It's as though I am a carrier of the "divorce disease"! What, do Joe and Doug and Rick think I'm going to try to steal their wives? So those decades of friendship are meaningless? And to Joe, in particular, who is a loud and proud Christian, am I now beyond redemption and going straight to hell because I'm getting a divorce? No one gives a shit about how the fuck I'm doing any more? So you guys were pretending all of those years? What, did your wives tell you to drop me as a friend, and you blindly follow them? No one wants to invite me to a July 4th cookout or fireworks? Fine. I'll go for a run when it's cooler, do some yard work, and watch fireworks on TV. And adopt a shelter cat this weekend because the ex took all three and I'm rattling around in this 3 BR house completely alone. This sucks!