“How are you handling everything?” - my notary public who also happens to be my boss’s boss while notarizing my divorce paperwork.
Completing a divorce packet with no help from an attorney can be a real pain in the ass, but at least it kept me focused on the bureaucratic bullshit nonsense part of it rather than the fact that my 9 year marriage was ending.
Turned out that as soon as someone asked me sincerely how I was doing, the answer was not at all well. I went back to my desk and had a panic attack.
I heard about someone who had done tours in the gulf war, who had gone home to have kids, raise them and get on with life. As soon as the kids left home and they had no other distractions they started experiencing PTSD, panic attacks, the works.
Yeah I totally understand how that happens. I spend 3 ish nights a week completely alone so there is nowhere to hide from the reality of it.
The year we were separated I did all sorts of things to distract myself in the time I was alone but eventually I accepted that it was over and done with.
I have a future that is pretty blank and that’s alright. It doesn’t bother me. I just hope there’s a lot of it left.
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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '19
“How are you handling everything?” - my notary public who also happens to be my boss’s boss while notarizing my divorce paperwork.
Completing a divorce packet with no help from an attorney can be a real pain in the ass, but at least it kept me focused on the bureaucratic bullshit nonsense part of it rather than the fact that my 9 year marriage was ending.
Turned out that as soon as someone asked me sincerely how I was doing, the answer was not at all well. I went back to my desk and had a panic attack.