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Coping with Divorce or Separation

babydollhead

(2,261 posts) Fri Mar 26, 2021, 11:24 PM Mar 2021

so just wondered if anyone has lived through this, and how

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anybody here? I just got dumped via email from my husband of 30 years [View all] babydollhead Mar 2021 OP

Not exactly in that manner but I lived through a divorce Boydog Mar 2021 #1

thank you babydollhead Mar 2021 #19

I'm so sorry this happened to you soothsayer Mar 2021 #2

I was blindsided. babydollhead Mar 2021 #20

what a terribly shitty thing for him to do. Dyedinthewoolliberal Mar 2021 #4

it was out of the blue babydollhead Mar 2021 #18

I am Sorry Mary in S. Carolina Mar 2021 #5

Dumped by email - that is cold and cowardly. Marie Marie Mar 2021 #8

Getting bad or upsetting email is disgusting CountAllVotes Jul 1 #37

sending hugs to you,,,, KarenS Mar 2021 #9

In my case it took two years to get over it Cicada Mar 2021 #10

What the fuck? vercetti2021 Mar 2021 #11

Happened to me 10 years ago after 40 years of marriage zeusdogmom Mar 2021 #12

Wow. I'm going through a breakup right now too. Lunabell Mar 2021 #13

Maybe I'm just old... -misanthroptimist Mar 2021 #14

Oh geez that is terrible. PortTack Mar 2021 #15

Sending you 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 MLAA Mar 2021 #17

2 weeks before Christmas got a note in the mail box. multigraincracker Mar 2021 #21

I got shanked after 30 years. CentralMass Mar 2021 #22

thank you. babydollhead Mar 2021 #27

thank you. babydollhead Mar 2021 #29

I bet it is scary. Sorry that this happened to you. JanMichael May 2024 #33

I'm so sorry AwakeAtLast Mar 2021 #26

that is so horrible what happened to you. babydollhead Mar 2021 #28

My first marriage lasted less than nine months. RipVanWinkle Jun 2022 #30

thank you babydollhead Jun 2022 #31

there is a lot to say about this, but I'll keep it to the point. Layzeebeaver Mar 2024 #32

I don't regret the divorce, I regret the time wasted... Theresa Santini Oct 2024 #34

Well, that's sh!tty Schlocko Nov 2024 #35

Thank you. babydollhead Dec 2024 #36