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STBXH wants us to host a final party together

31 replies

ItsAFriendlySplit · 14/08/2025 22:23

As my username suggests we are splitting amicably. We are both sad and it's not what we ever wanted but a split is what is best for us both. Kids have left home already so there's no issue there etc. We have been quite insistent to friends that we have no beef and there are no sides to be taken. Despite this we are finding that people are taking sides regardless and we are both finding this hurtful at a time when we both already feel quite delicate.

STBXH loves parties. He loves going to them and loves hosting them. I quite like them too.

He is going to be moving out soon and he has suggested that we have a party - like a kind of moving on party which we both host in our shared home. He wants to demonstrate that we are still friends, really good friends and that this will help people to not feel uncomfortable about being around us at all.

Is this a good idea or a bad idea. I can't really tell. How would you feel if you were invited to something like this?

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Cinaferna · 15/08/2025 07:38

I think it's a brilliant idea. It will show friends taking sides that they don't need to. You still get on, just not in a way that makes sense to spend the rest of your lives together. And that's fine. If divorcing friends of mine did that I'd feel so much more comfortable being on good terms with both of them.

Untailored · 15/08/2025 07:43

Bad idea. Incredibly awkward for your guests and makes you look like you’re trying too hard to prove something. Just deal with your friends and their behaviour individually.

Y2ker · 15/08/2025 07:50

HeddaGarbled · 14/08/2025 23:39

I think it’s all a bit Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin. No one really believes everything was hunky dory when they went on holiday together with their new partners, and your friends aren’t going to really believe you either.

I thought this 😄. Honestly OP i think it may make you feel a little sad so I would go with him hosting a party in his new place when he has settled in. Also, both of you can come up with some stock responses for dealing with people who take sides (I know what you mean as have been there).

PigletSanders · 15/08/2025 07:58

I would not go up that party. Weird AF.

TheaBrandt1 · 15/08/2025 08:11

That would break my heart! It’s just not very celebratory and might get maudlin.

My parents went to their friends big 20th wedding anniversary then they announced their split soon after. Maybe it was the same thing? Though not sure think maybe the wife didn’t know the marriage was going to end.

WellIquitelikesprouts · 15/08/2025 08:32

I agree with the housewarming party as an alternative. Your friends may not want to celebrate the end of your marriage even if you both do.

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