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- From: dianat@redsun.pps.rain.com (Diana Thompson)
- Subject: Re: Need Divorce support
- Message-ID: <1992Aug13.162616.2929@redsun.pps.rain.com>
- Organization: Research and Evaluation Dept. Portland Public Schools, Portland Oregon.
- References: <2A894112.30A7@tct.com>
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- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 16:26:16 GMT
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- lenore@tct.com (Lenore Cook) writes:
-
- >I will soon be asking my husband for a divorce. We have been together
- >seven years and married since April 1991. I suppose I just want
- >some encouragement that I won't be viewed as "damaged goods" in the
- >single world.
-
- There is a line in a song that I like. It says, "If we give our love
- and it ends up broken, maybe we did not fail, maybe we were just
- growing." That has been a good reminder to me that having a marriage
- or relationship end doesn't indicate failure.
-
- The transition from married to single is a difficult one. I recommend
- help from a therapist, some kind of group work on ending relationships,
- or something else to help you get through the first parts of the
- change. You may be seen as "damaged goods" by some in the single
- world. If that is the case, that is their problem. You may lose some
- friends in this change -- but you will gain new ones too. Expect
- to be "crazy" for a year or so -- we all are. Be nice to yourself -
- don't expect that you will be "fine" and that you can just zip
- through this as tho' it were nothing. It's not inconsequential.
-
- I've been married and divorced twice. It isn't something that I am
- proud of, but it is part of my life. I've learned lots through it
- all. Over the last six years I've learned lots about being single.
- I have a large group of single friends who are very important to me.
- We cry on each other's shoulders and cheer each other on. All things
- being equal, I would rather be in a stable relationship, but I
- know that not having a realationship is better than having a bad one.
-
- Don't worry about being viewed as "damaged". Worry instead about
- taking care of yourself and finding a group of single friends who
- know what it is like to live single and enjoy it and how to be
- in relationships. For me, I would much rather date a man who has
- been married and divorced or at least been in a long term serious
- relationship than one who has never been able to make that kind of
- commitment.
-
- Good luck in this transition.
-
- -Diana
-
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- Diana Thompson dianat@redsun.pps.rain.com
- Portland Public Schools (usual disclaimer here)
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