What I Wish My Ex-Husband Had Seen

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Jan. 26, 2024 Emma Chao/Scary Mommy; Stocksy MOVING ON What I Wish My Ex-Husband Had Seen We're back today with some more pieces from our divorce issue. And this time, we're taking a more personal approach. Because everybody's experience is unique, right? First up: a thoughtful piece by Meg Raby, looking back at her previous marriage. "I once read that not everyone goes around with a constant internal dialogue inside their head and was dumbfounded. That sounds peaceful… and bizarre," she writes. "Alas, I am (drumroll) not one of those people. Constant, I mean constant, dialogue is happening inside my brain. I'm neurodivergent and have a tendency toward hyper-empathy; I am (is that drumroll still going on?) emotional and, at times, anxious." The problem? "For a long time this quality of mine was seen as a negative by my then-husband." And now she's reflecting on what she wishes he'd understood at the time. Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor Read More ⮕ Latest CONFESSION TIME It Sucks To Watch My Ex Take Our Kids On Fancy Vacations "But I have to keep my mouth shut." Read More. ALL THE FEELS I'm Divorced. Why Do I Find It So Hard To Call Myself A Single Mom? "I've long equated being a single parent with suffering, and I don't feel like I've suffered enough to deserve the title." Read More. Ariela Basson/Scary Mommy; Getty Images, Shutterstock PACK YOUR BAGS Dropping My Kid Off At College With My Ex Was... Kinda Great, Actually "Who better to understand exactly what I was going through?" Read More. Featured PSYCHEDELIC! I Went On A Guided Mushroom Trip To Process My Divorce I just love this piece by Sarah Aswell: "I commando-crawled out of 2021 in a pretty terrible state of depression and anxiety," she writes. "For the first time since my wedding 13 years before, I had no idea what my future looked like at all. It was just blank space. I was suddenly a single mom who didn't really understand what happened to me and didn't understand where I was going, personally or professionally." So what helped? Mushrooms. Mushrooms helped. Read More ⮕ What We're Reading ⮕ How To Take Care Of Your Skin In The Fall And Winter ⮕ The Small Change That Made A Big Difference In My Well-Being, According to 12 Dads ⮕ Here's What The Mom Calendar In My Head Looks Like

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