Post-divorce life or Starting Over
Good evening, Labels: Post Divorce
Dr. Dreamer here: tonight, I am going to talk about post divorce.
What really happens when the divorce is final?
All of a sudden, you will find that your life is totally different from what you once knew!
If you work, you will no longer come home to a full house. If you did not work during the marriage, you will no longer be waiting for your spouse to come home.
Furthermore, you will not see your kids every day the day you used to whether you are a dad or a mom, as chances are you will end up with joint legal and physical custody of your children. To me, this was the devastating part, for I did not see my children every day, which was something I was used and which was totally indispensable in my life!
You have to come to grips, preferably before the divorce is finalized, with the fact that you are not going to see your children the way you did prior to that. When you have the children, you will enjoy them in a different way, as you will no longer have the interference of the other parent. The children will be with you 100% of the time during your parenting time, which is wonderful. On the other hand, when the children are not with you, you are going to miss them tremendously!
In essence, mathematically speaking, this amounts to 50% time with the children, which is what you and your ex spouse had with the children prior to the divorce. This is because when you are still married, you share the time with the kids, so your share is 50%. However, the difference is in the distribution of the time. This is extremely hard, especially at first, but, eventually, you will start accepting it.
I will fill you in, from personal experience, on the post-divorce stages and the consequences.
Until then…..Good Night!
Dr. Dreamer

