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While more than half of all marriages end in divorce, joy and happiness does not have to die with it. Happily Ever After Divorce: Notes of a Joyful Journey gives a seldom touched-on view of divorce – a positive view of life on the other side. A uniquely upbeat approach to "going it... read more
Summary
The author has decided she can no longer live this life of painful complacency. She and her husband can't seem to get along, spend all their time arguing over minute and insignificant details. She is tired of being made felt to be inadequate and slighlylu stupide. She's ready for her life to... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Memorable Quotes
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“Suddenly, my days and nights were free of criticism. Free of sarcasm and innuendo. Free of conflict and complaint. In place of all that conflict, there was silence--not an empty silence, but something rich and luxurious.”
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“I wasn't lonely, not in the slightest. Not nearly as lonely as I had been in a marriage that wasn't working, where silence felt like daggers.”
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“From the outset, he made it clear that he fully intended to be the one to retain most, if not all, of our assets. "I'm going to be very wealthy again one day," he said. "ANd when you end up with nothing, don't come looking to me." The pronouncement stayed with me, irrefutable, immutable. It haunted me like the curse of the evil fairy who appears uninvited at Sleeping Beauty's christening, vowing that the baby will ione day prick her finger on a spindle and die.”
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“When my friends comment on the vast difference between my former husband's and my lifestyles, what I tell them is this: Yes, he ended up with most of the money. And I ended up rich.”
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“"Take it from me, I've seen a good many adults who, as children, had far more damage ultimately done to them by overindulgence than by deprivation," he said.”
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“I realized then how much easier it is to be angry than to feel the simple, searing pain of regret. Anger was the useful lubricant that salved the underlying wound. This sadness was, after all, really so much worse.”
First Sentence
One day, at age forty-one, with three young children, I took a terrifying, guilt-inducing leap.
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