Posts by ExOfficia

I remember those days when the basics of life felt so very hard, and the only thing I wanted to do was hide in the quietness of my bedroom, under my favorite duvet. The simplest things were unbelievably hard- packing the kids' lunches,...

I think your reactions are totally, totally understandable. I really get the one about failure- in my case, both of us come from intact families, literally until death did them apart. I/we didn't live up to that. Despite the fact...

I'm so glad it went well for you! And you should be very proud of yourself for being the bigger person- it speaks volumes- not only to the mediator, etc., but to your ex as well.

My first instinct says protect your son. Period. I hope you have a lawyer at this point. If he's not seeing his dad until tomorrow, you have time to call your lawyer and get their advice on your specific situation. If that's not...

I'm very glad to see this thread. My son has asthma, but he's never had a full-blown attack. Mostly he gets very chesty and the barky cough whenever anything respiratory is going on. Sometimes it's exercise induced. I don't...

I know what you mean about pricing. Sometimes it's crazy- $5 for a stretched out kids top from Old Navy that you can probably get new on clearance for less than that. And then once I found myself a great BCBG jacket for $2.99. Go...

I have to say, as hard as things have been around here both emotionally (stbx announced he is leaving me 2 weeks ago, there is another woman) and financially, I had a pretty good day. My uncle overseas sent me a Christmas card with $50,...

Oh muse, your ex sounds so angry, and that is sad. I can imagine how awful that must have been for you. Right now I'm feeling like December just sucks all round. My stbx is still living here, in fact we haven't told the kids yet,...

Subbing. Money has been tight for us for a long time, but it has suddenly gone off the deep end. My husband announced two weeks ago that he can't stay in our marriage, so I'll be facing life as a single mama soon. We haven't told...

Hi Caneel, I am glad you are taking that first step going to your family dr, and it's great that you have such trust in him. That is really important. I also have a history of anxiety & depression. It's come and gone at...