Hi, Everyone -
I've been here for a few weeks, finally registered and now
finally introducing myself. I would really like to feel a part of this
great little community and I know that that won't happen if I don't
reach out.
I live in a very small town in Maine, have a
college-age son, work for an educational non-profit,
have been separated from my husband for a year this month, and
we have a court date in a couple of weeks for our
divorce hearing after 14 years of marriage.
Sometimes I don't know what to say when people say they are
getting divorced. The correct response could be
"I'm sorry" but it could just as easily be "Congratulations!"
(Kind of like when someone tells you they're pregnant!)
In this case it's a little of both. We're both
sorry that it is ending in divorce - that isn't what we had in
mind when we got married - but it wasn't a
good relationship for quite a while, so that is where the
congratulations comes in. We're better as friends.
My reclusiveness is the Ennis part of me that I have
made a conscious decision to do something about
so that I don't end up with few friends in a
small little world like movie Ennis.
I took a big step, for me, and contacted someone
who posted over on Dave Cullen based soley on her use of the word
"jeesums" in one of her posts. I emailed her and asked her
what part of Maine she was from and it turns out that
she's only a little over an hour away.
We're getting together tomorrow for the first time.
I'm glad to be here at BetterMost (love the name!).
I came to talk about Ennis and Ellery (thanks, MaineWriter,
for providing the invitation), and like it here because
it isn't too big (yet). As a newcomer to forums (due to BBM)
it's kind of overwhelming over at Dave Cullen, especially for
someone like me who's pretty quiet until she gets to know people.