Well here’s one. My ex-wife dumped me after 17 years for a computer repairman she met on the Internet. I tried to hold it together but to no avail.
I feel I owe him a big debt of gratitude. She was a stay at home toxic wife and I never even got to enjoy the trophy wife part. She was heavy when I married her and only got bigger, I mean really huge and serious.
She exhibited all the characteristics of a toxic wife in the article except the part being preoccupied with her appearance; she couldn’t even muster the energy for that.
The spousal and child support was a small price to pay to end those dark years of despair and trepidation.
The stupid part is that as a conservative I took my vows, responsibility and commitments seriously and unhappy as I was, I would have never left her.
sometimes these things are blessings, and the fact you can see it that way is great. The same thing happened to my friend. He was in a terrible marriage. I really think the girls was a bit nuts. But he would have stayed. He truly is a nice guy. He wanted a family, but she didn't. She always got her way. Anway, about four years ago, she ran away with a younger guy and my friend was devastated. Everyone in the neighborhood knew but him. I kept telling him that when God closed one door, he opens another. Well, he fell for a family friend that he had known for awhile. She was much younger as well...and she had a kid. But it turned out great. He's married now, has another child with her and could not be happier.
The ex-wife? Living at home with her parents.