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Divorce/separation

Here you'll find divorce help and support from other Mners. For legal advice, you may find Advice Now guides useful.

Support thread for those divorcing against their stbex wishes

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Onlymeeeeee · 18/02/2018 19:13

Just as the title really, specifically looking for other people who initiated the process, not because there is anyone else, but because they cannot stay with the stbex.

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iamthrough · 26/03/2018 14:50

@mammymammyIRL To answer your question I don't want to put too much I go on here for fear of being identified (how's that for paranoia??) Anyway just to say he's been hideous and betrayed the final tiny piece of trust I had left for him. Can't see any immediate way out for me (we have to stay in joint house until sold for financial reasons) For the time being I'm trying to just imagine my future life and stay positive I will get there eventually.

mammymammyIRL · 26/03/2018 15:14

of course I understand iamthrough
is he accepting that ye are separating?

lovecamping · 26/03/2018 15:28

So.. I sent the email to my solicitors today to start divorce proceedings. It’s still a shock though. Trying to resist pouring myself some wine.

Vanillarose · 26/03/2018 16:10

What made you change your timetable, love camping?

lovecamping · 26/03/2018 16:47

After a crap weekend and finally realising he hasn’t changed his behaviour or mindset. Still living a single mans life with no desire to change. His bloody half-hearted attempts to say sorry but makes no effort. Can’t & wont do it anymore. Bastard!

I’m still in shock..

mammymammyIRL · 26/03/2018 17:07

camping good luck Flowers

Helpnow1 · 26/03/2018 19:27

Why on earth are they all so arrogant that they can't seem to understand we really don't want them around?! Reading all your recent posts is weird, so many men not willing to leave!
The limbo period living in the same house is really horrible. I wish we all had magic wands (or time machines - to go straight to the future).

Helpnow1 · 26/03/2018 19:28

mammymammyIRL, that new cross stitch is hilarious!

Helpnow1 · 26/03/2018 19:31

Lovecamping, did you resist the wine? I ate about a million wine gums today when I was feeling down, sweets are my vice Blush

lovecamping · 26/03/2018 19:41

I did manage to resist the booze but about to cry on friends shoulder so bring it on 😂🍾🍾

Sod’s law my solicitor doesn’t work in Monday’s but i’m hoping for a good reply tmw. I’m ready 🙅🏻‍♀️

Helpnow1 · 26/03/2018 21:12

lovecamping I hope you feel a lot better after talking it out with your friend. Good luck with your solicitor. I'm ringing mine tomorrow.

Borris · 26/03/2018 22:34

I'm the one moving out as my h won't. But tbh a fresh start in a fresh house suits. Plus he chose most the furniture etc so it's been quite liberating choosing myself. And our house is good for his work but not mine nor school.

He's angry I'm moving out as I've made the decision 'without involving him'. His words. No he wanted us to stay in same house. I wanted to be in separate houses. He wouldn't move out so decision made

Borris · 26/03/2018 22:35

Camping and helpnow. Hope your soliciting appointments go well

iamthrough · 26/03/2018 22:54

@mammymammyIRL Yes I think he is now accepting..... at least I think so. I think continuing to be in the same house is causing more harm than good. Started looking into possibly renting today. I'm really scared if I rent.... it will eat up all my savings then I'll not be able to afford to buy later.... scary stuff.

@ilovecamping.... you go girl. You've made a big step today so a glass of something naughty is deserved.

Tomorrow is another day everyone!

sassylittlesunflower · 26/03/2018 23:16

Flowers Wine Gin Cake Brew to everyone on this thread. May I come aboard?

I printed out the D8 form earlier and have completed it as a rough draft. I've wanted the divorce for few years now because the relationship died a long time ago. H will never acknowledge the truth of that or accept it though. Just keeps telling me he loves me and doesn't want a divorce. Hmm. Yes, well I no longer love him, haven't for ages, and am sick to death of his behaviour. We haven't slept in the same bed for years. Live like housemates. We have had no social life for years but he's always pursued his own hobbies and their associated social events. Never shown an interest in mine.

This past weekend his behaviour was truly appalling and he didn't like me challenging him so threw a massive tantrum and hasn't spoken to me since - going so far as to stay upstairs and even take food up there. Manchild.

I have the form but not sure if or when I would complete it as there is a SN family member I need to also consider. I just wish I had left years ago when I had the chance but you get so beaten down mentally and emotionally and start to doubt yourself and question whether or not you're being unreasonable.

One thing I know for sure. If and when I do get out of this, you couldn't pay me enough to marry again. That not tarring all men with the same brush, just I would not and will not put myself through this again. Ever.

Hope everyone is feeling okay tonight. Thank you OP for starting this thread.

Borris · 27/03/2018 08:38

Hey sassy. Welcome. Man child really sums them up. Have you spoken to anyone in rl? Telling a few close friends even just. Small amt of what had gone on and then seeing their shocked reactions totally reassured me that I was not the unreasonable one!

mammymammyIRL · 27/03/2018 10:31

sassy I echo what borris says, telling some people some of the incidents definitely helps. I've not told them the worst of it at all, but telling them made it real and made sure I'd continue with the separation journey

MissTeBe · 27/03/2018 12:15

I am Further down this long road than you ladies but do stay strong. Sadly, for most of you, it will probably get worse before I gets better
My told my ex that we were over in June 2015. He wanted to try to stay in the same house for financial reasons and I stupidly agreed
I finally applied for the divorce in March 2017........he refused to sign it for months
He finally did sign it (along with the sale of the family home). The divorce was granted at the beginning of this year

I am now in a house with our children and he isn’t allowed in

Life is great now (as long as I ignore the rants from him about how selfish I am)

Feel free to message me if you are struggling

Stay strong!

Vanillarose · 27/03/2018 13:09

MissTeBe thanks for dropping in to see us! Can you tell us a bit about how things went after you agreed to live together for financial reasons? We're in this position but stbex says he won't leave the house under any circumstances!! It is not going well...

And also, when did your ex finally accept it was over?

mammymammyIRL · 27/03/2018 17:03

@MissTeBe thanks for your post. I feel like we have already been living in the house separately for a couple of years now, but that we didn't admit it to ourselves.

I don't think it's the way forward now though, feel like it's not making our separation official at all both to ourselves and the children and the outside world.

sassylittlesunflower · 28/03/2018 00:33

Thank you all for the welcome. No, I haven't told anyone what's been going on, though I think family members on my side may suspect the truth. I'm the soldiering-on type who usually holds everyone and everything else together but lately I've just shrugged and told them they need to sort their own stuff out.

H always claimed to be a 'private' person, which is why I've never discussed any aspect of our relationship or his behaviour with anyone else and in spite of everything I didn't want to betray him by discussing our problems with outsiders. However I have come to realise that he isn't 'private' so much as he's just anti-social and simply doesn't want the truth about him coming out.

We had a spectacular scene last night when he furiously tore up the form I had printed out and hurled the pieces toward me, then jumped up and literally roared at me to get out. He was so angry I thought for a moment he was going to hit me, which he's never done, and I know it solves nothing but if he had laid a hand on me, he would have come off worse. I've changed in ways I never imagined I could or would and he knows that this time I will not back down. I think that scares him. I think that like many men (not all) he's afraid of being left to manage himself and his own life and he needs a maid and someone to blame when things go wrong. I just printed off another form Grin

I can tell he is not liking the fact that I'm just going about my business as usual, uncaring whether he speaks to me or not, and actually enjoying my own company. I think it's all making him feel off-kilter.

I removed my rings today with no intention of putting them back on. As far as I'm concerned, their removal is symbolic to me of removing the shackles that have held me bound these past years. I know there's a long road ahead and that the journey will not be an easy one but nevertheless I am already free in my heart and mind and that is making a huge difference.

Heads up, ladies. We're strong. We can do this. All of us.

Onlymeeeeee · 28/03/2018 06:33

You write beautifully, @sassylittlesunflower

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Borris · 28/03/2018 07:59

Yes sassy. That's a sad but uplifting post. Full of confidence and hope for the future.

I'd encourage you to talk to people. Like you my family had already suspected. Half my friends did too. And most of those i classs as his friends seemed on my side. Even ourvicar said that he thought h would be hard to live with.

I have a great line. If he's talking down to you or being rude or shouting just say calmly "I can see you're upset about this and I do want to sort this out. But I cannot allow you to speak to me like this".

It drives my h wild!!!!

Bookvan · 28/03/2018 08:03

Can I join too?
I've been unhappy for a couple years, but no so bad that it was worth rocking the boat but we ended up having a chat a few months ago Where I told him how miserable I was. He made all the right noises but did nothing to sort the issues. A week later he text me to say he was moving out. He's currently in temp accommodation and hating it and is pushing to sell the house. I've refused because it'll mean moving away from kids schools and I won't get a mortgage. So he just turns up and I get a diatribe of what an awful bitch I am and how he's suffering and I'm not thinking about him. Well no, I'm thinking about the kids.

Borris · 28/03/2018 08:11

Hi book and welcome. Deffo speak to a sol. I don't think he can force you out like that.
I'm moving out and my sol said in an ideal world I'd sit it out. But as moneys not my biggest factor I decided to prioritise my mental health. She said that the courts main aim is to make sure that no ones homeless. So if he's got a rental to live in then you become the priority. And keeping the kids at school
Has to be a priority for stability for them.