Haven't done this in a while...

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Registered: 07-08-2004
Haven't done this in a while...
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Fri, 03-03-2006 - 8:48am

A couple of months ago, someone started a thread about the positive sides of getting separated/divorced. We made up lists of the "good" aspects of being single again. So I think I'm going to post my top 5!

5. When I come into the house, it's exactly the way I left it - no computer parts on the dining room table, no pants in a pile on the floor, no huge messes, etc.

4. When I do laundry, it's all done. There isn't clothing strewn from room to room for five days straight because it's a "system.

3. When a bill comes, I just pay it, I don't have to chase anyone down and field calls from collection agencies.

2. I don't have to worry about the roar of the car coming up the driveway, and feel sick when the door opens, knowing I will either be mistreated or ignored.

1. I can have frilly, poofy, girly sheets and comforters on my bed, and no one complains about it!

Who is up next?? ;)

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Mon, 03-06-2006 - 11:42am

Honey, it's better elsewhere! Hell, I think I'd rather do it alone than with a husband I hated!

Time will bring you much happiness in that department.

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Registered: 02-08-2006
Mon, 03-06-2006 - 3:57pm

Ok so I can only imagine the things that I'll enjoy once he moves out, since we still live together for the time being. But I love this, here goes....


5. I can do whatever I want and not worry about what his opinion would be.


4. I don't have to hear how selfish I am for not sharing my ice cream!


3. I don't have to repeat myself a million times on the proper way to clean, do dishes, laundry, etc.

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Registered: 01-30-2006
Mon, 03-06-2006 - 4:03pm

here's my top 5:

5. I can talk on the phone to my friends that live far away at night (after work) and not have to worry about getting a lecture for "ignoring him".

4. I can buy whatever I want like shoes, clothes, CD's and misc items without having to ask his permission first.

3. I can go to a movie, concert, dinner or a bar with my girlfriends and not come home to an argument about what a "whore" I am for going out without him.

2. Make whatever I want for dinner and not have to call at 5:30pm every day to make sure that is suitable to his tastebuds.

1. No longer worry that he might want to have sex this week and having to come up with some reasonable excuse as to why I can't to avoid the three hour argument about how "it's my duty as I wife to perform these acts"

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Registered: 02-21-2006
Mon, 03-06-2006 - 4:24pm

I LIKE this game!!!

1. The house stays clean, things stay where they belong - it looks the same as it did when I left!

2. I'm only a mom to my children - NOT HIM!

3. I don't have to live with someone who is a mean, dirty fighter who twists words and disrespects me!

4. I no longer have to share a bed with someone who made me wonder how long it had been since he'd showered!

5. I can have my own time when I'm not completely smothered and made to feel guilty if I'm not constantly touching/cuddling him! And I'm not guilted into sex! I'm not a piece of meat anymore!!

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-30-2006
Mon, 03-06-2006 - 4:31pm
I am 18 months out of the house and I do not miss a thing. Not one single thing!!!!! Amazing but I thought I would miss the house but I am about to buy my own, I make $14k a year more than I did when we were married (he always held me back to further his career)so I can afford my own house!
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Registered: 01-30-2006
Mon, 03-06-2006 - 4:39pm
I am guessing and if it's what I think it is- I promise when you find the right guy you will wonder why you ever had sex with that beast. My boyfriend is the most passionate, romantic, wonderful lover and I am so glad I was free of that garbage so I could be with a man who appreciates a real woman.
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Registered: 03-27-2003
Mon, 03-06-2006 - 4:45pm

(((HUGS)))) sista!

I feel so much better about myself too, and doing much better on my own financially making a third of what he was...

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