re: How do people cope with separation or divorce?

I honestly can’t even imagine the anguish of a messy divorce. Mine was mostly amicable and it still sucked. No kids involved so that made it easier to just split our crap and move on. We worked out most of the details ourselves before getting attorneys involved.

The hardest part for me was just losing that life companion. Coming home to en empty house, making major decisions by myself, eating out alone, etc. That took nearly a year to get used to, and there were some lonely, depressing nights. Thankfully I had the Will power to limit my alcohol consumption.