arabella: AND, some folks don't want to spend the money to file for a legal separation. They want to save their pennies to file for a divorce.
I was separated for a year before I was divorced. I lived alone but still had contact with my husband because his shop was in my barn and he was building a new facility at his house where his shop would be located.
So separations come in all shapes and forms.
The money I spent on my divorce were the best spent money ever
I felt free, relieved and happy to have "survived" it all and to have the chance to start over..with no strings attached to the past
You're a smart lady...so your headache doubtless has a reasonable cause.
You're right, Lush, the task of ferreting out the truth may not be easy. But there are plenty of signs. First, the obvious ones: How often is the separated person in contact with his or her spouse? What is the depth of that contact (does it involve social get-togethers, etc.?)? Does the individual express unresolved feelings such as hurt or unrequited affection with respect to the spouse? And so on.
bodleing: No probs, I wouldn't want to be involved with someone
who couldn't see beyond a label.
Try and understand, that the same way you might think of a person who won't get involved with you, because of this, may be the same way they see you. I personally think it's selfish not to finish (yes, the works) one relationship before starting another.
If you got married for a reason, then there should be a good reason to divorce, if you aren't together still....however, if it doesn't matter to you, then fine.
bodleing: Last time I looked it would cost me £1200,
so there's 1200 good reasons.
I always find it humorus that people will move heaven and earth, work doubles,and sell possessions,sacrifice friends to marry someone, but lack the same zeal and conviction to dissolve the marriage.
lusciousmile: Try and understand, that the same way you might think of a person who won't get involved with you, because of this, may be the same way they see you. I personally think it's selfish not to finish (yes, the works) one relationship before starting another.
If you got married for a reason, then there should be a good reason to divorce, if you aren't together still....however, if it doesn't matter to you, then fine.
Ambrose2007: You're a smart lady...so your headache doubtless has a reasonable cause.
You're right, Lush, the task of ferreting out the truth may not be easy. But there are plenty of signs. First, the obvious ones: How often is the separated person in contact with his or her spouse? What is the depth of that contact (does it involve social get-togethers, etc.?)? Does the individual express unresolved feelings such as hurt or unrequited affection with respect to the spouse? And so on.
My good friens did once 'kinda' get involved with a man who still lived with his ex. They weren't legally married ( customary marriage, in Kenya). He said they had no relationship and only lived together (separate bed rooms). She could spend time with the man and even go away on holiday with him, take his daughter out to hairdresser's......etc.The guy insisted, that they were only still living in the same house, for the sake of their daughter.
lusciousmile: My good friens did once 'kinda' get involved with a man who still lived with his ex. They weren't legally married ( customary marriage, in Kenya). He said they had no relationship and only lived together (separate bed rooms). She could spend time with the man and even go away on holiday with him, take his daughter out to hairdresser's......etc.The guy insisted, that they were only still living in the same house, for the sake of their daughter.
lusciousmile: My good friens did once 'kinda' get involved with a man who still lived with his ex. They weren't legally married ( customary marriage, in Kenya). He said they had no relationship and only lived together (separate bed rooms). She could spend time with the man and even go away on holiday with him, take his daughter out to hairdresser's......etc.The guy insisted, that they were only still living in the same house, for the sake of their daughter.
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