Moving on after marriage?

[Amylaura15]

I’m looking for some positive stories of moving on after a marriage has ended..bonus points if you have a young child!

My marriage has ended..I’m 26 & have a 16 month old daughter. I want to keep hope that I’ll eventually find someone else & maybe even have another child eventually but I feel like I’ll never meet anyone else. Obviously in no rush but I need some positive stories!

Oh OP, im sorry you're going through this. My marriage ended when I was 23, with a 3y and 13m old. It took me a long time, about 5 years, but I finally found an amazing man. He adores me and the kids, and treats me like a queen. The kids love him and see him as a father figure, particularly because the loser I married doesn't have much to do with them. Everyone always told me I'd meet someone but I never believed. After 5 years of absolutely no male attention I figured that part of my life was over, and he just came in and slotted into that empty space like it was made for him. There is someone out there who will make you feel this way

Left my husband at 35, was married for 12 years. My children were 5, ,6 and 7. Six weeks later met a lovely man and still together 8 years later.

You're 26, relax.

Oh gosh it hurts.
I'm 48 and with a DD just a few years older than yours. I wanted to say "don't be ridiculous you've so much time left when obviously mine has all run out."
But then I realised we feel exactly the same and it actually made me put things in perspective.
There's a whole lot more life out there waiting for you and it might feature someone and it might not. But there are going to be some good things, some rotten ones and some amazing ones.
Time to concentrate on you and making life work for you and if someone else comes along it's a bonus.
But not to downplay how scary it is too.