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boom

I did it. I sent out THE PAPERS on Friday afternoon following a brief conversation the STBX and I had while I was at bowling on Thursday. She asked me where the separation agreement was and then tried to lecture me on legal proceedings. I even told her that my…
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flipping the script

As the calendar creeps ever-closer to Halloween, it has occurred to me that I need to start making travel plans for the holidays, either for my son, myself, or for both of us. About a month or so ago, I suggested to the SBTX that we alternate visitations for Thanksgiving…
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compromise, settling and Fixer-Upper Syndrome
originally written October 24, 2012 I was driving over to my brother’s house Monday morning to babysit my niece and nephew and I stumbled across one of the ” a guy and a girl” morning shows that currently proliferate corporate radio, but i digress. Anyway, DJ guy poses the question…
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it was 12 years ago today…

I thought I had it all figured out. That is, I thought I knew what i was going to write about today. I even started drafting an “open letter to the soon-to-be-ex” that I would post today. For those of you who don’t know, today is me and the STBX’s…
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youth gone wild

I got a call from my son at about 2:40 today. He told me that he got into a fight at school, threw a pencil at another kid. to make matters worse, the school called the STBX so she would pick him up from school. As I talked to The…
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flashpoint

As I was doing some editing on this blog earlier today, it occurred to me that I’ve never written about the impetus of this blog. Obviously, telling the story of my impending divorce is the purpose of this blog. There was, however, one moment that completely set me off. One…
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you miss the pain…

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game on

I went out with my sister last night. The local social club, of which Phred is a member, put on a “happy hour” last night at a local bar. It was a little awkward for me at first – I mostly stood around drinking and watching the Yankee game. To…
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getting the ball rolling

I got a pair of e-mails from the paralegal who’s working with my lawyer – regarding the separation of me and the STBX. That’s a good thing. I was getting ready to call them after finally getting a receipt from them in the mail earlier this week. I just made…
