Recent Posts Tagged With 'separation'

• Where Did My Child Support Go?

  Posted on Tuesday April 1st, 2008 at 06:23 in divorce, separation, child support, ex husband

  Once you divorce, or have a separation agreement and are getting a regular child support, it helps, but it doesn't pay all the bills, at least not in our case. We are living on a measly monthly amount, thank goodness I work ! When we got our divor...

• An Easter Without Him

  Posted on Monday March 24th, 2008 at 07:00 in Emotions, separation, ex-spouse

  Easter came, and Easter went. Lo and behold, I am still here to tell about it. It's not like he used to be really big on Easter anyways. However, after you separate, or divorce, you have to learn how to get through holidays like Easter. Most of ...

• How Can I Pay My Bills If He Leaves?

  Posted on Tuesday February 19th, 2008 at 06:02 in separation, finances, being alone

  Not only was I afraid of being totally alone ( single with kids), I also worried about finances. How can a woman all alone make it these days? Well, it seems hard, but it CAN be done. First of all, if you haven't been working because you've been a...

• Are You Afraid Of Being Alone?

  Posted on Monday February 18th, 2008 at 07:18 in separation, infidelity, independance

  Well, to be quite honest, I was very afraid of being alone. Being on my own sounded so wonderful when I was a teen, but once I got married and left home, I became accustomed to being with someone.....having someone there when I needed them. I reall...

• Memories Of Our Past

  Posted on Sunday January 20th, 2008 at 20:07 in divorce, separation, memories

  After the breakup, comes not only the tears, but the memories. Why do we have to remember so many of the good things that we shared, and somehow push back the hurt we suffered once we have separated ? Maybe I have just supressed those bad thing...

• Learning How To "Uncouple"

  Posted on Friday January 18th, 2008 at 06:20 in divorce, separation, independance

  Learning to be alone again can be a real challenge, especially if you have been with your special someone for a very long time. You must now learn the art of sleeping alone in that big old bed, locking up your home at night, securing everything alo...

• Why Does He Still Need Me?

  Posted on Tuesday January 15th, 2008 at 22:20 in separation, searching for answers about cheating, getting through infidelity

  He cheated on me, and that tells me that he wants to be with someone else. Either that, or he thought that he could have his cake and eat it too !! He is the one who went looking for "the other woman". He is the one who stepped outside our marriag...

• Building a "New" Life

  Posted on Sunday January 13th, 2008 at 15:47 in separation, starting over

  A torn apart family can either be a time of sorrow, or a time of new beginnings. Maybe both. Sometimes we have to work through our sorrow in order to start anew. Starting new can be a good thing. Depending on your circumstances, if your partner i...

• A Family Torn Apart

  Posted on Friday January 11th, 2008 at 18:08 in separation, feelings about infidelity

  Agonizing over being apart was hard enough. Why did it have to be this way? Why couldn't we have worked out our problems, and why were they so hard to deal with anyways? It wasn't like WE had differences or really heavy duty problems. We were gett...

• Separation

  Posted on Tuesday January 8th, 2008 at 14:05 in divorce, separation

  Being separated from the one you love is really hard. Maybe it's your choice to be apart, but then again, maybe it's not what you want. Either way, now is the time for collecting your thoughts. You wonder how you got to this point. If you have c...