Comments on: Best Intentions

By: Sandy

Sandy — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:40:51 +0000

Oh wow!!! Only on the second post and it feels like a reliving of my life… I am actually nauseated and excited at the same time!! Don’t get me wrong, I love it, just brings back all the emotion and memory at the same time…

xoxo

By: Emma

Emma — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:33:01 +0000

Thanks for letting me know, Erin! I am sorry to hear that you’re going through this. I don’t know if there’s a chance for reconciliation still or not, but whatever the outcome, I wish you much peace and happiness. I hope you’ll consider submitting a post yourself! It would be great to hear from someone who is right in the thick of things.

By: Erin

Erin — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:03:22 +0000

Thank you, thank you, thank you, for your blog! I am 29 and today marks week 1 of having THE talk with my husband of 5 years. I have so many random emotions going through my head I don’t even know where to begin. Your blog is already helping though and is greatly appreciated.

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 22:07:33 +0000

Your blog is amazing. I just found it today. This post, in particular, encapsulates all the emotions/challenges/frustrations I have been feeling and incapable of expressing. Thank you!

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:01:02 +0000

Emma,
I found this blog today from SITS. I haven’t read the SITS suggested blogs in awhile but the title of your blog grabbed me because I’ll be 31 this year and am currently going through a divorce. I’ve read up to this point and I almost feel like I’m reading my own story (although I’m sure I couldn’t write it as well). I’m living with my parents, figuring out how to telecommute from home, digging myself out of debt, and hearing people make the “be glad you didn’t have kids” comment. It’s amazing how similar these stories really are. Thanks for writing this blog and putting yourself and your story out there. Oh and I LOVE your blog banner. It’s awesome! This is exactly what I needed today, and I’m going to keep reading. Thanks.

Anna
Anna´s last [type] ..A Dontation Quilt- Oh How Charming!

By: Anne Bender

Anne Bender — Mon, 10 May 2010 12:08:19 +0000

Definitely a misplaced assurance ['thank god you didn't have kids']. I divorced at 28 with 3 kids in tow. Divorce is messy with or without kids. I do think the comment they search for is more along the lines of 'since you didn't want to have ties to him having no kids frees you of that'. .-= Anne Bender´s last blog ..1987, You & Me Had Such Good Times =-.

By: Jen

Jen — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:48:06 +0000

Another comment that frequently accompanied a pat on the back was, “Thank God you didn’t have kids with him.” Very true..

This comment really hit home because I can relate so well. I am a 28 yr old soon to be going through a divorce. I have heard so many times from people “Thank god, you don’t have children.” I think they think it will help you feel better, but in my perspective it only brings more pain. Many of my friends are in the process of trying to have a baby or are pregnant and it just hurts so much more. I understand exactly how you feel.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:40:04 +0000

and have made that very same joke to my mother! sperm bank……

By: Hannah

Hannah — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:39:02 +0000

one of the things I am completely terrified about leaving my husband, is I am so desperate to have a child, my biggest fear is that he will go out and get someone pregnant straight away. it is this fear that has kept me (until now) in my marriage. so can very much relate to how leaving your marriage makes you wander when it will happen for you?

By: Ariel

Ariel — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:14:35 +0000

I laughed my ass off at that