Coping with Divorce or Separation

SheilaT

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7. I think, partly based on my own experience,

Fri May 30, 2014, 06:38 PM

May 2014

that trying hard to make it work can lead to a feeling of failure. But you didn't really fail. Not *you* alone. There are lots of reasons marriages come to an end, and sometimes no matter what there's no saving the relationship.

I can tell you that over time that feeling will diminish. As you build your own life, your new life, you'll find a sense of accomplishment in new things.

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i'm done holding my marriage together with duct tape and chicken wire [View all] fizzgig May 2014 OP

I'm sorry to hear that fizzgig. TexasTowelie May 2014 #1

no kids, no mortgage fizzgig May 2014 #3

Vibes to you. applegrove May 2014 #2

thanks fizzgig May 2014 #4

My experience is that this time SheilaT May 2014 #5

i put up a good fight to keep it together fizzgig May 2014 #6

I think, partly based on my own experience, SheilaT May 2014 #7

i don't know what else i could do fizzgig May 2014 #8

Yeah, the moment I realized my Ex-Wife had irrevocably hit the "ejector seat" button.... villager Jun 2014 #9

Yeah, I can relate to that. laundry_queen Jun 2014 #10

Yup. Support groups, and being able to "talk" help a lot villager Jun 2014 #11

So true laundry_queen Jun 2014 #12

"Debriefing" it is, lq. Claiming your own "reality" back... villager Jun 2014 #13

I can definitely relate Blue_Roses Jun 2014 #14

Hang in there. Callalily Jun 2014 #15

I'm sorry y'all have had trouble. dawg Aug 2014 #16

I know how you feel... a la izquierda Aug 2014 #17

I've had much enjoyment in my life riding Roller coasters. BlueJazz Oct 2014 #18