The **ONLY** thing i miss about my XH-

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Registered: 03-15-2004
The **ONLY** thing i miss about my XH-
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Thu, 04-03-2008 - 1:20pm

is that there is no one here to appreciate what I am accomplishing this week! OMG. I am EXHAUSTED & have a LOT more to do! I have to get rid of my moms old couch. I wanted to keep it & recover it so it was beautiful again, but it would cost me 1K to do it right .... & its just ridiculous. I have a brand new one from my Gram being delivered tomorrow. I dont have a garage or basement, so no storage. I have 2 nice wooden sheds, but that couch would take up SO much room in one AND likely get mice nests in it or something. So ... I said good-bye to it (tearfully!) just now & the man with a truck is coming to take it away. I have SO many of her things - beautiful antiques - i dont NEED to hold onto the couch. But ouch!


ANYway, i just went & cleaned out one of the sheds (did the other last spring). WOWZA.

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Registered: 10-30-2004
Fri, 04-04-2008 - 10:56am

Oh I know.

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Registered: 12-28-2004
Fri, 04-04-2008 - 11:49am
I love cleaning stuff out. After its finished you can stand back and see how nice it is. I bet you feel really good don't ya? Like everyone else though, I always have to get motivated to do it. I usually watch Clean House or something else on HGTV to get motivated.
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Registered: 08-08-2007
Fri, 04-04-2008 - 1:47pm

OK- I totally relate to the ex and bounced checks. Money irresponsibility is 50 percent of the reason I divorced my ex. He could not balance a check book to save his life. Still can't.


And here's what killed me this week. I must have been insane when I agreed to let my ex file the taxes for the both of us (it was due to some exeptions, child tax credit..etc) I optimistically and foolishly let him do this. Our rather large refund was due no later than April 1st (which is precisly when I NEEDED it...bills, DDs birthday, etc) but my EX screwed up with his account number and the money went back to Uncle Sam..and a paper check has to be issued which will take 4 weeks!!!


Why did I let him file? When will I LEARN?


~Pacific~
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Fri, 04-04-2008 - 1:55pm
What a DOPE! (him, not you! lol)

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Registered: 10-30-2004
Fri, 04-04-2008 - 1:56pm
I paid all the bills during our marriage because he was clueless about bills.
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Registered: 12-28-2004
Fri, 04-04-2008 - 2:22pm
The biggest comfort I got after my divorce was not having all the phone calls from creditors about bills my husband had run up. It was such a weight lifted. I have lived in my house six years now and I still get phone calls from people looking for him. My X and I have same first initial, and I am listed in the phone book by my first initial last name. These creditors look in directories to find him and start calling my house thinking it's him. It's very annoying. Even more so annoying is collection agencies think I'm lying when I tell them he doesn't live at this number or they start pumping me for information. I usually end up hanging up on them.
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Registered: 09-11-2007
Fri, 04-04-2008 - 3:32pm

How did we all marry the same man???


I had the wonderful experience of being married to a guy who thought it was a good idea to carry a credit balance with utilities.

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Registered: 03-15-2004
Fri, 04-04-2008 - 3:49pm

Sometimes I have to give Krama a kick forward ......

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Registered: 03-15-2004
Fri, 04-04-2008 - 3:50pm
All the creditors who call for X believe me that he doesnt live here - & are happy to take his cell # from me.

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Registered: 12-28-2004
Fri, 04-04-2008 - 3:54pm
That's what I do. I just write "does not live here return to sender" and stick it back in the mailbox. Thing is my X NEVER lived at my address. Go figure.