It's final.... I'm divorced.

CHANGEinWAVES
CHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
edited March 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
On the date of February 24th, 2009 it is ORDERED and DECREED that ...(him)...Plaintiff and ...(me)... Defendant are divorced from the bonds of matrimony.

It came in the mail today.
I thought I'd be doing a happy dance when it was final... but it was a blow to see it spelled out on paper. I'm currently having myself a good cryfest. Not for him.... but for my marriage I guess. I wanna curl up in a ball and cry the night away.... but I know I'm better off trying to push past this and embrace it (it is my life now)... he is my ex husband now and I am a divorcee :( .

ironically the first song I hear after I opened the mail is Neil Young's "love in mind"

Woke up this morning
with love in mind
It was raining outside
but my love still shined
Kept me warm
till my plane touched the sky

And I've seen love
make a fool of a man
He tried to make a loser win.
But I've got nothing to lose
I can't get back again.

Man made rules
been holdin' back my love
Can't hold it back no more.
Churches long preach sex is wrong
Jesus where is nature gone?
What am I doing here?
What am I doing here?
What am I doing here?

Woke up this morning
with love in mind
It was raining outside
but my love still shined
Kept me warm
till my plane touched the sky
"I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
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  • youngster
    youngster Boston Posts: 6,576
    Sorry to hear that you're upset. as they say, time heals all wounds. Hang in there.
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

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  • CHANGEinWAVES
    CHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    Thanks, I'll be fine... in an hour I think. I wondered how I'd react to reading the legal terms of it all... you know how clear cut they can be. It just kinda took the wind outta me. :?
    "I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    one chapter of your life is closed


    many chapters still to right


    hope you feel better
  • Thorns2010
    Thorns2010 Posts: 2,201
    *HUGS!*

    Now go out and party it up!!!
  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    I hope everything gets better for you.
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  • Black Diamond
    Black Diamond Posts: 25,109
    I know it is very traumatic to see on paper. It took me 18 months because of Virginia laws for it to become final and I was way on my way to a different life.

    Got the papers and went into a deep, deep funk. I agree not her, but maybe what a waste it all was.

    Get it out of your system. Do not be suprised by it and learn from it.
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  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    I've known other people who've had reactions similar to yours. Although I can't speak from experience I think it must be something about getting those official documents in the mail.

    I'm sure it's a kind of grief. You started your marriage with hopes and happiness and now this says that it's really over. Even though you were expecting it and wanting it, it still has to be hard.

    If you need to have a good cry, go right ahead. I'm a great believer in doing whatever you need to heal as long as it isn't destructive.

    *HUGS*

    Lots of good things still ahead!
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  • Cinnamon Girl
    Cinnamon Girl Posts: 1,854
    I know it must be painful to see in black and white, but I'm going to congratulate you anyway. You have the opportunity to live your life as a "free" woman! You get to decide which direction you go, and don't have to answer to anyone!

    I hope the sadness passes quickly for you....
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  • CHANGEinWAVES
    CHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    Black Diamond wrote:
    I know it is very traumatic to see on paper. It took me 18 months because of Virginia laws for it to become final and I was way on my way to a different life.

    Got the papers and went into a deep, deep funk. I agree not her, but maybe what a waste it all was.

    Get it out of your system. Do not be suprised by it and learn from it.
    I think the weird part is how lonely I felt after reading those words.
    Yes... it feels like a waste, or something of the sorts.

    thanks everyone. :D you've all been a big help getting me to a place where I'm not completely insane (at least not in the "bad way" ;) )
    "I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
  • CHANGEinWAVES
    CHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    Cinnamon Girl wrote:
    I know it must be painful to see in black and white, but I'm going to congratulate you anyway. You have the opportunity to live your life as a "free" woman! You get to decide which direction you go, and don't have to answer to anyone!

    I hope the sadness passes quickly for you....
    thanks :D
    you're going to help me celebrate in TO right??!!! :D
    "I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
  • Cinnamon Girl
    Cinnamon Girl Posts: 1,854
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    Cinnamon Girl wrote:
    I know it must be painful to see in black and white, but I'm going to congratulate you anyway. You have the opportunity to live your life as a "free" woman! You get to decide which direction you go, and don't have to answer to anyone!

    I hope the sadness passes quickly for you....
    thanks :D
    you're going to help me celebrate in TO right??!!! :D


    Fo sho!! :D
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  • CHANGEinWAVES
    CHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    Cinnamon Girl wrote:



    Fo sho!! :D
    that city better watch out!!!!
    hmmm... wonder what it takes to get kicked outta Canada :P
    "I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
  • Thorns2010
    Thorns2010 Posts: 2,201
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    that city better watch out!!!!
    hmmm... wonder what it takes to get kicked outta Canada :P


    I'm not sure, but I'm sure you will find a way!!!
  • pinot768
    pinot768 Posts: 295
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    On the date of February 24th, 2009 it is ORDERED and DECREED that ...(him)...Plaintiff and ...(me)... Defendant are divorced from the bonds of matrimony.

    It came in the mail today.
    I thought I'd be doing a happy dance when it was final... but it was a blow to see it spelled out on paper. I'm currently having myself a good cryfest. Not for him.... but for my marriage I guess. I wanna curl up in a ball and cry the night away.... but I know I'm better off trying to push past this and embrace it (it is my life now)... he is my ex husband now and I am a divorcee :( .

    I did exactly the same thing when I got mine in the mail. I left him, and thought I would be jumping for joy after it was final. But I reacted very much the same way as you. After a good cry and a couple of hours, then the happiness started to creep in...hang in there!!
    "I was born, and I know that I'll die...the in-between is mine."
  • arq
    arq Posts: 8,101
    Nobody is prepare to that kind of blow, I mean we all know that it's coming and we think we have all under control but when "it" arrive we never know how we're going to respond, but at least now you're free and well you deserve a night out to celebrate! Wish you the best and right now do whatever you feel you need to feel better! spread your wings and fly! ;)
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  • BeerBaron
    BeerBaron Toronto-ish Posts: 4,100
    Keep your head up Brandi. Everything will be fine in the end. :)
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  • the wolf
    the wolf Posts: 7,027
    am i the only one that actually had to show up in court and have a judge announce that the marriage was history ?

    i mean yeah, the documents were sent to me in the mail afterward, but that is more for.... bookkeeping for lack of a better word. to show that its done if i ever need to.

    but yeah, i had to sit at a table all by lonesome while she sat at the other with her lawyer. i remember her looking over at me like she felt sorry for me that i was sitting there alone. what a strange day.

    anyway, you will do alright Brandi your a strong girl anyway. or so ive been told ;)
    Peace, Love.

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    to not question your government is unpatriotic."
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  • CHANGEinWAVES
    CHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    the wolf wrote:

    anyway, you will do alright Brandi your a strong girl anyway. or so ive been told ;)
    I can always count on you wolfie... for statements such as this ;)

    thanks everyone.... I'm feeling better now, though I've had a few beers :P
    "I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
  • pearljgirl2010
    pearljgirl2010 Shillington, PA/Tuckerton, NJ Posts: 3,428
    here's a biiiiiiiiiig hug from SoCal....I'm sure you'll be alright, and there's no hurry--grieving is part of the healing process. take care of yourself and look forward to YOUR new life...you're awesome and deserve for it to be a great one :-)
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  • Keiran
    Keiran Posts: 393
    Hi Change,

    I think what you are feeling is a fairly universal response to seeing a large and important part of your life reduced to a few pages of cold words and sentences.

    Years removed from the process, I now see my divorce rather metaphorically.

    The initial blow of learning that our marriage was truly over felt like someone plunging a knife into my gut.

    Throughout the entire process of disentangling our lives, the knife remained embedded in my soul. Twisting and turning, literally at times causing me to physically writhe in pain.

    When all was said and done, the last paper was signed and sealed, the envelope from the court arrived in the mail, I allowed myself to think it was finally over.
    But it wasn't. When the finality of what I had been through finally hit me, it was as if the knife was ripped from my body and feelings that I didn't think I'd experience were now open seeping wounds - again.

    The good news, the knife was gone. For the first time in a very long time, I really had the opportunity to begin healing. And so will you. The wound now has an honest chance to close and repair itself. As it does, the pain too will subside.

    It will leave a scar, we all have them. It's a good reminder of how strong a person you are right now and what an even more amazing person you are yet to become!

    Sending you good thoughts. And most of all, wishing you peace.
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