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Post by itsmytime2be on Nov 9, 2016 23:29:36 GMT -5
I used to fantasize about just getting in my car, getting on the highway and leaving because I was so unhappy. I don't think like that anymore. Me too! I'd have to take my child, too! |
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Post by itsmytime2be on Nov 9, 2016 23:31:37 GMT -5
I didn't realize you were in my (red)neck of the woods. ;-) Ooh, another resident of the Old North State? I grew up in NASCAR City- can tell you some stories about some of the old drivers. Now living in Engineer and Scientist Central. And @ggold, there is a lot to be said for Southern Hospitality. Just saying. Yes, sir! Totally agree about Southern Hospitality! |
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Post by Dan on Nov 10, 2016 9:33:09 GMT -5
I used to fantasize about just getting in my car, getting on the highway and leaving because I was so unhappy. I don't think like that anymore. OK, this is a little dark... but it is the truth: When I'm particularly down, I sometime fantasize that a week after I send my youngest off to college, I get hit by a bus. You can tell I'm REALLY down when that thought actually makes me happy because of the sense of relief I feel at the thought. Sorry, I won't leave you with THAT desperate of a thought. I also fantasize about a post-divorce road trip. Traveling all over the US, seeing the sights in various cities, and offering to drop by on my various ILIASM friends wherever they live. I'll try to focus on that next time I'm down! |
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Post by bballgirl on Nov 10, 2016 9:55:06 GMT -5
I used to fantasize about just getting in my car, getting on the highway and leaving because I was so unhappy. I don't think like that anymore. OK, this is a little dark... but it is the truth: When I'm particularly down, I sometime fantasize that a week after I send my youngest off to college, I get hit by a bus. You can tell I'm REALLY down when that thought actually makes me happy because of the sense of relief I feel at the thought. Sorry, I won't leave you with THAT desperate of a thought. I also fantasize about a post-divorce road trip. Traveling all over the US, seeing the sights in various cities, and offering to drop by on my various ILIASM friends wherever they live. I'll try to focus on that next time I'm down! I definitely like the second one better!! You know what divorce gives me a taste of being an empty nester because when the kids are with their dad I'm a free lady!! Woohoo!! Traveling, road tripping, and visiting friends sounds like a very nice thing to look forward to.  |
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Post by eternaloptimism on Nov 10, 2016 17:28:32 GMT -5
I used to fantasize about just getting in my car, getting on the highway and leaving because I was so unhappy. I don't think like that anymore. OK, this is a little dark... but it is the truth: When I'm particularly down, I sometime fantasize that a week after I send my youngest off to college, I get hit by a bus. You can tell I'm REALLY down when that thought actually makes me happy because of the sense of relief I feel at the thought. Sorry, I won't leave you with THAT desperate of a thought. I also fantasize about a post-divorce road trip. Traveling all over the US, seeing the sights in various cities, and offering to drop by on my various ILIASM friends wherever they live. I'll try to focus on that next time I'm down! Central reservations are more appealing than SM's sometimes in my head Dan. I'm sure we've all thought similar things at one time or another xx |
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Post by cagedtiger on Nov 10, 2016 17:58:30 GMT -5
A long while back, probably over a year now, I started thinking in a quiet corner in the back of my mind what I would do if this marriage didn't work out. Lots of trips were thought out, lots of contingencies for how to make livings thought through, and people to reconnect with and visit were remembered.
They're still there, but that quiet corner has become louder and larger.
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Post by beachguy on Nov 11, 2016 12:38:06 GMT -5
A long while back, probably over a year now, I started thinking in a quiet corner in the back of my mind what I would do if this marriage didn't work out. Lots of trips were thought out, lots of contingencies for how to make livings thought through, and people to reconnect with and visit were remembered. They're still there, but that quiet corner has become louder and larger. You can do this without throwing everything away and going to the Caymen's to become a dive instructor. (Yea that crossed my mind a few times) |
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Post by cagedtiger on Nov 11, 2016 13:28:35 GMT -5
A long while back, probably over a year now, I started thinking in a quiet corner in the back of my mind what I would do if this marriage didn't work out. Lots of trips were thought out, lots of contingencies for how to make livings thought through, and people to reconnect with and visit were remembered. They're still there, but that quiet corner has become louder and larger. You can do this without throwing everything away and going to the Caymen's to become a dive instructor. (Yea that crossed my mind a few times) Virgin Islands, actually- have a friend who works in utilities there |
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Post by beachguy on Nov 11, 2016 13:31:27 GMT -5
You can do this without throwing everything away and going to the Caymen's to become a dive instructor. (Yea that crossed my mind a few times) Virgin Islands, actually- have a friend who works in utilities there Virgin Islands work. Dive instructors get paid to do exactly what the tourists pay stupid money to do. And they have just as much fun. How many people do you know that book a Caribbean vacation so they can go down there and fix power lines? Just sayin' Lol |
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Post by cagedtiger on Nov 11, 2016 13:53:29 GMT -5
Virgin Islands, actually- have a friend who works in utilities there Virgin Islands work. Dive instructors get paid to do exactly what the tourists pay stupid money to do. And they have just as much fun. How many people do you know that book a Caribbean vacation so they can go down there and fix power lines? Just sayin' Lol An mean to an end. Plus I love the problem solving aspect, and she's traveling all over the Caribbean. And it's pretty much ground zero for what I really want to do. Well, there or Iceland. |
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Post by beachguy on Nov 11, 2016 13:57:13 GMT -5
Virgin Islands work. Dive instructors get paid to do exactly what the tourists pay stupid money to do. And they have just as much fun. How many people do you know that book a Caribbean vacation so they can go down there and fix power lines? Just sayin' Lol An mean to an end. Plus I love the problem solving aspect, and she's traveling all over the Caribbean. And it's pretty much ground zero for what I really want to do. Well, there or Iceland. Ok so you haven't quite gotten to the "fuck it all and become a dive instructor" point Jk, you know I'm just just messin' with ya? |
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Post by cagedtiger on Nov 11, 2016 14:03:51 GMT -5
An mean to an end. Plus I love the problem solving aspect, and she's traveling all over the Caribbean. And it's pretty much ground zero for what I really want to do. Well, there or Iceland. Ok so you haven't quite gotten to the "fuck it all and become a dive instructor" point Jk, you know I'm just just messin' with ya? Dive instructor starts after I bored as an engineer.  And have money saved for my own boat. |
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Post by beachguy on Nov 11, 2016 14:20:03 GMT -5
Ok so you haven't quite gotten to the "fuck it all and become a dive instructor" point Jk, you know I'm just just messin' with ya? Dive instructor starts after I bored as an engineer. And have money saved for my own boat. Now you have a good plan! |
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Post by cagedtiger on Nov 11, 2016 14:26:38 GMT -5
Dive instructor starts after I bored as an engineer. And have money saved for my own boat. Now you have a good plan! That's one of them... |
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And have money saved for my own boat.