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- Path: sparky!uunet!gumby!destroyer!news.iastate.edu!bron
- From: bron@iastate.edu (bronwyn)
- Subject: The ending of relationships
- Message-ID: <Bxwno0.JDq@news.iastate.edu>
- Originator: bron@aviator.cc.iastate.edu
- Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 09:28:47 GMT
- Lines: 34
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- Recently I've seen a few postings here about the ending of
- relationships, so here's another one :)
-
- After spending only a year married, I'm getting divorced. It's harder
- to do than I thought it would be. I figured that since we'd only been
- married a short time, it would be easier now than later. I think maybe
- I was a bit wrong :) It was very hard for me to come to grips with
- wanting a divorce after being married such a short time. I kept telling
- myself "Maybe if I had just stuck it out a while longer..." One of the
- hardest things for me to deal with was the reactions of my friends and
- family. I had kept our problems secret (Who wants to admit that a 2
- month old marriage is falling apart?) and there was a lot of shock all
- around. His family members believed I was only ever out to to take
- advantage of him, and mine thought I was being childish.
-
- I started seeing a counselor a few months ago, and she recommended a
- book by the name of Uncoupling. It's a non-biased survey of the
- endings of all kinds of relationships, and the feelings that go along
- with it. It talks about the grieving process, and the "secrets". It
- deals specifically with many of the issues I was having trouble with. I
- finished the book a couple days ago, and today I woke up feeling like
- maybe things were going to go okay for me. I talked to my ?husband?,
- and feel much better about my decision than I have in the past. That
- book pointed out a lot of things to me, good and bad, but I think it
- helped me feel better about my decision. Has anyone else seen it?
-
- Two months ago I wasn't sure I'd ever reach this point of acceptance
- of myself and my actions. Today I feel like I'm starting the long road
- back to being myself.
-
- Thanks for listening.
-
- bron
-