Anonymous wrote:I’m in year four after a horrific divorce (abuse/addiction). I am still single and doing a lot of healing and work.
I think it’s great if Jen has partnered up- no jealousy here- but definitely some quiet eye rolls and smirks at her telling anyone anything about “being alone” when she made it about a minute single. I find her rush to department sad and ultimately very very shortsighted.
It might have been fun to see her doing something more non traditional than finding a token African American to beard for.
About 6 years ago a dear friend of mine had a sudden very nasty infidelity divorce that totally crushed her. Ex was so vicious to her afterwards and he remarried quickly, of course. Like J&H they had got married right out of college.
Lots of therapy. Lots of learning that she can survive anything and she can adult all by herself.
18m ago she met a wonderful guy and they just got married! And we are all thrilled, because we know she actually *has* put in the work - and maybe the biggest part of the work was staying single and focusing on getting her and her kids’ shit together when she was so desperately lonely.
Hubs even tried to set her up w a great guy, and after one phone call she said she wouldn’t even meet with him because she could tell he wasn’t healed from his divorce yet. Annoyed us at the time, but now I see how wise she was. She said she was too far ahead of him in the process for it to be a healthy relationship.
It takes time to be reborn. Otherwise you just choose someone as broken as you still are.
I don’t think that happens in 12 months, Sis.