Posted on 01/03/2022 11:46:20 AM PST by C19fan
had wanted, I thought, soapstone counters and a farmhouse sink. I had wanted an island and a breakfast nook and two narrow, vertical cabinets on either side of the stove; one could be for cutting boards and one could be for baking sheets. I followed a cabinetry company called Plain English on Instagram and screenshotted its pantries, which came in paint colors like Kipper and Boiled Egg. Plain English cost a fortune, but around a corner in the back of its New York showroom you could check out the budget version, called British Standard. But it cost a fortune too. I wished there was a budget British Standard. I wished there was a room behind that room, the cabinets getting flimsier and flimsier until a door opened and let me back into my own shitty American kitchen, just as it was.
My husband talked to the architect; my husband talked to the builder. And I kept paring the plans down, down, making them cheaper, making them simpler. I nixed the island and found a stainless-steel worktable at a restaurant-supply store online for $299. I started fantasizing about replacing the counters with two-by-fours on sawhorses and hanging the pots from nails on the wall. Slowly, I realized, I didn’t want this kitchen. Slowly, I realized, I didn’t want this life.
I didn’t want to renovate. I wanted to get divorced.
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Democrat women suck the soul out of a man and somehow think they’re the one being mistreated.
I feel like I need a shower after reading that.
Ick.
Selfish and self centered people shouldn’t get married.
What an absolute _unt. Rhymes with bunt.
I guess the guy is lucky to be rid of her most of the time.
wholly carp what a load of mediocre, self serving drivel.
Weird.
I knew a couple of women like that. They had beautiful families and husbands who adored them. And then decided something was missing, they wanted more. Selfish is the only way to describe them.
A home-improvement story [A Divorce Story]
Sometimes a divorce is a home improvement.
Sucks to be you-
Sorry ya’ll, but I hit the Wifey Lottery.
Angel on Earth. Light of my life. Saviour of my soul . . .
and all of that other stuff too.
And still a Hottie after all these years, makes my heart quiver every time I see those green eyes flash.
Agreed!
There is wisdom in this article for those who want it all and will soon face the reality of life.
Guilty.
That’s a bad seed. Her mother didn’t have time to abort.
She may kill next time.
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She should have stayed with her husband she will have a hard time finding someone new! Hope her husband finds a drop dead gorgeous NEW gal, watch her become completely unhinged!!!
Are you sure that’s not the husband?
LOL.
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What an ugly, miserable, self-centered wretch. 3 children under 7 years old, an housekeeper and a loving husband. But she wants to “experiment”. She wants to be a child, free to explore drugs, lesbianism, art, sleeping around. She has no problem destroying her children’s lives so she doesn’t feel “trapped in the patriarchy”.
I hope the husband can find a woman who will be a better mother to these children than the narcissist they were cursed with.
Those poor children.
She was never his, it was just his turn.
Right before this article, I came across a video of 2 women discussing post-divorce relationships where one told the other, who nodded knowingly, that “it’s not a failure when the contract ends”
That tells one all they need to know about women’s attitudes toward the sanctity of marriage. 80 percent of the 80 percent of women who file for divorce do so for “feelz” totally absent of any real, existential reason.
Of course in a woman’s mind, there is no failure in ending a contract when they can break it and reward themselves in the process with the full faith and backing of misandric “family courts”.
No wonder marriage rates are hitting lows that have never been seen before.
A coworker must have been in his early eighties. The story was he tried to retire but couldn't put up with his wife. He was basically working to have a place to escape from her every day.
“His buddy said he wife divorced him some time ago and the divorce settlement was she got half his retirement. His comment was, she will never see a penny as I don’t plan to retire”
I knew a guy who joined the welder apprenticeship program in the company I used to work for. He was a lawyer. A bona fide, J.D. degreed, bar admitted, formerly practicing lawyer. I saw his J.D. diploma. He had gotten divorced and had to pay alimony based on his income. He said he was going to pay her as little as he possibly could and still support himself.
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