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how long till it starts to get easier

How long does it take to start feeling better. Its been about 7 weeks since my wife filed for divorce. about 1 month prior she told me she didnt love me any more. about then i found she was seeing an old friend and i caught them leaving a hotel together. she has hurt me more than i can descibe. i thought working hard so she could have a comfortable life was what i should be doing and now after 20 yrs and 3 teenagers, she wants to "have fun". some days I feel like everything will be fine and then there are days like today, where i feel like my life is falling apart. I should hate her, but all I want is my family back together. I realize I should have done more talking with her in the past and maybe she wouldnt have felt so lonely. We have a meeting with the atnys this friday and i am making myself sick thinking about the meeting. I know its over. why can't i accept it the way she has??

by daverine    3 Posts   
Posted on 7/9/2008 4:21 PM    
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I can really relate to your pain.  I too was hurt the same way.  Right now, I'm going through the month of him getting it together to move out.  My husband fooled around on me so many times that I lost myself in the process along with any kind of self respect I may have had.  Please know that there are others out there going through the same thing.  Strange how when they are having their affairs, they don't even begin to think how many people they are hurting (so selfish).  It is not just their spouse, but the kids, extended family etc. 

Please do not blame yourself!  I'm sure she had several opportunities to sit you down and tell you how she was feeling.  She screwed up by not speaking up AND bringing a 3rd person into the equation.
by Mechele   50 Posts
Posted on 7/22/2008 12:14 PM
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i  am suffering with you too, it seems unbearable most of the minutes of the day...this is day 7 for me...what I have come to realize is that he may not love me anymore and has moved in with the girlfriend, but all I can think about is the fact that I want my family back, I want my husband back too...I feel so weak and stupid, he has told everyone that he does NOT love me, but I love him and I always will.  I don't know how to start the healing process, but I am in counseling and am going to take a class on controlling my emotions...I just know that the pain seems endless....
by debbiemartini   15 Posts
Posted on 7/22/2008 11:58 AM
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I am going through the same thing but I havent been married as long. I try to get talling myself that I am better off without him and he did not deserve me. He is the one who broke his vows and didnt speak up when he thought something was wrong. Im not divorced yet but still dealing with it every day. Just hoping it will get easier as time goes by.
by scorned   2 Posts
Posted on 7/21/2008 1:41 PM
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It's funny how differently men and women view how to love. Men seem to show love by gestures...doing things like working hard, the way you did, and providing.  Women tend to run more on the verbal side. 

Anyway, there's really no set time about how long it'll take to feel better.  But one thing for sure, is you need to grieve the loss of your marriage.  However you do that, you need to cut yourself a break and feel all the sadness, the anger, the loneliness.  It's all a part of it, and we all go through it.  If you try and suppress it, it will show up some other time.  BUT, realize that you can't change her decisions, and you can't control what she's doing, or make her see your side.  She obviously has a different life already. 

 

It's harder for you because she's already dealt with it.  She appears to have dealt with it while you weren't aware of it.  And you just got hit with it.  She's just had more time than you to come to terms with it, that's all. 

 

Know that all you are feeling is normal, and healthy.  It's a death, of sorts, a death of a marriage, and you must deal with it appropriately.  When you're ready, you'll start to feel better.  Give yourself a break, friend.  You deserve it. 

by elane   319 Posts
Posted on 7/10/2008 3:00 AM
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whiner,
thanks for the words of advice. i try to talk myself into feeling ok with all that is happenning, but sometimes lose direction. I know as time goes, it will get better, thats what everyone tells me. I guess I am just afraid of the future. I knew I was a work-aholic and figured the more $$ I gave to my family, the better husband/father I was. Talking to my councelor helps.
by daverine   3 Posts
Posted on 7/9/2008 6:03 PM
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