I confess

26 years ago we were married because we had a 1 year old child together and we wanted to do the right thing. There is nothing like regret to remind you that you are alive.

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If you...

Sep 24, 2021 at 7:38pm

... managed to stay together for the sake of the child that's pretty cool. My dad left when I was six after fighting with mom since I was three. My earliest memory is them screaming at one another. I don't know if it was all roses for you to but now I just in my late thirties how much of an impact at all had on me.

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But wait

Sep 25, 2021 at 4:53am

You’ve made it together for all this time, so obviously there had to be more between you than just a child. I don’t care what the popular philosophy is about how relationships should just be easy and if you have to work at them they’re no good. ALL relationships take work on the part of both people to be successful. Are you willing to throw out everything you’ve accomplished together for all those years? Think long and hard before you throw in the towel.

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op to If you...

Sep 25, 2021 at 7:44am

thanks

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My parents divorced when I was three.

Sep 25, 2021 at 6:53pm

I'm twenty-six now and I turned out fine. I was definitely a trouble child but it didn't take long for me to accept why things happened the way they did and they turned out for the best. I also think the trouble child part had less to do with the divorce and other circumstances in my life, like having epilepsy and being multiracial. My parents are happy with my other parents now... And I get the fortune of having a bigger family! Rough circumstances can have happy endings, don't doubt yourself. You haven't screwed up in any way, you have just ended up on an unconventional path that may take you somewhere great.

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op to somewhere great

Sep 25, 2021 at 9:49pm

thank you

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@ but wait

Sep 26, 2021 at 2:20am

Some people marry the wrong people for the wrong reasons. Wrong relationships aren't meant to work out.

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The pit.

Sep 26, 2021 at 12:07pm

That's to say the pit of your stomach food lives there not you and not for very long.

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Free yourself

Sep 27, 2021 at 8:42pm

Why regret the past when you still have a future?

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Your child

Sep 27, 2021 at 11:12pm

Has been an adult for 9 years. If you were really miserable, what’s holding you back from moving on? I think you’re just stuck in self pity. You could switch your perspective to gratitude, or at least have the courage to change what you don’t like.

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Orange clockface

Sep 28, 2021 at 12:06am

The future of a mandala is the past!

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