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My divorce is one of those things. A difficult situation, a time in my life filled with such uncertainty and worries, that played a role in the reshaping of me as a woman. By the time my divorce finalized, I had moved beyond a place of being bitter. Instead, I allowed the situation to help make me better. Beautiful things came out of what on the outside might have been perceived as an end. A new sense of hope, self-worth, and determination already in the works long before the last of the paperwork had been signed was evident. My life was different now — not worse, but better.
In retrospect, I believe my divorce made me an even better wife to my husband than I would have been. Now, I’m not saying that you have to have an ex-spouse to be a great spouse. What I am saying is that you have the ability to make the most of a difficult situation. You can decide to allow your divorce to make you bitter, or you can allow it to make you better. Here’s how mine did the latter:
It’s like when people say “I’ve babysat a lot so I konw what it’s like to have kids” NO YOU DONT.
Well, they may not have a 100% idea of what it’s like, but they certainly have a better idea than people who’ve never taken care of a child. Which brings me back to my point. You can drill it down and disagree all you like. You’re discrediting the experience entirely simply because you don’t agree. Fine, don’t agree. But it’s not clear WHAT barometer you use, so I don’t understand why you have such a hard time processing the idea that it’s possible I make valid points.
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JS says:
February 13, 2012 at 4:50 pm
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My divorce is one of those things. A difficult situation, a time in my life filled with such uncertainty and worries, that played a role in the reshaping of me as a woman. By the time my divorce finalized, I had moved beyond a place of being bitter. Instead, I allowed the situation to help make me better. Beautiful things came out of what on the outside might have been perceived as an end. A new sense of hope, self-worth, and determination already in the works long before the last of the paperwork had been signed was evident. My life was different now — not worse, but better.
In retrospect, I believe my divorce made me an even better wife to my husband than I would have been. Now, I’m not saying that you have to have an ex-spouse to be a great spouse. What I am saying is that you have the ability to make the most of a difficult situation. You can decide to allow your divorce to make you bitter, or you can allow it to make you better. Here’s how mine did the latter:
It’s like when people say “I’ve babysat a lot so I konw what it’s like to have kids” NO YOU DONT.
Well, they may not have a 100% idea of what it’s like, but they certainly have a better idea than people who’ve never taken care of a child. Which brings me back to my point. You can drill it down and disagree all you like. You’re discrediting the experience entirely simply because you don’t agree. Fine, don’t agree. But it’s not clear WHAT barometer you use, so I don’t understand why you have such a hard time processing the idea that it’s possible I make valid points.
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JS says:
February 13, 2012 at 4:50 pm