Happy Enough
Perspectives on divorce, coparenting, getting older, and figuring it out.
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How Soon Is Too Soon to Hard Launch After Divorce? (opens the original)
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Q: How soon after divorce should you wait to hard launch your new partner?I think the better question to ask is: how soon are you ready to hear and be subjected to other people’s opinions and commentary about your relationship? There’s not a correct timeline to announce these things. You just need to have the emotional capacity to manage or disregard people’s feelings about it. There are always going to be people who disagree with the decisions you make about your life, and no amount of time wil
90 Days Hard: Part 2 (opens the original)
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“Best of luck to your ex-wife, who has to know you for the rest of her life.” I left him to enjoy his evening, anger easily dwarfing any jealousy I’d typically experience over his faceless romantic interest. The next day, he’d send me an email in the morning, meet a woman for coffee in the afternoon, and follow up with a few video messages before we re-initiated no contact. He looked haggard enough, and I was momentarily relieved that there was a mutuality to our suffering. Throughout my breakup
Q&A: He Doesn’t Want to Marry Me. Should I Keep Waiting? (opens the original)
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Q: After a year of therapy and healing, do you think most divorced men and women need a wild streak?A: I think exiting a long-term partnership or marriage gives you a rare opportunity to transform your life. It’s a chance to examine the areas beyond your romantic relationship where you felt dissatisfied and imagine what contentment might actually look like for you. Don’t squander it. You did not just go through hell to end up back there again because of a lack of intentionality.I think you need
90 Days Hard: Part 1 (opens the original)
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I’ve been fighting about drugs with my mother for decades. Since before I knew that was what we were even fighting about. As a little girl, I’d creep into her shadowed room, stand at her bedside, put my hands on her worn flannel sheets, and plead for her to come out. In my adolescence, I’d barge in, scream “get the fuck up!” and slam the door behind me. Sometimes I’d open and shut it repeatedly, hoping I could make myself a big enough disturbance to break through to her. I’d stand there, lock-ja
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