Posts by ExOfficia

The other day I found six new Denby mugs for 69 cents each.  I'll probably get at least $10 each for them on Ebay.  Whee!

I do ebay, kijiji, books on Amazon marketplace, take the kids old things to the consignment store, resell the occasional steal from the thrift store.  I also do online surveys.  It seems like piddly amounts at the time, but...

Sitting down to pay the bills and at the end of it, not having gone into overdraft.   A warm, tidy (and this is critical for me, don't ask me why) house with music playing.   Watching my kids play some crazy,...

I have a lot to say about your situation as a lot of it is far too familiar to me...but I have hungry kiddos at the moment so I will come back later...   Quickly though I have to say that one thing just jumped out at me- you...

I'll share my experience from the other side of the fence...   Seven years ago my ex-h had what most of us would call a midlife crisis.  There was an affair (and there had been other, online affairs, but this one was the...

We tried, but ultimately it was a disaster. Our circumstances were very different from yours, however. We chose to try to live together more because of timing (it was just a few weeks away from ds's birthday and Christmas), and of...

Hi mama, I can commiserate. My story is very similar to yours, but I'm a bit further down the road (my d-day was last November). I'm going through a bit of a down period right now, but I will tell you that more and more as time...

It's very heartening to read this. My separation is pretty fresh, and getting into a relationship right now, or even in the next couple of years, is pretty much the last thing I have on my mind. For now, I'm sticking to the basics-...

I'm so sorry, mama. I know this isn't easy. I don't have any advice, just sympathy and understanding. I'm going through a similar thing, though I'm at an earlier stage. My stbx left me 5 months ago for an ex-girlfriend from 25...

Thanks for you reply, CookieMonsterMommy. Thing is, he'd promised me fair warning long ago, weeks before I sent the nasty email (and it was the only nasty email, not like I had been bombarding her). He violated our agreement two...