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| 8 | Dads kids may not understand today, but one day they’ll start asking questions.Advice from a friend that hit me hard: Any kid who lives through the divorce of their parents has a good chance of sitting on the therapist’s couch one day. They may or may not remember what they’ve been told by their parents, so what tangible evidence will they have to remind them that you loved them, that you were desperate to maintain a relationship with them, and that you wanted to support them? This has been my guiding principle ever since. In addition to verbally expressing love and a desi… | /r/Divorce_Men | 29/05/26 03:37 PM |
| 3 | How the hell do people afford this?This is an excellent point. OP, if you are a W2 employee, you’ll want to update your witholdings to reflect that you are single or head of household, NOT married. Otherwise your 2026 tax bill could be huge. Source: happened to me. Withheld for married with two other dependents, but then was divorced by end of year. When I filed taxes as head of household and one dependent, I owed an astronomical amount. | /r/Divorce_Men | 14/05/26 11:22 PM |
| 5 | How to be aloneIt’s hard and it sucks. What worked for me: 1) don’t fight the suck. Accept that it sucks. Wishing that it wasn’t this way only makes you feel worse. 2) Being alone is weird. I learned that I didn’t really know myself. It’s a good time to figure out who you really are. Keeping a journal helped me. 3) Imagine you are in a rom-com movie and this is the “self-development montage.” You know, the part in Hercules where they sing “I can go the distance” or in Mulan where they sing “I’ll Make a Man Out… | /r/Divorce_Men | 08/04/26 02:49 PM |
| 7 | What the fuck?I needed to hear this when I was in your situation: Having a mental illness that affects your family, and refusing to seek treatment, is abuse. It’s abuse. She doesn’t have to like going to therapy, but she needs to go. She may not like the idea of antidepressants, but she needs to try. And she will need consequences for not going. e.g. IF it’s bad enough that you’re considering divorce, then that’s what’s on the line: Refusing treatment for a mental illness that is clearly affecting her and ALS… | /r/Divorce_Men | 19/02/26 06:46 AM |
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