25years mlc 10 years pass I FILE #9 LAST LAP

[Maybell]

Living abroad! How exciting! And congratulations on having the divorce finalized.

Like you, I had the decree kind of sprung on me. It arrived in the mail, unannounced. It was curious to me how little emotion I felt when I opened it. It was like the period at the end of the sentence. And the sentence had been so emotional that getting to the end of it was a relief. An odd feeling, to have so much invested in the process and then when the moment arrived when all that work was finalized, it was just flat. EXACTLY the opposite of how I felt about getting married, interestingly.

I read through your whole thread all at once here. I don’t come back very much any more, just to check in on friends like you. I can’t read through all the pages of grief and pain, and see all the stories of people who’ve been treated so badly and who work so hard to hang on to (frequently) abusive situations. So it’s nice to see that although you still have some struggles, you’re on an upswing.

I wish you all the best, lady, and if you run through this thread you’re very welcome over at Surviving. We’re a pretty happy crew.