Things you didn't think you'd need to buy when you got divorced.

[Estherpologist]

So as soon as the divorce cheque gets written, I'm going to need to buy a sofa. And a toaster. And household cleaning products. And god knows what else.

What did you have to buy when you moved out after a divorce that you hadn't thought about before? (This wasn't quite the list I was looking for!)

Everything 😕

ExH simultaneously wanted me to have everything (so he didn't have the bother of moving it) and didn't want me to have anything (prevented any access, refused to engage).

It was SO bloody worth it!

Petrol for the lawnmower.
New electric lawn mower.
Lightbulbs. Esp car headlight ones which are def worth having in the house.
Coffee machine
Vaccum cleaner

I just bought a 100 piece screwdriver set from Aldi, never thought I'd be excited about buying my own screwdrivers

Drill
Saw
A 🐈
Loads of celebratory alcohol

I will have to install attic stairs as he was too miserable to get them installed and I am not going to do the awkward maneuver he used to jump in. Strangely excited.

I bought my own toolkit and a ladder as I no longer have someone here to reach high places for me!

A hairdryer. My ex was bald yet refused to part with my expensive hair dryer that had been a present from him. It supposedly went missing when I was packing and was then supposedly thrown out as broken a few months after I moved out.

I would have needed to buy lots more new items if I'd not stood up for myself and reclaimed my pre-relationship stuff from our shared home.

My ex tried to keep my expensive toolkit and screwdriver set and palm off his own shitty stuff onto me, he was most annoyed to have to give up my sister's ladder, barbeque and garden equipment, my dvds, cds and 'presents' he'd nominally given to me for Christmas and birthdays but were what he wanted himself.

He then tried to palm off some of his unwanted shit, claim I wouldn't let him help me or accept his friendly approach and also claims that I'd taken 'everything'

(I only took stuff that belonged to me -pre relationship or that I'd been gifted or paid for by my own money). It seemed like everything that was his - was his unless he didn't want it. Anything that was mine - he had a right to!

Diy kit

I had to buy a car and still need to buy a laptop, tv and a printer. I’ve kept the rest including screwdrivers. I can so relate to this thread though, I’m also going to have to install stairs for the attic at some point and a few other things 🙈

Tool kit
A proper chef knife

So tools seem to be the big one then.
I think I'll be OK.🙂

I bought a bottle of champagne! 🥂🍾

I kept most of the household stuff, but gave him back all the cheap towels, bedding etc that he had brought with him when we got married.

Toolbox!