moved on - redecorating the bedroom

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moved on - redecorating the bedroom
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Mon, 07-28-2008 - 1:58pm

I'm coming up on my

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Mon, 07-28-2008 - 4:05pm
I'm contemplating the same thing myself.
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Thu, 07-31-2008 - 9:25pm

Well, we sold our marital home, but I still "redecorated" my new room... and I didn't use ANYTHING that EX would have whined about until "our room" was the way HE wanted it :-)


8 years later... I just sold that house and moved to a new house... and "redecorated" again.


Karen ~ wildlucky4me ~

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Fri, 08-01-2008 - 9:03am

Okay I have one for you, keep in mind I am a Christian, however I don't believe in organized religion, it pits too many people against one another.

Rachel

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Registered: 10-22-2007
Fri, 08-01-2008 - 9:41am

Rachel,


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Registered: 11-28-1999
Fri, 08-01-2008 - 3:14pm
I notice that since my STBX finally started sleeping in his apt. (can it only be since last Fri?) that my kids have started decorating the house.
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Fri, 08-01-2008 - 3:58pm

That is *so* great!


My kids have recently mentioned--we've been divorced for EIGHT YEARS--how much they appreciate having a clean, mostly uncluttered home.


Karen ~ wildlucky4me ~

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Fri, 08-01-2008 - 4:30pm

I have to ponder this more, but I think there is definitely some connection between the emotional feeling of what's going on in the home and wanting to keep it up.

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Fri, 08-01-2008 - 5:11pm

It does... and the thing is... if we do the little things to make our surroundings more like we truly want them, it helps everything else to be less chaotic.... like coming home to a place that you really enjoy and feel good.


Yeah, it takes MORE effort sometimes to pull stuff like that off to start with, but for me it's always been worth it.


Karen ~ wildlucky4me ~