What did you do when your divorce came through?

[BearFacedCheekGrylls]

It’s my ten year wedding anniversary in a few days. Or it would have been.

my first thought was eat, second was shop but as I’m a stone overweight and living beyond my means I need some new habits!

If you're happy - celebrate,
If you're sad - distract yourself/ keep busy, do something nice for yourself

It’s a real mixture of emotions but your advice is good.

it was so long after we'd separated (6 years or so) I was pretty meh by then. I don't remember doing anything.

Maybe I will have a bottle of champagne tonight to celebrate. We'd have been married 33 years come this august if we'd stayed together. Blimey!

My ex celebrated by getting married a week later in Costa Rica 😂

Show off.

I was just glad it was all over I think, probably had too much wine and lots of crisps.

Do whatever feels satisfying!

My divorce is going to be over in October and I plan to have a night out to celebrate the freedom 😂

i might try and organise a party

raise a glass @LadyGardenersQuestionTime

@Caminante i do wonder whether he will marry his girlfriend anytime soon

I went on holiday with new partner. My divorce did drag on for over 2 years though.

I wished I'd known - I got the decree absolute in the post about 4 days after it was granted and I wished I had known on the day so I'd had the extra 4 days of joy!!

Yesterday would have been my Ruby wedding anniversary of I had stayed married to xh. Divorced after 20 years. Been married to second DH 17 years in June.

Went yay, told my live in Partner it was finalised and moved on.

I'd waited 2 years...

I had a party. Best night ever!

I’m going to book an expensive hotel room with my bf, drink champagne and have lots of sex! 😉

My divorce may come through around August, a month before my birthday.

So I'm going to have a party back in my old home town of Brighton (where it all began before we moved away) but keep it quiet on social media because of my kids and I don't want to upset anyone. Including my Ex.

It's been an epic process and I've still got to get the Financial order through court which worries me.

But it will be such a relief and I want to celebrate my freedom. With my friends.

I cried a bit when the decree absolute came through, which I wasn't expecting at all. Some of the pain of having a failed marriage still resides in me, but my life and my ex's are so much better now.

I went out for dinner with my then bf (now my DH). He bought champagne to celebrate.

(Caveat ... he was not responsible for the break up of my marriage!)

Ate Mac and cheese, felt overwhelmed with relief and went to bed early.

My (now - not then) husband, my sister and my BIL shared a bottle of champagne at the kitchen table as the divorce had taken WAAAAAAAY longer than it should have (solicitors dragged it out) My ex and I left the court chatting, and with a "see you at the weekend when you pick up the kids"

Had a bottle of champagne and ate steak on the rocks in Covent Garden with my boyfriend. It was a very bittersweet day.

I'd checked out of the marriage even before initiating divorce proceedings, and then it had dragged on for ages because my XH seemed to think that if he made it as difficult as possible for me to divorce him I'd give up and keep being his meal ticket, so when the actual Decree Absolute came through I was just a little relieved. Not sad except for the way such a promising relationship had gone down the pan for reasons I couldn't have predicted, and I didn't think it was anything to celebrate.

Mine came through 5 months to the day I left exh, didn't bother me one bit because I had mentally checked out of the marriage ages before. I was married just 8 years & would have been married 20 years this year.