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| Thu, 03-23-2006 - 3:58pm |
Background-My STBX seems to be having a much easier time dealing with this whole process then I am (even though I'm the one who was originally unhappy in the relationship). People keep telling me that he's just not showing his pain/fear/sadness, or just not talking about it, or he's compartmentalizing...but that seems like a cop-out to me.
Question-Do you think it's easier for you (as a man) to deal with your divorce then it is for your STBX? Do you show or talk about your pain/fear/sadness with your ex-wife (or with anyone for that matter--I guess besides us on this board! LOL!) Do you think it's easier for men to deal with this sort of thing then it is for women? Do you think (in general) that men just avoid dealing with it at all? Why does it always seem like it's easier for the man to move on?
Any insight you have on your "sub-species" would be much appreciated! Thanks!
xoxoxo,
Wendy

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Hi Wildlucky,
I visited here for the first time yesterday. My boss (a wonderful lady who has also recently been through a divorce) suggested that I look at Ivillage. I don't know if she ever went to this particular board or not. If she does visit here let me say again what a WONDERFUL boss she is!
Anyway, I've been divorced for about a year. My wife left me for someone else. I have not adjusted as well as I would have liked. We share custody of our two daughters. I have them one week and she has them the next. We get along really well which sometimes makes it hard because I still love her as a person.
Well, that is who I am. I hope that it will be okay for me to post from time to time. I think that I can benefit from other people's experiences and ideas and I might share my ideas on occasion as well.
Take care,
Michael
It's perfectly OK for you to post.... whenever!
Karen ~ wildlucky4me ~
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