Posts by mmace

No credit card debt here - no debt other than mortgages.  We both had first marriages that ended with us holding a big bag of debt, and we both dug out of that and had no credit card debt before we ever found each other.

Do you have storm doors on your house?  When my ex left he also thought he could still just come and go as he liked - I'd turn around and he'd be there, I'd come home and he'd be there, scared the crap out of me and really ticked...

My ex left when our kids were 9, 5, and 4 months old.  I was a SAHM then and I still am now, nine years later.  I've done some part time work, but you know what - I disagree that becoming financially able to care for the kids...

I didn't date for 4 years after my ex left.  I had a 9 year old, a 5 year old, and a 4 month old.  I didn't have time to date!  lol  But I also didn't want to just bring people in and out of their lives.  I...

You're all so sweet to remember me!  The past year has been busy for sure - got married May 2011 (got a 19 year old bonus son too!), bought a house and moved in last September, and my oldest daughter graduated from high school in...

Probably no one remembers me but I used to spend a lot of time at MDC - especially here at Single Parenting.  My kids were 9, 5 and 4 months when their dad left and I got A LOT of support here!  It's nine years later and...

Not sure who all may be around that might remember me - for some reason a year or so ago any time I came here my entire computer would go whacky and shut down, so I've visited only once or twice, but for some reason over the last...

Anyone looking into the whole divorce/step-parenting thing and college costs yet? In a nutshell: My earned income is low, I earned just under $18,000 last year. Ex husband's income is about $80,000. His wife (I'm guessing) is...

My X walked out in August of 2003 and I went on my first date in May of 2007, so it was almost four years. I definitely am glad I waited - I wanted to be ready, and I wanted to wait for it to be someone that mattered, not just to date...

A while back a similar discussion happened, and I've thought about my response many times since then. I know I could never put it into words like I did back then, so I'm going to do some copying and pasting, if you don't mind. This...