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divorce over i should be ok right?

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greenberet · 27/04/2017 07:49

but im not im struggling - finally got to end after 2.5 years of extremely acrimious process in which i feel i have been massively let down by legal system and "fucked" over by X. im having to face moving away as I can no longer afford to live where i am - kids having to change schools at the same time because he says he can no longer afford to pay school fees despite earning in excess of £100k. ive referred myself to talking space because my mood is dropping daily - i have a long term history of depression as it is and have been under the MH team. I fought a hard case but im asking myself what was the point - i only did it for the kids and I didnt achieve what they deserve. I spent most of monday on the phone to CMS trying to get payments sorted but he has told them he pays me although what he has told them is my token salary from the company we owned together which will stop now as he has dismissed me - everything I have to deal with is a mess because of the obstruction he causes - yet he has got away with it the lies because he is a high functioning professional. I am fed up of having to deal with the kids abuse to me when they come back from him - now i know why - he is on another holiday - he tells them he is justified because i had a break away - mine was a last minute attempt to stop myself going over the edge - his will have been planned for months. I dont mean to sound sorry for myself - i have a lot to be grateful for - but i am just so fed up of struggling - always trying to do the right thing and seemingly getting nowhere for it. what concerns me more is he has gone on holiday to a place i have been considering for months but changed my mind due to it being too hot - he has never liked the sun - or so he said - and im wondering if somehow he is able to access what i am looking at - he stalks me on here - it seems too much to be a coincidence and he has form for doing this before. i know this will get better just feeling really down.

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noodles44 · 27/04/2017 08:05

You sound like you are doing really well, leaving is so difficult, especially someone who is obstructive and not playing fair. I can relate to the struggle and also the possibility of moving due to not being able to afford to live where you were. I am separated and a year down the line expected I would feel much happier by now. I am very anxious & down as cannot see the end in sight. That said I am happier to not live in an oppressive atmosphere any more. Be kind to yourself. This process is a lot more draining than I ever imagined. Just be glad you don't have to live with him now & everything else will slot into place in time.

greenberet · 27/04/2017 08:18

thanks noodles that is what i needed to hear - just that someone else recognises the struggle - the oppressive atmosphere - yes - i didn't realise this was what i was living under - i am "freerer" when i dont have to deal with anything to do with him but guess there will always be some aspect of this due to the kids. be kind to yourself too x

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springydaffs · 27/04/2017 08:49

I also, back in the day, fought an extremely hard battle - and lost on every front. The bitch judge actually laughed at me in the courtroom and gave smarmy pants everything, down to not paying for cello lessons. After the court case I walked home, a good 5 miles, in heels. I was utterly traumatised. It was a bleak, bleak time.

But that was then and this is now. I kept the kids, that was the important thing. Ex is dead, died horribly in an accident. He abused me until the day he died, endless stunts one way or another, on and on and on...

You have to accept it. I know, I know, it's hard. Give yourself time to get over the shock and trauma, let it roll through. Good you have therapeutic support but keep your eye out for the point it's time to take up the reins again and go for that life thing. That is, YOUR life.

Ok the smarmy bastard has won a big victory but he hasn't won your life. That's yours, to do with what you will. Yes there are constraints but there is space, a lot of space, to carve out your own life. And fly.

Be good to your sweet self. He isn't God. He doesn't have the power to take your life. He's a sad little individual, you don't have to be Flowers

greenberet · 27/04/2017 10:04

springy you have made me cry - your pain still comes through - but your words are wise - your x got his comeuppance in the end his life cut short - i know my kids are the important thing always have been always will be and I used to think I wasn't maternal!

"Be good to your sweet self" - thank you x

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DoIDontIhavethetalk · 27/04/2017 10:04

What springydaffs said.

I've been through this twice, my children's father's have made them homeless each time, they took pretty much everything apart from the children. One refuses to pay CS and there's nothing I can do about it.

It is hard dealing with people like this BUT your ex has set you free (it just doesn't feel like that right now)

Hunker down, keep in touch with your friends and family, lick your wounds (but not for too long) and then get back out into that big wide world that is full of opportunity without the weight of a nasty partner to drag you down

greenberet · 11/05/2017 08:59

I'm struggling I can feel my mood sinking each day. I have been referred for more counselling. The X finally coughed up for his kids £916 for 10 months - he should be paying this monthly - i need to get some paperwork together for CMS and for tax credits but I can't get myself motivated. The kids start their GCSE,s in 2 weeks I'm trying to keep it together for them but go back to bed once they have left for school. Even the sun being out which normally gets me going is not working. My house is a mess the kids rooms are a mess - I tidy up - they trash it again and when I ask them to do something all they say is it doesn't matter right now -this makes me feel worse - everything feels pointless right now. I'm shutting myself off I know the signs - I want to snap out of it but I can't - my blood pressure is high I'm having to have a monitor fitted next week - I know this is stress. It's not over yet I have to sort out the kids new school and deal with the repercussions and then face a house move all the time knowing in the back of my mind that the judge said I have to go back to work in a couple of years - where am I going to get the strength to deal with this when I can't even get out of bed right now - just needed to get the thoughts out my head

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Hermonie2016 · 11/05/2017 09:09

One step at a time.Have you seen a GP as your mood seems low.

Do one thing today..no matter how small as it will move you forwards.Perhaps it's the finances.
Do you have any friends or family support?

Definitely try and go for a walk today, no matter how short it will help.

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