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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My life, finances and career were basically ruined by a disastrous marriage. They will never recover.  I'm now middle aged and alone as a single parent. It is a life I dislike and never wanted. I am the pity of all my better-off (by orders of magnitude) friends and family who are all nice enough but clearly consider me a "there but for the grace of god" situation. My life is a constant humiliation and living it is painful. I work FT and get by but my kids lives are measurably worse than mine was growing up in every way. I envy everyone who had better marriages and consequently better adult lives. My early life was good and that is what I got in this world, my good fortune was frontloaded. I am now middle aged and it is over. I don't want to hurt my kids more but I recently found some peace by realizing that eventually my life will end and that if I want to, which I do, later on I can use some of my remaining $ to pay someone to make my death look like an accident. I have felt lighter since realizing this. [/quote]

Fellow (former) single mom. I have felt a very similar set of feelings (feeling hopeless, like a total failure, like my life is ruined forever, only putting one foot in front of the other for my child…). I just want to send you love and support. Your post made me tear up remembering those times. My life has changed immensely for the better. I know it sounds extremely cheesy and absurd (I’m embarrassed to type this), but what helped me was reading The Secret and The Rules. For me, therapy was cost prohibitive, and I’m not sure how useful it would have been to wallow further in my misery. Please don’t give up hope. [/quote]

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