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Do you regret your divorce 

I'm just wondering out of all the people that aer on divorce360 if any of you regret going thru with your divorce. Maybe some of you felt that they could have maybe tried more or something. It might help the next person concidering divorce. Also state why you regret it, especially if you were the one to instigate the divorce.
by Heartbrokepicker  418 Posts 

Posted on 2/27/2009 2:40 PM
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I won't have any regrets.  I was not perfect but made the changes that were needed.  I hung in there I feel for more than most people would.  I sometimes feel like a fool but when I can look back and say there was nothing more I could have done then I can move on.
by curious123   979 Posts
Posted on 2/27/2009 5:40 PM
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i dont regret it at all. it is better to be out than be abused the rest of you life.. i would never change  thing . i am at peace with myself and i think thats what is important.. no one can hurt me again.. i wish i did it earlier than when i did get divorced
by cherbear   5182 Posts
Posted on 2/27/2009 4:54 PM
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I don't regret my divorce. 

I should regret getting married but I don't.
by purebredinip   1194 Posts
Posted on 2/27/2009 4:30 PM
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I don't regret anything either.  I know I am a good father and was a good husband.  Totally devoted to her and my kids.  This is her divorce, she asked for it, filed for it, and now wants to pin responsibility on me.  We had a great life, all that we could have asked for, and she decided that she didn't want me around anymore.  I tried to convince her that it was worth saving and never got the chance...she was done and wouldn't make the effort.  So I don't regret my actions, because I know I did everything I possibly could.
by boxerjo   69 Posts
Posted on 2/27/2009 4:29 PM
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My only regret is I did not leave sooner!
He ended the marriage. I finished it and filled.
by sjg   1772 Posts
Posted on 2/27/2009 4:17 PM
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I knew for about  years that the marriage was domed. I was tired of all the lies and manipulation and figured out that it was not going to change. I should have realized sooner. If it was going to change and I wanted to feel better and be a happier person I had to be the one who took the final steps. He was never going to change.

I do not and will not ever regret filing for a divorce. The pain I go through now is for my son and trying to deal with more manipulations and control issues from the stbx. I will be so glad for the end.

The advice I would give would be to get what help you need to make the marriage work; give the marriage everything you got but when it is over let it go the best way you can. But if there is continual abuse get out. Make your life worth while. Don't go through life miserable. Hoping things will change. Make them change.

by bleedinglovepain   760 Posts
Posted on 2/27/2009 4:12 PM
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Nope.   Not a single regret.   Life is too short to regret your decisions.    I thought long and hard and did a lot of work before filing.

I wanted to move on and try with someone else not try with the same guy who thought his cheating was just a bump in the road.   I want an amazing loving life and my marriage wasn't that kind of marriage any longer.
by timless   781 Posts
Posted on 2/27/2009 3:36 PM
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I've been married twice already (before I was 26)...yikes!

My first marriage...I regret horribly (of course I wouldn't have had my daughter so...)

I had an immature and unrealistic idea of what marriage was supposed to "look like" (white picket fences, me in a dress and high heels kissing him goodbye while he goes to work with a briefcase and I clean the house and homeschool the kids)....he was my highschool sweetheart, a hippy at heart...an artist (like I am) and paid the bills with his construction job. He didn't believe in having cable and nice matching furniture in a cookie cutter house in some suburban neighborhood. I technically knew that before I married him. We couldn't seem to get pregnant to save our lives and I was working 12 hour midnight shifts at a police department, living in a BAD neighborhood in Richmond, VA.

I KNOW that if I wouldn't have just bounced and really tried...we could have compromised comfortably on a lot of things. I wasn't being true to myself and wasn't letting him be true to hisself either. It was all EASILY fixable.

The last thing I remember of him is his beautiful face, eyes swollen, literally bawling in the front yard...begging me to not leave him! He just kept repeating "It's me, Jams! It's I! This isn't you, where have you gone?!"...Oh God! Heart wrenching to remember and makes me very ashamed.

This marriage....I tried harder than any normal person would have. I think mainly out of my guilt I hold onto from my first marriage and not trying hard enough. I doubt very highly I'd ever regret it because I know...I KNOW that I have put everything and then some into saving it.
by Jams   236 Posts
Posted on 2/27/2009 3:17 PM
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I filed for divorce but it was after he married someone else.He was my whole life and I thought we loved each other. I found our whole marriage on his part was a lie from start to finish.

I could no longer live his lies and no I don't regret my divorce. I should have gotten it a lot sooner.
by trisha9054   4967 Posts
Posted on 2/27/2009 3:10 PM
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I also feel the same way Millie does.....
by __STRIKER__   1399 Posts
Posted on 2/27/2009 3:06 PM
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Thats a good question picker! I do not regret my divorce...Don't get me wrong, I was heartbroken over it! 15yrs ago my husband had an emotional affair with my brothers live in girlfriend...It rocked the very core of our family...we wereoff and on for several months after that. I did agree to counceling, I wanted to save my marriage I believe for the sake of my children at that time. I went to counceling, couples camp,marriage seminars that were 'weekend get aways once a month' for almost a year. We did work it out and were very happy. But I always had that little voice in the back of my head...I felt like I was always watching him... After about 7 yrs I think I did regain full trust 100% but it was a long time coming....Fast forward 15 years. He got a new job with alot of responsibilities and for the first time in our married life we didn't have to live paycheck to paycheck....I became very Ill and for 3 years he didn't hardly leave my side...Became very devoted to me and my care. Along with this job there also was alot of golfing, dinners ect ect ect.... He became very frustrated on night and said he had no life...He really didn't! He took care of me all the time...I couldn't go do alot of the things he was doing at the time because of my illness. He ask one night if he couold start playing cards on Friday nights with the guys, I said sure. but........"When and IF you start to hang in a bar we are going to have problems" (we had been married for 30 yrs and the bar scene wasesnt a part ofour lives anymore). He began working alot of overtime....(some justified mostly not tho). I found out he was having an affair with his boss. Who s about the age of our middle Son! 31.....(She would have been 1 yr old when we got married!) Anyway....said he lost his wedding ring...ect ect ect.... After I filed and he realized I was serious about the divorce he ask me onthe phone one day......"DO you think you could ever trust me again?" Ummmmmmmmmmm NO!
by __STRIKER__   1399 Posts
Posted on 2/27/2009 3:05 PM
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I initiated the paperwork, I didn't end the marriage. Do I regret it? I regret that it happened, I do not regret my actions or lack of them. I honestly gave it everything I had in me to try to save this marriage. I don't regret that. I may later regret the fact that I even resorted to begging at one point because I opened myself up to utter humilitation, but right now, no regrets. Just a sadness of a loss of a dream.
by militaryp   2952 Posts
Posted on 2/27/2009 3:04 PM
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I regret.....nothing. I gave my heart and soul to our relationship. He was always number one for me. I can honestly walk away and say I gave it my best.

He suffers from mental illness and that without therapy and medication is a lost battle.

I guess the only advice I can offer anyone is to get help if you suspect something is going on....
by vlady   2123 Posts
Posted on 2/27/2009 2:58 PM
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