by Spouses Anonymous | Mar 28, 2024 | Healing, Independence, Relationships, Self Care
My beds and desk have arrived. I make my bed and flop on it like a kid. I do not know if it is a flash or for real, but right now I feel happy. I set my telework equipment up and arranged my desk. I am back at work. My apartment is completely furnished. My paid-off...
by Spouses Anonymous | Mar 21, 2024 | Healing, Independence, Relationships, Self Care
We unloaded and returned the U-Haul on time. Back at the apartment, I surveyed a maze of marked boxes and an ungodly amount of work yet to be done. My mood swung from one extreme to the other. I marveled at the first sunset at my new apartment but grieved the last...
by Spouses Anonymous | Mar 14, 2024 | Marriage, Moving Forward, Relationships, Self Care
My spouse tried to smooth over his abusive behavior with his usual tactics. I listened and looked him in the eye while he played the victim and blamed me. He finished, and I told him: this is the last straw; I’m leaving and filing for divorce. I saw the muscles in his...
by Spouses Anonymous | Mar 7, 2024 | Marriage, Moving Forward, Relationships, Self Care
I took the day off from work for no reason other than I wanted to. My spouse worked in the field, and I was sipping coffee and watching a movie in my recliner. We were in truce mode, and my spirits were good. I planned an afternoon of taking a walk and browsing the...
by Spouses Anonymous | Feb 29, 2024 | Marriage, Moving Forward, Relationships, Self Care
Even though I continue to build my savings account, my spouse is better off financially, and I asked him to leave, but enraged, he told me: this is my house! We didn’t revisit our tabled conversation about rekindling our marriage; we continued the cycle of truce, hot...
