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Coping with Divorce or Separation

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)

18. While it didn't happen to me

Reply to elleng (Reply #16)

Mon Dec 12, 2011, 03:19 PM

Dec 2011

I've seen and heard of enough examples of grown children reacting and behaving very badly to parental divorce to be saddened, but not surprised.

My sons are now 24 and 29 (as of two weeks from now). The divorce started in about 2007. While my ex behaved badly in terms of how he left me, and subsequent struggles over money, from everything you've said he was maybe ten percent as bad as your ex. I was lucky.

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We have an agreement, signed and sealed, first payment w/in 5-10 days, [View all] elleng Dec 2011 OP

i am going on waiting 18 months for my divorce to go through reggie the dog Dec 2011 #1

Yes, reggie, drawn out divorces suck! elleng Dec 2011 #6

can only offer my support maddezmom Dec 2011 #2

Thanks, maddezmom, elleng Dec 2011 #5

Took me more than a year to get mine over with - Should have taken 90 days. cliffordu Dec 2011 #3

Sorry to hear of your trials, cliffordu, elleng Dec 2011 #4

Time to celebrate and move on in so many ways. mia Dec 2011 #7

Thanks SO MUCH, mia, elleng Dec 2011 #8

Glad to see you smile! mia Dec 2011 #9

Could be worse! sce56 Dec 2011 #10

OMG, sce, elleng Dec 2011 #11

You know I tried to take the high road I never pushed for support sce56 Dec 2011 #12

Good to hear your decision forced her to behave reasonably, elleng Dec 2011 #13

Nope it is still a nightmare. sce56 Dec 2011 #14

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT about that! elleng Dec 2011 #17

I am just so grateful that my two sons SheilaT Dec 2011 #15

Good, that, SheilaT, but daughters are old enough they should be handling this b.s. better, imo. elleng Dec 2011 #16

While it didn't happen to me SheilaT Dec 2011 #18