is married to a wife of substance, and she will stand by him as I would have stood, for my h.

The jokes will come later. I want to be allowed to be sad for awhile. Not to ruminate too much. But to FEEL what I feel.






Quick note

Not a subject for political debate people - just information that may relate to many of us

IF the new tax bill passes AND if it passes as it is now (2 big IFs)

alimony will not be tax deductible as of January 1, 2018.


This means some of you/us need to settle before then, to avoid tax consequences.

In MY case for instance, if h makes a buy out offer, BEFORE then, he can deduct the taxes from it. And I won't have to pay any.

IF he waits and stalls and stomps his feet some more, it'll cost him (and maybe me).

fyi