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I feel judged for being divorced..

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HappyPeach · 10/09/2022 19:44

I seem to live in an area where hardly anyone ever gets divorced. I've had comments about being a single mum even though my dc are grown. I don't have a new partner so I can't hide in the snugness of having someone there for me. I didn't want to get divorced, I was put in a situation where I had no choice. My ex was gay and he wasn't out. So our mutual friends think I'm a bitch for leaving him. I don't think he'll ever have a new partner because his culture forbids homosexuality. I know a few people in really shite relationships too but they don't yet have the balls to leave. I don't know why I'm posting really. I'm just fed up. It took super human strength to get through divorce as I'm sure many of you know.

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Hopeandlove · 10/09/2022 19:46

I was and then in my sons WA group now 4 of the 10 are divorced just got told about one today

SallyAnn32 · 10/09/2022 19:48

I completely get where you're coming from

MaryJoLisa · 10/09/2022 19:49

I don't know if I have been, it isn't something I have noticed or would care about, but I'm sorry you have and feel down about it.

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Sanmiguelbeard · 10/09/2022 19:51

Ah OP I had similar with my school mum friends. 2 years in and they have realised I’m not going to steal their husbands and are back inviting me to stuff …

Vallmo47 · 10/09/2022 20:32

That’s disgusting behaviour towards you OP and you don’t want such losers in your life anyway. Marriage and relationships in general sometimes end, that’s life.

Beezknees · 10/09/2022 20:55

Hi OP, I've never been married but I was pregnant at 17 and had a baby at 18 and have been a single parent for most of DC's life so I know what it's like to be judged. Nobody has a perfect life and nobody has the right to judge you.

Flopisfatteningbingforchristmas · 10/09/2022 20:56

Feel judged or are being judged?

Cupofteaonesugar · 10/09/2022 21:31

I know what you mean. I was with my ex for almost ten yet but our marriage was very short.
I feel very judged... like a failure.
I'm now a single mum, I have to claim a UC top up on my wage and I'm living with my parents. I feel so inadequate to everyone else around me :(

SallyAnn32 · 23/09/2022 19:08

Sanmiguelbeard · 10/09/2022 19:51

Ah OP I had similar with my school mum friends. 2 years in and they have realised I’m not going to steal their husbands and are back inviting me to stuff …

This what happened with me! Talk about kicking someone when they're down

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