re: Any males on here have a positive experience with a divorce?

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I guess it is a positive that i got everything though, right?

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Positive or not, you probably got what you deserved. And your ex was better off without you.

If she’s been staying home for 13 years, I imagine you’re going to get fricked financially with alimony on top of child support. Hire an extremely good lawyer if you do.

If there’s any way you can work it out, I would hope for that first. Divorce is horrible in ways you can’t anticipate until you experience it. The loss of stability and “home” and family and community was so much worse than I could’ve expected. And that was without kids. I imagine it’s even worse with middle school aged girls.

I don’t regret getting divorced, but I can’t downplay just how much it sucks for a long time after. Good luck.

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Crazy reading this stuff I’m not alone. High school sweetheart been married 22 yrs 2 kids in middle school (girls). She has never allowed me or grandparents to baby sit the kids ever. I was never allowed to build relationships with them because she is so controlling of them and has to be up there arse 24/7. She has a degree but has been out of workforce for 13 years She stayed at home. She changed I changed and it’s consistent fighting in front of kids. She insist we bring them in arguments because we’re a family. Been sleeping in spare bedroom for 6 months now. I told her I was done and leaving and she insist The least I can do is stay living like this (in her words roommates) for the next 2 years so she can go back to school and change careers. Then we can split when she gets her feet under her.

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What u think?

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Have a friend read this back to you as if it was happening to them and they were asking you for advice.

What would YOU advise?

Because to me, it sounds like hell no. This is not an acceptable relationship. I know you have feelings for her, or used to. But this is crazy talk.

Utmost, the damage y'all are doing to the kids had got to stop. The emotional "norms" you two are imprinting on them will leave scars that will last a lifetime.

You need to correct this shite ASAP.

My buddy got divorced and is engaged to a lovlier woman. They didn't have kids yet so I'd assume that makes it much easier.

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OutDamSpot

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Damn dude. Takes a big man to own up to that. I hope the future is bright for you.

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Damn dude. Takes a big man to own up to that. I hope the future is bright for you.

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TL;DR. Karma is a bitch

I remarried to a young woman with 3 young kids by 3 diff dads. None of the dads paid child support but i happily raised them giving them all they needed. I let my wife stay home so she didnt have to work.I loved them as if they were mine.

Wiithin a decade she had cheated multiple times and developed a drug addiction and stole money from me but i loved her kids so i put up with it. Those kids would have been living in a ghetto if not for me.

The final straw came when her kids, now teenagers, decided to lie to me about their moms new boyfriend who was spending nights at my house while i was off working my arse off to provide for her and the kids. But the kids lied about her cheating so my loyalty to them died. They lied about other things too.

I didnt bother to go home ever again. I just called the utility, phone and credit card companies and cut them all off immediately. Called landlord and terminated the lease and they were evicted. she had to move in her new bf old 2 bedroom trailer

But I'm am so thankful to her for cheating!!! What a blessing in disguise. A few months after leaving, i met an amazing woman thru mutual friends. It was her husband who my ex was shacking up with. We never would have met if not for our cheating spouses.

We became friends, then so much more and we are still happily together.she and i had been the major breadwinners in our former relationships. We sent a thank you card to our exes.

Our exes found out and were furious. By now they had figured out that each other was a brokeass liar with nothing. They knew we had all the money. We bought our dream house and are very happy. They are still broke and word is they are miserable.

Her kids still beg me for money but i remind them they have a mom, a dad and a stepdad so good luck with that

Karma is indeed a bitch.

Glorious for me. Didn’t even have a lawyer cause the ex and I were normal humans.

Mine cost me about $200,000 for the property settlement, and $1400.00 per month in child support for 15 years, but no alimony. The life I have lived since since getting divorced 22 years ago has been better than i could have imagined making the divorce worth every penny.

How did you get out of CS?

If you're career military you're fricked. Wife will get full custody since you deploy a lot, she'll get half your pension, most of what's left of your pension will go to child support. Not counting lawyer fees and losing half your savings as well.

There's a reason we've had a shite ton of mid-career NCOs off themselves recently...pretty much lose everything they've sacrificed for and only thing they have left is another deployment or RAF mission to look forward to.