Comments | melaniesuzanne: Better than expected

melaniesuzanne

Better than expected

Mar 02, 2015 13:05

It was bound to happen sometime...

On the suggestion of boneshard, the beau and I attended a techno swap meet at the National Electronics Museum just outside of Baltimore on Saturday. After introducing the two gents, we headed in to the museum and perused gauges and wires and all sorts of thirty- to fifth-year-old technology. I didn't see anything which ( Read more... )

the beau, divorce

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aelf March 2 2015, 18:48:50 UTC

So glad it went well and no one replayed West Side Story in the middle of the swap meet. I would have hid. :) You're brave!

Also, just generally, you're awesome. Step on those self doubts.

melaniesuzanne March 2 2015, 19:26:32 UTC

Aw, thanks. You're my favorite. :-) But seriously, thanks. I don't regret getting divorced and there's nothing that I miss about my ex, but I still feel a little sting. I'll eventually get over it.

And yes! I'm so glad that it went well with the ex-BiL. I probably would have hid if his wife had been there, heh.

boneshard March 3 2015, 05:05:47 UTC

I can't imagine dancing breaking out at the N.E.M.... all those old HAM guys... it would look like a parade of drunken Wilford Brimleys slamming into a herd of drugged Bill Nye.

stitchwhich March 3 2015, 03:11:13 UTC

I am glad you had the chance to learn that things were "normal" rather than "acerbic" in that sphere, to be reassured. And the chance to catch up on news about people you probably still care about but were afraid to talk to. Good.

Yay you, for loving yourself enough to make hard decisions and carry them through.

Oh, and for digging Legos.

melaniesuzanne March 11 2015, 16:03:58 UTC

Yes. Despite the initial panic, it was a good interaction. And I'll probably always dig Legos. :-)

reedrover March 5 2015, 21:05:45 UTC

I've been struggling with feeling like a social failure due to the divorce as well as wrestling with some lingering guilt despite knowing that what I did was in my best interest.I don't consider you a social failure. Perhaps it is that you are also not tarnished by an outside label in my head, but I don't think that's the only reason for my opinion. I know and generally socialize with four people who have divorced from their first spouse, and all of them are better people for making that change ( ... )

melaniesuzanne March 11 2015, 16:02:41 UTC

Thank you so much for this eloquent insight. (I often wish that I had your way with words.)

reedrover March 11 2015, 16:52:09 UTC

You are always welcome! And thanks for the compliment.

It's weird, but I still carry a little sting of guilt for being so late to your wedding that it was over when we pulled up. Darned tractor-trailers.

melaniesuzanne March 11 2015, 17:07:57 UTC

Oh, please don't. I was thirty minutes late, myself! Darned photographers.