How did your ex embarrass themselves after divorce?

[Anonymous]

Send a link of the style of pants that didn't fit and the European style glasses, please. I need a good laugh.

[Anonymous]

Continued to use my phone number at stores to get discounts, but didn't realize that the stores would email the receipt to me. So I saw what he was buying and it was not as embarrassing as Ed Hardy, but there were some items on there I'm sure he wouldn't have wanted me to see.

[Anonymous]

Not my ex, but the people we bought our house from around 10 years ago were divorcing. The mom was lovely and gracious, they had one young daughter. The dad had decided he was gay, had quit his defense contractor job and was moving to NYC to "start his real life" (yes he said this at closing) and was going to pursue his dream of Broadway. He was mid-40s and objectively, a 2 out of 10. He also had written in huge penciled in letters in the garage: "Be yourselves (sic), everyone else is taken." We left that up just to laugh at.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Petty answers only.

Apparently mine got hideous glasses frames inspired by his very European boss at work (the kids were in hysterics at dropoff and fighting over who got to tell me about it first) and he started wearing pants that don’t fit. I think he’s a few months away from a Jeff Bezos-esque style transformation.

Tell me you are a bad parent and handled your divorce poorly without telling me you are a bad parent who handled your divorce poorly...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not my ex, but the people we bought our house from around 10 years ago were divorcing. The mom was lovely and gracious, they had one young daughter. The dad had decided he was gay, had quit his defense contractor job and was moving to NYC to "start his real life" (yes he said this at closing) and was going to pursue his dream of Broadway. He was mid-40s and objectively, a 2 out of 10. He also had written in huge penciled in letters in the garage: "Be yourselves (sic), everyone else is taken." We left that up just to laugh at.

Gold

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Forced his affair partner to have an open relationship so he can play the field after his long marriage. And by "playing the field" I mean crudely propositioning the mom of a kid's friend in a harassing way.

Bought a really hilarious denim jacket with a corduroy collar. You're nearly 50, sir.

Made the affair really obvious but when our teenager asked him if he was with the affair partner he said, "No, but I might be in a year. But don't tell Mama." Then a year later he announced he was "dating someone" and our teenager said, "Yeah, [affair partner]" and he said, "How did you know???" Related this story to me (well not the beginning part) as proof that the kids "took it well."

Thinks we are friends. Can't tell that I am gray rocking him. Texts me all the time. Called me crying when the divorce was final. I planned a solo getaway and didn't give him any details. I said to the kids, "I didn't tell your dad where I'm going because we're divorced, but if you mentioned it to him that's OK because I don't have any secrets." Teenager said, "Yeah, he asked us four times where you're going. He doesn't believe you're going by yourself."

He pretended he didn't know where I was going the next time we talked. I said, "I know you know where I'm going. You asked our child 4 times." He made a high-pitched giggling sound.

Sent my relatives a pity-party email about how much he missed them this Christmas. Vaguely referred to "his part in the end of the marriage." Seemed to believe they would be moved by his overture. They rolled their eyes. My mother never replied.

Really the greatest embarrassment is that he has lost the respect of his children. My 13 year old cried, "I thought we had a perfect life. I thought you guys were golden. I didn't know your dad could change and suddenly become terrible. I didn't know he was like this [a self-absorbed alcoholic with the attention span of a beetle who can't stock food in his house]."

I have never been divorced so I can't judge, but I really feel like the last statement is just sad, not something to laugh about. I can't tell if you are. But in case, that is a huge bummer for your kid

[Anonymous]

He spent $500 on Tinder using a device still connected to our Apple Family Sharing account, which was connected to my credit card. The receipt came to me immediately.

Somehow he bought two different memberships inside of a few minutes.

[Anonymous]

Grew out his beard and started wearing beard charms in it. Like little rings

[Anonymous]

OP with an update: he is growing out his hair.

He is balding and has worn his hair very short for a decade to manage that, and it worked.

The children did not joke about this one. I guess it’s pretty bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Petty answers only.

Apparently mine got hideous glasses frames inspired by his very European boss at work (the kids were in hysterics at dropoff and fighting over who got to tell me about it first) and he started wearing pants that don’t fit. I think he’s a few months away from a Jeff Bezos-esque style transformation.

Tell me you are a bad parent and handled your divorce poorly without telling me you are a bad parent who handled your divorce poorly...

NP. Tell me you don’t know how ruthless teens can be in criticizing adults’ appearance without telling me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Petty answers only.

Apparently mine got hideous glasses frames inspired by his very European boss at work (the kids were in hysterics at dropoff and fighting over who got to tell me about it first) and he started wearing pants that don’t fit. I think he’s a few months away from a Jeff Bezos-esque style transformation.

Tell me you are a bad parent and handled your divorce poorly without telling me you are a bad parent who handled your divorce poorly...

NP. Tell me you don’t know how ruthless teens can be in criticizing adults’ appearance without telling me.

OP- I’ll be the first to say that my original post was pretty glib, but this is a serious situation. The kids delivered this update without teasing or jokes. It’s hard to watch your parent change behaviorally in unrecognizable ways. The physical changes that are accompanying that seem to symbolize it rather than be a standalone fashion choice, and I think they’re processing all of that in a pretty age appropriate way.

[Anonymous]

Cowboy boots

[Anonymous]

Got himself shunned by his large group of college friends because he slept with the wife of one of them. In their marital bed. With their AND our kids in the house, playing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cowboy boots

Depending on location this could be ok or really, really tragic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Got himself shunned by his large group of college friends because he slept with the wife of one of them. In their marital bed. With their AND our kids in the house, playing.

Oh.

Oh no. That’s legitimately bad. I’m so sorry.