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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a woman and I wanted to stay together for the kids. We only had one more year until our youngest headed off to college. But selfish, messy, lazy STBX DH (no, I'm not the other pp who said this about her X) couldn't wait for our youngest to finish his last year of high school before starting to date other women, buying a sportscar "for our son", spending all his money on vacations (with and without his new women) instead of child support, and generally launching into a full-blown midlife crisis.

Secretly, I'm overjoyed that STBX DH is gone. No more of him messing up the place, telling DS not to bother with college and to become a guitarist instead, and all the rest of DH's selfish, messy and destructive behavior.

I gave our son a stable final year of high school by staying in the house and spending down some savings. Now that DS is headed to college I'm selling the house. During this last year, DS and I have really gotten to know and appreciate each other--it's been sort of idyllic without that jerk around. I realize that having an older kid is different from having younger ones, though.

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