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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been separated for 7 years and divorced for 2 and most my friends and coworkers don't even know. Only really close friends and family just found out because my mom died and my xH was at the funeral (for our kids) but then he went home. Lol. It was funny we sat around and told "family secrets".

It's just not something that comes up in conversation, I don't need support, I don't see any reason to bring it up in conversation.

While we were separated, we still attended kids games, school events, cookouts and dinner parties with our kids. As soon as people started to find out they were like "who do we invite" "do we invite both", I was like well for 5 years you were inviting both why would you stop.

It's weird how people act so weird about divorce. [/quote]

"It's weird how people act so weird about divorce" - like the woman who is divorced for years and didn't tell anyone, resulting in 5 years of people extending invitations to a couple who were not actually a couple? Weird like that?

I did not feel the need to conceal my divorce like it was a shameful family secret. I didn't make some big public disclosure either, but if my kid had mentioned to a friend that her dad and I separated over the summer, I would not be offended if the friend's parents were like, "Hey Sandy said that Jamie said that you and Brandon separated over the summer. I didn't feel right knowing and not saying anything."

What kind of community are you people in that it's never okay to mention personal things to your friends??[/quote]

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