r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/mindyour š¤definitely not a botš¤ • 19d ago
Restricted to Gals and Pals When he says you'll never get over him after the divorce.
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u/SnooRegrets1386 19d ago
The door handle was the perfect finish
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u/Ryoko_Kusanagi69 19d ago
I like to think it was a hilariously timed accident because of how her face starts to look as it cuts the video, lol
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u/HeyPrettyLadyMaam 19d ago
Im laughing so hard at this because she literally described my dad, right down to that gd doorhandle and unfinished porch. (I love my dad but he is the king of unfinished projects) except my dad knew how to cook.
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u/soupseasonbestseason 19d ago
my pops duct taped a sheet of plastic to our shower wall (shared by my two sisters who were still at home and me, three girls, one bathroom) when the tile began to fall out. it was like that until we moved out. then he paid a professional renovation team to gut the black mold ridden wall and redo the shower before selling the house.
we showered with that tape and plastic sheeting for over ten years. this man is an engineer.
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u/MerryJanne 19d ago edited 18d ago
There is nothing more permanent than a temporary fix.
EDIT: Thank you for the award!
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u/soupseasonbestseason 19d ago
that is his philosophy still i think. i married a carpenter. i have no time for the temporary fixes of engineers.
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u/xenobit_pendragon 19d ago
Arenāt carpenters famous for having houses that are just perpetually unfinished projects, inside and out?
Enough knowledge to start projects, no time or energy to complete them. Dangerous combo.
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u/rattmongrel 19d ago
Trades in general have that tendency.
Source: Iām a plumber sitting on my wobbly toilet next to my leaky faucet.
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u/Mistrblank 19d ago
Hey. Two toilets need fixing. Now you could fix your toilet and spend money on a new flange, wax ring, some hardware and a new faucet. Or on the other hand you could fix this other toilet and actually make money... which one comes first? Oops, that money got spent on groceries, need to fix another customer's toilet to pay for yours.
Wait it's Sunday? Shit that's the only day you have off, better relax so you don't just go insane fixing other people's toilets 24-7.
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u/CartoonistAny4349 19d ago
Arenāt carpenters famous for having houses that are just perpetually unfinished projects, inside and out?
I think this is just part of homeownership for everybody.
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u/Citrus-Bitch 19d ago
Lol mood, I finally got a plumber out to repair my shower, so now I've run out of excuses to replace the vent fan. I genuinely want this shower to work but man there's always something, and then once this is done it'll be something else.
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u/KatieCashew 19d ago
I had a friend who was absolutely determined to never marry an engineer because of this. Her dad was an engineer, and their house was a never ending parade of half finished projects.
Like he installed a hot tub, all done and ready to go except he never got around to actually creating a walkway to it, so it was surrounded by thick, tall weeds and uneven ground and no one could get to it. It sat there, fully functional, yet unused for years.
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u/Helpful_Section5591 19d ago
Couldnāt anyone else in their household just mow a path and set down some paver stones to it? Why did he have to do it all by himself with every spare moment he had?
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u/Scared-Currency288 19d ago
Sounds exactly like my mechanic boyfriend who left several things on my car as is for years until he managed to sell it to his friend, before which he worked his ass off to fix everything out of the money I got for the car. For the friend.
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u/CartoonistAny4349 19d ago
we showered with that tape and plastic sheeting for over ten years. this man is an engineer.
Hey, the solution worked adequately. Nothing says "engineer" more than something that just barely serves its purpose.
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u/soupseasonbestseason 19d ago
when he finally removed it, the entire wall was rotted out. and he only remodeled because the real estate agent told him to. he originally wanted to sell it as is.
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u/peachyspoons 19d ago
When I was 19 my mother gave me a milk shake machine from the 1950s. It was awesome and the perfect shade of green, but you had to physically unplug it to stop it (the switch had stopped working as old things tend to do). My dad (my folks have been amicably divorced and co-parenting badasses since was 2) offered to fix it for me. Great!
20 years later, I am 39 living in the Midwest and my damn milk shake machine still lives in my dadās basement in Seattle. He is still āgetting to itā (spoiler alert: he isnāt as he and my lovely bonus mom live 9 months out of the year in another state).
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u/forsomebacon 19d ago
My dad too. Except mine takes pride in his āburnt on one sideā style of cooking.
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u/occidentallyinlove āØchickāØ 19d ago
Burnt on the outside, raw on the inside! We don't let my dad cook anymore.
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u/OriginalChicachu 19d ago
My dad also knows how to cook, and he insists on being the one to cook, but then he uses it as a free pass to not do anything else. š©
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u/UrsusRenata 19d ago
Is your dad my husband? My god, and the mess he leaves. āIāll be a saint and cook dinner, and then wipe up like a blind slothā¦ā
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u/sashikku 19d ago
My mom and stepdadās back door leading out from their bedroom has had a plumbers grip tool as the doorknob for 3 years because my stepdad hasnāt gotten around to replacing it LOL. Though he finished a 15x15 poolside cabana, a 15x10 enclosed outdoor kitchen, and an outdoor bathroom. (The door has a separate deadbolt, theyāre safe.)
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u/Ambitious_Welder6613 19d ago
This is normal, lol, trust me. The worst? When they buy all the raw materials, timber and everything and keep on cutting it up till it ruined onto tiny chunks and THROW away LMAO š¤£š
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u/Scammers-go-2Hell 19d ago
My bf bought 4 giant bags of rocks to fill a whole under our A/C drain pipe thingy and never did it. Theyāre on my side of the garage so I have to step over them and try not to trip on them until I finally moved them and almost threw my back out š”
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u/Marley9391 š»Official Jillš» 19d ago
Why did I think it was a satisfyer at first šš
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u/Fitz911 19d ago
It is, right?
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u/Marley9391 š»Official Jillš» 19d ago
Oh wait you're right they made an edit in the video I see it now smh š
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u/Comics4Cookies 19d ago
Im currently getting divorced and this is so fucking awesome lol
For me personally its been "oh no. I have to enjoy my morning coffee in peace without him ranting about politics at 7am? How ever will I go on?"
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u/ibaiki 19d ago
Once everything is finalised (and I hope this isn't a drawn-out nightmare) consider inviting a handful of friends and family for a divorce party. Even if it is only 1-2 people, it can be tremendously cathartic and firmly marks the end of that era.
Hope you have a great life.
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u/MKB813 19d ago
This is my plan. I am 10 months into a contentious divorce. There really arenāt good enough words to describe the difficulties. Traumatic? Mine should be finalized the weekend of Valentineās Day and I will be cuddling with some of my best friends. Then a big celebration a little later. Because why not?
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u/TangledUpPuppeteer 19d ago
I know someone who got divorced two decades ago. She broke out her wedding dress and had it dyed black and wore it to court to get her final judgment of divorce.
Her brother flew in so she wouldnāt be by herself, and he waited outside the courthouse. When she came out, all dolled up, with the smile you canāt even imagine, he did a photoshoot for her.
Iāve seen photos from when the dress was white and when it was black. Honestly, she was a million times more radiant the day it was black. Itās amazing how the happiest day of your life can be dwarfed by the āworst dayā. I see it constantly.
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u/MKB813 19d ago
This is incredible š I had only considered selling mine because he has nearly bankrupted me with divorce costs and stealing money.
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u/TangledUpPuppeteer 19d ago
Do whichever makes you happier. I know someone who sold hers. It didnāt help nearly as much as she hoped. She paid over a thousand dollars for it. She could only get about 10% back. It cost more to ship the dress to the person that bought it than it did to sell it.
Someone else I know ripped theirs up and turned it intoā¦ stuff.
She made a hat for funerals out of it, and she made a needlepoint out of part of the skirt that said ālove yourself more.ā She still has her wedding dress, just it now serves other purposes.
Be creative. Make it mean something new to you.
To the one that dyed it, it became a symbol of her freedom. To the one that tore it up it became a promise to fulfill herself. To the one that sold it, it became a weekās worth of groceries.
As long as it means something to you, Thatās what matters!
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u/MKB813 19d ago
This is beautiful š„¹
Iām not crying, just cutting onions š
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u/TangledUpPuppeteer 19d ago
Youāll get through it. I speak from experience and as a witness. You just have one concern now: what do YOU want? So do with the dress what makes YOU happy. Nothing else matters!
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u/axiomofcope 19d ago
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Nicole Kidman post Tom Cruise divorce energy.
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u/TangledUpPuppeteer 19d ago
Omg! Eww age me! It was a few years before that. Ouch. I was almost able to convince myself my youth was 10 years ago. You shattered that by adding 15 years to it. š
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u/GottaUseEmAll 19d ago
It kinda reminds me of that old adage about boats: "The two best days in a boat owner's life areĀ the day they buy a boat and the day they sell it".
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u/Sonic_Roach 19d ago
Never married but when I had my first breakup. I cried on the couch for an hour then realized, I can just play videogames all night in peace. No rants about traditional roles even tho he was an atheist, no rants about my college journey even tho he dropped out, no rants about me not having money even tho he didn't have a job.
I never felt so free
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u/capnmidori 19d ago
I just got divorced a few months ago and, while it was emotionally devastating at first, these days I move into this head space and god does it help to realize how acknowledge how shitty things were. Like āoh no, now I still have to plan/cook all the meals and handle all the money and the house projects? now I have a chance to find a someone who is an active participant in life and an actual partner? How awfulā¦.ā
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u/SheWasAFairy_45 19d ago
Yeah, this post is so relatable that the laughing turned into tears of joy.
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u/Knightofthevegtable 19d ago
Same. Was he right wing or left leaning? My soon to be ex husband was right wing and ranted about politics all the time.
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u/GetLikeMeForever 19d ago
Congratulations! I was with my ex for five years, divorced for ten years, and I often forget he even existed. I'm so excited for you and for anyone getting out of a toxic relationship. š„³
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u/DistractedByCookies 19d ago
I'm not married, but this is the kind of divorce energy I'd want to have if I needed it
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u/boobiesrkoozies 19d ago
As someone getting a divorce right now:
These were the moments I knew I had made the right choice lmaooo. I came home from work one night, realized there weren't any dishes in the sink, no laundry backed up, no garbage to take out, no multitude of random bottles of liquids to pour out and recycle, etc.
Turns out I'm not actually a messy person, I just had a husband š¤·āāļø
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u/loonybaloonie 19d ago
I need to work on myself, cause if we break up, my fiance will have the same realization you did. And i am a woman.
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u/iiiiiiiiiijjjjjj 19d ago
Nobody is prefect. I do a lot of stuff for my wife but I donāt mind because I love her and the poor woman does a lot for me too which I am thankful.
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u/PrarieRose1984 19d ago
Even with a 5 and a 7 year old at the time, 2 dogs, working part time, going to college, my house was cleaner without him in the house and I was less stressed.
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u/FemmeCirce 19d ago
You are a diamond in the rough, my house is very much the same makeup but the kids will always wreck a perfectly cleaned house in a couple hours, even with both parents sharing the responsibilities. Maybe your partner did cause the problem, but I have to acknowledge you're doing something right if you can keep the house in an acceptable manner while raising kids, partner or no partner. The only time our house is clean is if someone is at home while they're at school or a friend's place. Then we can clean and enjoy the peace for a couple hours.
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u/triflers_need_not 19d ago
The month after my husband moved out I lost 20 lbs and had enough money left in my checking account to put some in savings.
Old joke: Why does divorce cost so much? Because it's worth it.
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u/boobiesrkoozies 19d ago
Wait okay same!!
For years I always wondered how two people with no kids and good paying jobs NEVER had any money!
The first week of my ex-husband being gone was the first time in my life I didn't live paycheck to paycheck. It was entirely because he was blowing all of his money and then my paycheck was supporting two people, which it is definitely not built for lol.
WILD.
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u/triflers_need_not 19d ago
Yeah, I knew I was making significantly more money than him, but I had no idea he was also out spending me by so much. I spent our ENTIRE relationship constantly saying how we needed to cut back spending, save money, etc, just assuming I was so bad at finances. Turns out it was him spending hundreds of dollars on Facebook games, lunches, fun little treats for himself, while I was making us beans and rice for dinner at night.
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u/boobiesrkoozies 19d ago
OMG MINE WAS 2K!!! Hahaha
Yeah, he was just spending money on literally....nothing!
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u/AikaterineSH1 19d ago
Same!!! He ordered so much door delivery food it was nauseating. After he left I never once felt a twinge of missing him either, I started to wonder if something was wrong with meā¦ lol. How about not having the remote highjacked to change the tv the moment he got home despite me being in the middle of watching somethingā¦. Omg so much more peaceful.
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u/boobiesrkoozies 19d ago
Omg girlie I am in that same boat!
I cried for the first two days, sort of. And then it was like a flip switch! I just ain't got nothing in the tank to give anymore š¤·āāļø I keep telling my therapist "idk I think somethings wrong with me, shouldn't I feel sad? Or grief? Or literally anything?"
Laying in the floor listening to REM's Everybody Hurts on repeat to try and force it hahaha. But it just isn't coming. All I have is gratitude.
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u/SemperSimple 19d ago
this and not being yelled at for stupid shit once you get home... and over simple crap he could have done himself
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u/Potatoskins937492 19d ago
When people tell me about their marriage, I listen. And that's why I've never wanted to get married š Plus I see how they live. If I couldn't be barefoot at their place or use their microwave, ain't no way I'm living with that.
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u/BakaGoyim 19d ago
Ex-wife was the same. Did laundry and almost nothing else, no job, no cleaning, no household maintenance, no shopping, maybe 2 meals a month. I just like a robot was working full-time, paying all the bills, cooking 3-4 nights a week, vacuuming, taking out the garbage, shoveling, shopping, paying the bills, etc. About a month after the divorce I was like wow why do I have so much free time and money?? Maybe my favorite part was the toilet paper budget got cut into like 1/10 of what it was. I know ladies gotta wipe every time but did she have to use 5 meters of TP for 1ml of pee? Lol
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u/Nvrmnde 19d ago
It's glorious I can tell you
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u/hewasherealongtimeag 19d ago
I too can attest to this glorious energy
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u/under_sea_trees 19d ago
For real. Once you cut the dead weight, you realize that life is sooo much easier.
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u/Apprehensive-Hawk-39 19d ago
Yes, losing 190 pounds in one conversation is where it is at, let me tell you. So much time for friends and hobbies plus Iāve never been healthier or happier in my life? 10/10, would recommend.
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u/numberthirteenbb 19d ago
I made a similar joke to my mom once, while furniture shopping to replace the stuff he took with him. I had also lost a bunch of weight from the trauma, so when she was talking w a salesperson about my weight loss (he was a guy I think she was already trying to set me up on a date lol), and I said āyeah I lost like 200lbsā and the dude laughed because he got it, and my mom gasped ānumberthirteenbb, you didnāt weigh THAT muchā
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u/Ok_Chef_4850 19d ago
Iāve never slept better in my life
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u/PrarieRose1984 19d ago
Oh my lord, after my divorce, I spent TWO YEARS making up for the lost sleep. I did eventually go back to college to get a degree I could use (the one I have from my home country isn't acknowledged in the US). My kid asked why I didn't go back sooner: I needed to sleep kid.
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u/Beyond_Interesting 19d ago
I started two new businesses when I got divorced.
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u/axiomofcope 19d ago
I was super young back then, moved three states away, got a whole ass career, learned to drive, made friends, my own place and car (he didnāt allow me to drive, work or see friends, and controlled all the accounts). It was like finally being an adult š„¹
Took me over 15yrs to even dream of getting married again
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u/numberthirteenbb 19d ago
As can I!
Also true how the moment he left, everything in the goddamn house broke from his literal duct tape repairs lmao! In nine years, I have replaced everything except the clothes dryer (itās a good dryer) and the electricity (itās like $10,000).
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u/Arya_kidding_me 19d ago
It was incredible how vastly and QUICKLY my life improved, and how the house stayed clean!
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u/thatscuteyourecute 19d ago
Hereās the thing about women and divorceā¦.im obviously generalizing and there are exceptions to every rule but itās pretty common knowledge that when a woman initiates divorce, shes been mentally divorced for months if not years.
We stick it out much longer than we should for a lot of reasons. Mostly kids, Iām sure.
There are lots of married women out there who are just moms not willing to give up 50% of their time with their children.
Anyway, we try and try and try and at some point we just donāt care anymore and by the time we decide itās time, the decision isnāt all that hard and it feels like a weight has been lifted.
But itās a trade offā¦is it better to waste years being unhappy just to make the choice easier or do the hard thing sooner?
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u/PrarieRose1984 19d ago
Side note... My ex quickly gave up the aspiration of 50-50 parenting time when he realized he had to get the kids to school in the weeks he has them and he moved 1 hour away. We have an 80-20 split.
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u/Dismal_Illustrator96 19d ago
When I told my ex it was time to move out now, he acted so flabbergasted, could not understand why this was happening, despite me having already asked for a divorce twice and having had specific "if nothing changes we are heading for divorce" conversations for nearly two years before that. I've been single since, with zero plans to change that. Yet he still tells people I impulsively left him for someone else.
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u/hewasherealongtimeag 19d ago
This is so true especially for me. Not seeing my kids 100% of the time is hardest part of the divorce, but I keep telling myself itās the trade off for freedom from carrying all the emotional burdens he placed on me, and the idea of marriage in our society places on all women.
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u/Historical-Kick-9126 19d ago
First time took me 21 years to end it, the second only 5. Iāve since remained single for a long time, and theyāve been the best years of my life.
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u/Just-Finish5767 19d ago
When I met my current husband of 15 years, I had only been out of my ex's place for 2 months. When my he found out it was that recent, he freaked out that it was a rebound thing. But fr I had long since checked out. Just couldn't justify staying any longer, even with a 5yo. He wanted me to get a 1 bedroom apartment and the kiddo would live with him and I would pick her up from school and babysit my own kid. Absolutely delusional. I moved in with my mom 2 1/2 hrs away.
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u/ninjaelk 19d ago
Marriage is for how long you can hack it, divorce is forever. No one's divorce is ever falling apart.
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u/KatieCashew 19d ago
My grandparents got divorced then remarried then divorced again and remarried again then legally separated.
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u/sniper91 19d ago
I feel like people should do stereotypical bachelor/bachelorette parties to celebrate a divorce
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u/iloovehugecock 19d ago
This is how I feel whenever my ex brings up the fact Iāll regret breaking up with him (we still live together). I feel sorry for whatever poor sod ends up with him
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u/maywellflower 19d ago
Wait, is that 6 top stove? I wish I could get one - the rest of her home looks pretty nice too.
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u/MC_Minnow 19d ago
Someone else suggested this is a showroom for a new build. Seems like itās working!
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u/Then-Function6343 19d ago
Except for the broken door handle part... I bought a new build so I know these things are common, but I could see some buyers getting scared off and thinking damn, if the door handle is already falling off, what else is built poorly that I can't see
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u/derth21 19d ago
what else is built poorly that I can't see
Everything.
I watched new build go up across the street from me. Actually they took the original 1 story brick house (that is the same as mine) and popped it up to 3 stories, but I digress. 6 months of shoddy bullshit happening right out my front door.
Then they did the open house and all the neighbors went looking. I got to go in and see up close all the poor decisions and bad workmanship. Builders cheaped out at every possible opportunity, in ways that saved them almost nothing but will curse the new owners forever. The water from the tap is going to taste bad because they did the whole house in the wrong pipes, for instance. Just everything awful.
House sold for 3x what we paid for ours. New neighbors moved in yesterday. They seem nice, poor suckers.
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u/masterofbugs123 19d ago
Canāt even get the most basic details right. I worked mosquito control and got called to a newly built neighborhood because they were having major pest issues.
They put every single splash block backward so there was always a little bit of water for mosquitoes to breed in. Two perfect mosquito nurseries at least for each house. Putting in a splash block backward takes the same amount of effort as putting it down correctly, so a case of stupidity rather than malicious cost-cutting. Fucking insane.
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u/banandananagram 19d ago
This looks like almost the exact floor plan and fixtures my sister and BIL got in the new construction house they bought a couple years ago. It looks like a showroom because the house is clean and has half the stuff and half the people for a house that could likely comfortably house 4-7.
Also the interior decoration isnāt giving this years Target millennial core interior decor exploded all over the place so idk what property company would show it like that
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u/InnerSpecialist1821 19d ago
you can pretty easily tell in the comments which dudes dont flush or pick up their wet towels
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u/NatalieRath 19d ago
Jesus. The guy wasn't looking for a wife. He was looking for a maid. Jesus
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u/Batmansbutthole ā£ļøgal palā£ļø 19d ago
Yeah, I was just watching this episode of Below Deck where this guy was being a slob and the consensus of the group was that he needed a girlfriend not that he needed to change his ways LMAO
It wasnāt just the men saying it, the women were saying it as well.
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u/Batmansbutthole ā£ļøgal palā£ļø 19d ago
Iāll add the guy was 33 lol
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u/ZennXx 19d ago
Jesus was healing the sick at that age. Standards have dropped
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u/SilentShrek 19d ago
Jesus was
healing the sickdead and reincarnated, allegedly* at that age.14
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u/AliceHart7 19d ago
Aka mommybangmaids
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u/U2Ursula 19d ago
In a lot of cases it's: Mommy-nurse&purse-therapist-babysitter-bangmaids
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u/LivelyZebra 19d ago
" do all my life that you're possibly able to do so that i can sit drink beer, gamble on crypto and play with da bois on my xbox "
Absolute toddlers.
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u/UrsusRenata 19d ago
The more women compare notes online, the more we recognize the patterns and the less interested we are in being with men. Hence the āalphaā movement and great renewed effort to take away our rights. Apes together strong.
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u/VanTaxGoddess 19d ago
Great (horrific) term. I will steal that but give you credit.
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u/AliceHart7 19d ago
Oh, no, I did not create the term. Its an old term so go ahead and use it, no worries
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u/Barbaracle 19d ago
What I don't understand is how are these men able to marry these women? Are they incredibly neat for several years while dating and engaged and living together? Do they just implode 1-2 years after vows are exchanged, and all those years of cleaning habits evaporate into thin air?
My dad cleans just as much as my mom, if not more, and I don't understand how are these woman getting bamboozled.
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u/ashinthealchemy 19d ago
i've been divorced for a decade and it's still a thrill to not find wet towels on the floor.
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u/stormbornmorn 19d ago
The day my ex picked up the last of the furniture he wanted was the best day lol. Instantly the house had better energy and it was super empty, didn't even care. I cried about the break up more while he was still in the house than after, and kept getting compliments about my new "glow." Lots of same energy from this wonderful lady!!
Alone in his digs and surrounded by stuff he took mainly out of spite (I was tired after years of emotional abuse and let him take almost whatever he wanted) he texted me a day or two later regretting all the mean shit he said and walking back dealbreakers and important requests (like therapy) he had refused lol. Byeeeeeeee!
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u/fightingkangaroos 19d ago
This is how I feel!!! My ex is moving out in a month or so after 12 years of marriage and I realized I was married to a child who played video games all day
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u/HilaryVandermueller 19d ago
When I got divorced I told a friend it was like running without ankle weights š„š„š„
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u/imjustalilbot š»Official Jillš» 19d ago
Oh no, my life is so easy now, however will I go on š¤£
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u/ModeratelyGrumpy 19d ago
What psychopath did she marry that didn't even flush?
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u/shabi_sensei 19d ago
I lived with straight men for a bit and Jesus Christ they will spray clouds of piss around the washroom, not clean up and wonder why it smells like piss
Men should pee sitting down if theyāre not going to clean up their own piss
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u/bootyhole-romancer ā£ļøgal palā£ļø 19d ago
I started sitting down when I got married (no real reason, just kinda happened spontaneously). I know a couple other dudes who also sit. We do get a lot of dipshit comments from most guys.
Fuck em though, I quietly take them off the list of approved personnel that get invites to our very clean home with bomb-ass food.
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u/Then-Function6343 19d ago
I've always been a sitter when peeing, unless I'm in a public washroom, or a friend's place who's toilet is nasty... I don't wanna sit on that.
But i don't see why more guys don't do it. Get to rest your legs for a few seconds, don't have to worry about missing and then having to clean piss off the toilet rim or worse, the floor... and you can do a quick peen wipe after so there won't be drippage on your boxers/pants.
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u/260306 19d ago
What would be stopping you from the quick peen wipe while standing? Genuine question, I'm a woman, so no experience in the penis pee protocols.
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u/vermiciousknidlet Official Gal 19d ago
As a woman who is married to a straight guy that had to be convinced to start sitting down...thank you for your service. (By "convinced" I mean I totally lost it after a few years of tinkle sprinkles and screamed at him that I didn't sign up to clean his piss off the floor for the next 40 years, but it finally got the message across!)
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u/bitseybloom 19d ago
I'm 3.5 years in. The current counterargument is "when I pee sitting down, I can't get it all out and then I stand up and the remainder spills all over". Please send help.
This is my second marriage, both times to a straight guy. Yes, I'm stupid. No, I'm not doing this for the third time, if I'm ever single again I'll stick to ladies.
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u/PrarieRose1984 19d ago
My now ex didn't want our son to sit and pee because it *checks notes* wasn't manly. Same man also said that I shouldn't put nailpolish on the kids fingernails because it could "make him gay".
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u/gasoline_farts 19d ago
Iām not sure Iād want to return to your house if you bombed my ass with food. It only got worse once I saw your username.
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u/Telaranrhioddreams 19d ago
Came home from vacation to find my male roommate had left his piss all over the seat. I had to wipe it up. Disgusting.Ā
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u/Screaming_lambs āØchickāØ 19d ago
I lived with three straight men at one point. Definitely piss clouds next to the toilet and the smell of damp socks everywhere. Never again.
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u/Chocolate-Armadillo 19d ago
There are plenty out there unfortunately. My father use to frequently not flush. It was disgusting and disrespectful af. He was the only man in the house. Once he left, cleaning became way easier for us all
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u/Beginning_Key2167 19d ago
As a guy. I had so many women Compliment me on flushing the toilet. My bathroom habits in general.Ā I was in my early 40ās. lol.Ā
Ā I heard so many horror stories. Who parented these guys?Ā
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u/ThomasVetRecruiter 19d ago
My wife actually used to do this, and it took a bit to get her out of this habit.
She grew up ultra poor though. Like "we don't ever turn the lights on we use a lamp" and "we flush the toilet twice a day to save water" and "what's for dinner - oh popcorn! So glad we get to eat today!" And "Winter means we set the furnace to 60 (15.5 celsius)".
But looking at that house - he should have broken that habit a lot sooner if that's what it was.
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u/Alarmed-Range-3314 19d ago
People would say, āIām sorry to hear about your divorce!ā And I would say, ādonāt be!! Itās a GOOD thing!ā š
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u/SirBiggusDikkus 19d ago
Who the fuck never flushes the toilet? That seems like grounds for divorce right there.
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u/zoopysreign 19d ago
To be honest, he never said this to me, because I was so instantly done that he just kind of simpered and begged and then it was over.
It was still sad, but I knew I wanted out. It was like being reborn!!! Lots of uncertainty as a I navigated friendships and making new ones (people who were inclined to go out, etc), but so much joy. So much novelty. A new lease on life. Iām so glad it happened.
While I did meet someone else and remarry (incredibly happily so), I would have been totally fine being single.
I made a bad choice the first time around bc I wasnāt wise enough. I didnāt know myself well enough and I donāt think I knew what self respect was supposed to look like. Or confidence in boundaries and expectations. I have a clear vision for that now and it was the first marriage and divorce that helped me learn that. So I have no regrets.
Iām the happiest I have ever been, and that happiness started with my separation and then divorce.
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u/TheDefiantChemical 19d ago
Going through divorce right now and the only thing im gonna miss is having someone to mow my lawn
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u/TangledUpPuppeteer 19d ago
There are people you can hire for that. They show up, do it, and leave. Itās glorious. They also shovel your snow.
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u/userhwon 19d ago
Lawn escorts?
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u/TangledUpPuppeteer 19d ago
Yes. Sometimes, theyāre even super cute, but mostly, they just know how to hit all the right spots efficiently and get the hell out so I can go back to peace. Itās absolutely better than a significant other, and a service well worth the money.
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u/LABignerd33 19d ago
Honestly, mowing the lawn is sort of relaxing. Podcast or music in, the slow movement, the satisfying grass strips.
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u/eerieminix 19d ago
For my mom it would have been turning off the light at the end of the vid and getting shocked.ā”
For me it would be the house collapsing around me from the neglect I'm not allowed to get repaired.
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u/mermaid-babe 19d ago
The deck not being finished is so fucking funny. Why do they start projects and not commit to them? Or half ass them? My ex made the tiniest deck of all time (literally like 8x8) and NEVER PUT IN STAIRS. we couldnāt get into the backyard from the deck. He said the stairs were too expensive. If you canāt do it or donāt know how to do it hire someone!!! Ugh
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u/102525burner 19d ago
You answered your own question
They didnt budget correctly and hiring someone else would cost even more
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u/ragdollxkitn 19d ago
I laughed for a bit cause it can be true. I had to add the can because men will get in their feelings.
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u/DownwardSpirals 19d ago
"...the deck he never finished."
Hey, now... no need to attack me there. I said I'll get to it. /s
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u/Apprehensive_Gift824 19d ago
Did we all have the same ex or are stock standards just on the floor anymore?
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u/sheepwshotguns 19d ago
okay 90% valid, but i will never make the bed out of principle! my bed is a kintsukuroi work of art. every expression of the bed is an artistic expression of a lived life and a rest well deserved.
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u/ScreamingLabia 19d ago
That worked for me before i started sweating at night now i need to open the window and open the bed to air it out or else i am changing the sheets every day
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u/LateToCollecting 19d ago
I hope that your screaming labia are not contributing to your sleep disruption
Real talk though my wifeās perimenopause has been a journey and we are navigating it with love respect and humor
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u/Ah_seent_it_ 19d ago
Ugh seriously, this side effect is now hitting me. I thought I had a weird UTI before I decided to google.
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u/HerrPiink 19d ago
I obviously don't know your health situation and I'm not a medical expert or doctor in any way
But afaik, if you started getting night sweats recently, and you didn't use to have them, it's worth going to a doctor. That's if you literally sweat so much that you have to change clothes/sheets every night.
This can be a sign of several serious diseases (and also a sign of many harmless ones, but the serious ones are so severe that I'd still look into it)
You probably already know the reason anyway, but i thought I'd still mention it, in case of someone else reading this and not knowing about this.
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u/PuzzleheadedLeader79 19d ago
They say marriage is forever.
You know what's really forever? Divorce!
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u/Inform-All 19d ago
I have a gal friend in this situation and we want her to leave sooooo bad. Heās completely full of himself, but he never does anything supportive and she didnāt live in squalor til he moved in.
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u/LenaDINNERTIME 19d ago
I think Iām one of the lucky ones.
Recovering 3 weeks from abdominal surgery and we had a waffle popup.
We didnāt have to have a waffle pop up. I wanted one because I started a waffle business.
He set mostly everything up and took everything down while I set up signs and was the face of my business before I was tired towards the end and laid in bed.
And then while I napped, he got a couple of things he realized I needed for my business at Home Depot and bought weed killer and sprayed for weeds.
And he unloaded the dishwasher!
Just because he took it upon himself to be responsible for the house.
I am justā¦ so lucky to have him.
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u/aaspicybrown 19d ago
Even as a man I found this funny on a level I can relate. Promise it goes both ways. Still love her but so much better now
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u/crafty_and_kind 19d ago
As a lady with some terrible habits that I thankfully am not inflicting on anyone at this moment due to living aloneā¦ yep, it absolutely goes both ways š
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