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Flirting with My Ex

Dangerous Liaisons – Flirting with my Ex

If you are familiar with this blog you will know that my relationship with my ex husband was at best tumultuous.

While I was madly and sickly in love with him he seemed to be more interested in hanging out with his friends, drinking and inhaling white powder.

So many evenings I spent waiting for him, not knowing if he was coming home for dinner.

Even a phone call saying “I’ll be late” would have been great.

I was not the type to call him on the phone, I’ve never been that type.

In my eyes, a man gets out of work then comes home. If he is going out after work, he comes home, he takes a shower, changes to nice clothes and off he goes….with his wife.

Well, my ex did not understand or want to understand my needs.



But Here Is the Weird Thing

Even after all of the tears and suffering we still flirted for many years after separating and even after our final divorce.

The last time we slept together was the same night I met my now husband.

It was our first date and I just knew that it could go somewhere, I felt it deep in my core that it was time for something new.

My ex had been calling me non-stop during our date. I cut my date short and met him at one of those nasty bars that he hanged out with his friends.

He was alone, we went to one of the worst motels in the area.

It was the best fucking of my life. It was also good bye.

Little did I know that I was going to be engaged 7 months later, to someone who I mattered to and put me ahead of everything and everyone else.

But my ex and I still flirted for about a year.

Why did we flirted?

Flirting with exThat’s a great question that I am not sure I will ever have an answer to. I did not like the way he treated me while we were together however after we broke up it was hard to tell him to stop.

After that final night I started dating my now husband and he started dating someone else but he continued trying to flirt with me. Most of the time I did not oblige. Sometimes it felt nice but most of the time I did not flat out reject it because that was the only way that I could get something for the kids. I knew that if I was abrupt with him he would not give me any money for the children.

He was that kind of asshole

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Being an Entrepreneur while going through a Divorce

How to Keep Going When Everything Around You is Crumbling

I am writing this article because I have been there. Many people know that when I decided to get divorce I ended up in a shelter with my 4 children. What many do not know is that I had opened up a new business two weeks before I ended up at the shelter.

The night I left the house was the night before my first client meeting.  Looking back I am not sure how I kept going. I know that some people would have put their projects on hold while going through personal setbacks. There are times that I have done that however this time it was different.




I threw myself into my new business, first because I needed the income, second because I would be dammed if I let my ex win.

Let me explain. I left my ex the night before because he came through the door drunk (nothing new) and started to make fun at my new business. He insisted that I had no ability to make money. That I was a loser and would never make it.

I could not crumble.

I moved on and kept on and pushed through my own conceived barriers and worked so hard that from the first month my business was open I recovered my investment and by the second month it was 80% profit.

I read somewhere that “you can make excuses or money but not both”, and I believe that will all my heart.

So my answer to how to be an entrepreneur while everything around you is crumbling? Keep moving, do you and everything will be alright!

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My Spouse is Cheating – What should I do?

Spouse Cheating?

So he (or she) has been cheating? Believe me, I know exactly how you feel. Been there done that, bought the t-shirt…twice.

The first time the relationship did not survive

The second time the relationship survived and actually trived.

Why some relationships survive cheating while others do not?

The answer is not simple and it’s as varied as there are types of relationships out there.  But there are a few things that can be done to figure out if it’s worth it to stay in the relationship or if it’s better for you to leave it behind you.

How you reacted when you found out of the cheating will set the pace

Alone after spouse cheatedI remember vividly how my blood boiled! I was not only furious but obsessed. I went through all the crisis stages so quickly my head spin, I also became a hound dog and kept digging any information I could about the infidelity. I am not proud of some of the crazy things I did such as activating the GPS on the phones, spying on the text messages and some other crazy shit.

Yep, not proud however I am proud of how I acted when I confronted them. The first time I found out because my own brother told me. To avoid a bigger family issue I was able to come up with a plan to hide that fact and discover the truth.




When I confronted him I fell apart. I told him that I had contracted an STD and that he needed to tell me the truth. I am not proud of how I fell apart but I am proud of never letting him know the involvement of my brother.

He admitted to sleeping with one woman. After a short period of separation (we were in the same house but I slept in our daughter’s room) he got on his hands and knees and cried while telling me “I will never do it again”. Like an idiot I believed him and sure enough he did it again.

Later on I found out that there were many more.

The Second Time I was Cheated On

The second time I was cheated on it was quite different. I did not lose it like I did the first time because the quality of life I lived next to my spouse was much different than my first marriage. I made him a cup of coffee and calmly told him that I knew that he was having an affair and that I was willing to seek couples therapy and figure out why he strayed.

We did and after a few sessions it turned up to be his fear of getting old that prompted him to act out that way. Not cool at all but at least we were able to figure it out and I am happy to say that we have been very happy for years now.

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The Best Thing I Ever Got from my Divorce

Children – The best thing I ever got from my divorce

Women with Children and DivorceWhen people spoke about children being the best thing that ever happened to them from their divorce I never understood them.

Let’s be real.

Children are so much work! They are exhausting from the moment they are born. They chew on your breast, then poop something fierce and end up throwing up all over your nicest t-shirt. Many times I have even wondered why God made us the carrier of so much responsibility. Why not men?

Let’s be honest, most men can walk away at any time without thinking twice about their off spring. It’s not “we are pregnant”, is “she is pregnant”. Married or not, a child becomes the primary responsibility of the female.

But we continue to pop kids like candy.

Why are we so Dumb?

It horrifies me every time I see a child of 13-16 years old being pregnant with another child. I have 4 girls aged 20 through 6 years old and I do not know how I would handle any one of them pregnant so young.



But it does not stop there. I also worry about the many women taking the bus everyday, pregnant and pushing a stroller.

Hello???

You cannot afford a car but you keep getting pregnant! And of course you are getting medicaid, food stamps and probably welfare.

Two scenarios come to mind; your man is not financially stable, or you don’t “have a man”. You had one at one point but he was not the type that sticks around.

Perhaps you missed the day in high school (oh wait, you did go to high school right?) where they showed horny girls and boys how to put a condom on a banana.

My only hope for you is that the sex was worth ruining your life forever.

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Ok, maybe I am being a little over dramatic.

Your life may not be forever ruined, but will be damn harder than if you chose to avoid getting pregnant.

Why am I being So Hard?

Because while I did not take the bus pregnant while pushing a stroller I was close. My first pregnancy was at 23 years old. I was an exotic dancer (read: stripper) when I met my then boyfriend. He moved in with me quickly and a few months later he was talking marriage. I got excited, started buying the wedding magazines and all. Then I got knocked up and something shifted in me. Two months in my pregnancy and I threw my fiancee out of my house after finding a huge bag of premium weed in his truck.

After the baby I made  a different “career choice” and got a job working for a Fortune 500 after much pushing for it (another story altogether) and got off welfare 2 months after my baby was born.

My ex was not there during her birth.

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That Moment When I knew It Was Over

I had a tough childhood but nothing prepared me to what I felt that moment when I knew it was over; meaning my first marriage.

Even though I was raised in an alcoholic house with my stepdad I always believed in the whole romantic scenario we are sold as children. I wanted a marriage that lasted an eternity; the perfect life.

I married my first husband when I was 26 years old. My first born was 4 years old and I was full of dreams and wishes. Even though the signs were all there that I was heading the same direction my mother did when I was young, I proceeded ahead full steam, disregarding the alarms that were ringing loudly in my head.

A few years later things kept getting worse. Our marriage had it’s typical ups and downs but at one point it was hard to know the difference.

The drinking and possible drug use was in charge of the schedule in our home.

It Was OverPlans we made rarely stuck, while I kept trying to figure out what worked and what did not work. Honestly, I spent 11 years trying to make him stop drinking. This is strange coming from me, as I like to drink socially bu I have never abused him verbally or physically, never. He was everything to me. Even when he verbally abused me in front of others I would be there for him the next day.

I was the perfect victim.

But everything toxic must come to an end and thanks to ALANON I was able to find my strenght, my voice, myself.

That Moment When I knew It Was Over was not over something big. The only insult he gave me was when he told me that I would never be able to be on my own, make my own money and live by myself.

I am not afraid – It was over

That day I left out the door and did not look back.

Never tell me I can’t do something.




I will prove you wrong.

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Getting Remarried after a Divorce

Getting Remarried after a Divorce

A few years ago you would hardly hear about anyone getting remarried after a divorce. Today, it’s very common to know a few people that are on their second (sometimes third or higher) marriage.

Personally, I am on my second marriage. Typically I do not think about that too much but going through some of my husband’s old pictures made me reflect on what this means.

Getting remarried after a divorceI can’t help but feel weird when I look at the pictures of his old family. When we first started dating I accompanied him to his ex-mother in law’s house to pick up boxes of photo albums. These were not regular photo albums. I could tell that his ex-wife took pride in documenting their family life, milestones and celebrations. She indexed, sorted and labeled each album with much more care than I ever had. Suddenly my photo boxes and disorganized Facebook photo albums seemed so inadequate!

Thankfully this feeling was fleeting and I got over it quickly.

But going through them opened up many questions to me as they looked so happy! What went wrong that divorce was the only way to find happiness?

Another time that I felt weird was when his mother sent him a package full of old pictures. She is very tactful and therefore did not include any pictures of his ex-wife however there were several pictures of him during their wedding day.




I can’t help but realize that his ex-wife was a very important part of his life, and I wonder, is our time together also going to be considered special to his family?

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Do not get me wrong, I know my mother in law adores me just like I adore her.

She even traveled from across the globe to come to our wedding and gave an incredible speech at our rehearsal dinner that not only made my day but also to everyone that was there.

When she was done there was not a dry eye in sight.

But I still wonder and can’t help but feel a little bit jealous of his past.

I also have a past but being that my ex was an alcoholic the extended periods of happiness were far in between, versus his marriage where things were really good for a few years – until the children arrived…I will talk about him as a father figure in another post but I will leave it as it has not been easy.

 

Until my next post XOXO

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Bankruptcy and Divorce

Bankruptcy and Divorce

I understand that the mere thought or filing for bankruptcy and divorce at about the same time sounds like an overwhelming task but sometimes it’s the best way to deal with some issues that may make the divorce even more unbearable.

 Marriage and Debts – Bankruptcy and Divorce

 

If you think that you and your partner are headed for a possible divorce, and there is a lot of debt between you, it might be a good idea to file for bankruptcy before you begin the divorce process. Filing for bankruptcy will pave the way for the divorce to proceed much smoother because it will let you and your spouse to get rid of some of your debt and to be on your way for a clean break. Even if you are a same sex couple filing for divorce, filing for bankruptcy prior to filing for the dissolution of marriage may alleviate some of the financial complications.



 

While not all debts can be dismissed with a bankruptcy, at least many of them will be gone and allow you both to negotiate on those that remain. Another option is that only one of you file and your spouse can file for bankruptcy later on down the road, you can be protected because you are going to take care of your debts before the divorce.

Bankruptcy and Divorce

The whole bankruptcy and divorce works quite simple. When one or both of you file for bankruptcy, all of the property that has been shared by both of them will become a part of the estate and will then be available to pay for the debts. This will also mean that you have been granted an automatic stay, which means that the creditors can’t hound you for money.

 

Remember that this stay does not prevent you from getting spouse or child support from your ex.

 

The next thing that will happen is that the bankruptcy court will decide what shared property is exempt from the bankruptcy, meaning that it cannot be sold in order to pay for your debts. Then, the divorce court can divide that property between you and your ex spouse.

 

If you are trying to negotiate property settlements, and also going through bankruptcy, you are going to be dealing with very complicated issues. Some of the debts that might be related to a property settlement might not be wiped out during the bankruptcy, so you will still need to pay them.

 

However, these debts can be wiped out if you can show that you can’t pay the debt and still take care or yourself or your children, or that if you wipe out the debt it is going to be better for you than the harm that would be done to the people that you owe by not paying it. This means that if you think your spouse is going to consider filing for bankruptcy after the divorce is final, …

Getting the Best Deals in Attorney Services

Getting the Best Deals in Attorney Services

Some of the time, finding the right lawyer providing attorney services and the best lawyer administrations is difficult. There are heaps of things that you have to consider. You need to consider the administrations you require and what particular legitimate skill do you require.

Your state laws for getting lawyer administrations are likewise among the central point that should be considered. It is additionally an absolute necessity that you know the definite determinations of the legitimate procedures where you will require lawyer administrations.

Here are some legitimate fields in centrodedivorciotampa.us lawyer administrations to offer you in your choice some assistance with making;




 

*Immigration lawyer administrations –

On the off chance that your case is identified with migration, you ought to get these administrations. You have to choose whether the movement is vocation based or family-based. Likewise knowing your state laws about movement is essential for this situation.

*DUI lawyer administrations –

In case you’re included in a DUI case, you have to enlist the best lawyers around the local area; or you may wind up doing group benefit or even correctional facility time.

*Social security lawyer administrations –

On the off chance that your issue includes government managed savings issues, for example, restorative protection, you have to get these administrations.

*Criminal guard lawyer administrations –

A decent legitimate firm or lawyer ought to be enlisted for this one.

*Divorce lawyer administrations –

You have to locate the best administrations nearby so you can move beyond the embarrassment of this problem quick

Whatever among these cases you are in, it is best to recall that you should employ a lawyer who are dependable and genuine in helping you to win your case. All things considered, you are going to pay them and lawyer expenses are generally enormous. Henceforth, it is only astute to get the best from what you will spend for.

Managing Attorney Services Fees

Talking about expenses, these are a piece of enlisting lawyers. You have to pay them so they can give you what you anticipate from them. There are free lawyer administrations however most need you to spend some sum. There are things that you need to consider when managing lawyer charges.

Here are a few;

*What charge courses of action you ought to utilize.

This will depend on upon your situation. You can ask your lawyer on how he or she will charge you.

There 3 essential courses of action for installments;

*Hourly rates – where you need to pay for the lawyer administrations in view of the hours rendered.

*Flat rate – for the most part, this will incorporate out-of-pocket costs spent by the lawyer.

*Contingency charge – this is normally some percent of what you will get from the case. You will discuss this; the amount he or she will get contingent upon the amount you will likewise get.

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Attorney Services Online – The Pros and Cons

The Pros and Cons of Finding Attorney Services Online

Getting the best attorney can be  difficult to us. Where will we search for the best lawyer?

Will we have the capacity to get the best one around? Can we afford to enlist the best? These are only few of the inquiries that frequent us each time we need to search for an attorney online.

What’s more, the most exceedingly terrible thing is that, in the event that we don’t know whether we can believe a lawyer or not. The solution is to arm ourselves with the right data about lawyers and move forward.

Presently, finding a dependable lawyer can be overwhelming. You have to make a few outings and visit a few lawyers’ offices so you can think about on their environment.

In case you cannot visit the attorney you are considering to hire then you can turn to the internet where you can discover real testimonials and reviews about their service.



In any case, you must know about the outcomes of getting a lawyer through the web. Here are a few things which you can consider before choosing to go for an online lawyer ;

The Benefits of Attorney Services Online:

• With online lawyer you’d have the capacity to get law advice at the comfort of your home

• You can start the exchange anyplace and at whatever time you need

• You don’t need to wear preppy and formal garments for meeting with your lawyer

• On the web, you can discover the greatest number of lawyers as you can with only a couple clicks; making you ready to think about numerous options in  minutes

• You are not constrained to enlist the lawyer immediately dissimilar to when you’re meeting with them in person. You tend to feel that you are committed to contract him/her since you’ve officially meet him/her in individual.

The Downside of Attorney Services Online:

• The odds of managing misrepresentation lawyers are high

• The dangers of enlisting temperamental lawyers are more prominent than when you know the firm in person

• You are confronted with a great many decisions; henceforth, you have a tendency to get confounded on which lawyer to pick.

• You can’t see whether the lawyer is genuine on helping you or not

There you go; the upsides and downsides of getting a lawyer online. In any case, you comprehend what; you may not encounter the cons of this and still get the best service that you require.

How? Just by being shrewd in the way you pick.

Regardless of where you select to contract a lawyer the best thing to do you is to request referrals.

Yes. Ask your friends or relatives whether they know of law firm that is dependable and can give you the sort of assistance that you require. They might have worked already on a few lawyers with great records and allude them to you.

Florida Divorce Court Filing

How To Save Money On A Florida Divorce

Save Money on a Florida Divorce

Save Money – As most people know, going through a Florida divorce is not just a difficult time emotionally it can also be a huge strain on finances. Thankfully with a little bit of knowledge and careful planning, you should be able to keep costs to a manageable level and will avoid getting into serious financial difficulty as a result.

If you have already decided or don’t have a choice that a divorce is going ahead, then the first thing to do is to learn about the process. Read about the statutes and laws of the area where you are filing for a divorce. If you have any friends or acquaintances that have gone through something similar, ask them for advice and information. The more basic knowledge you have in the beginning, the more time and money you will save when dealing with professionals.

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If there is any litigation involved, things can get very expensive. You should always try to find alternatives to legal disputes, such as mediation or collaborative divorce. If litigation is the only option then make sure you get estimates from your attorney about the likely time and cost of the trial.

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Take good advice and trusted recommendations when choosing legal services. For example, using the services of an unsupervised paralegal might save you money initially, but if your case is complex or the paralegal isn’t knowledgeable enough for your needs, then mistakes could be made which will cost you more to correct later on.




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If your Florida divorce attorney charges by the hour (which is likely), you will save money by using email or letters rather than phone calls. When you have meetings with your attorney, have a support person attend these meeting with you. Make sure it’s someone who knows you well and who you can trust, so they can help you remember the important questions and pieces of information in case you forget something. They can also help you by remembering what occurs during the meetings, so that if you forget something later then you won’t necessarily have to contact the attorney about it. By the way, you can find a divorce attorney in Florida by going to  www.lawyers.com

 

Here are a few other good tips which might help: ask your attorney to estimate the judge’s decision (this might help you choose a better course of action if possible); have a professional appraise your assets (this will be good for helping you feel organized and should also save time and money); value household items fairly (check online when determining what things are worth); get a second opinion if you think there might be a cheaper or better way of doing something; do not change lawyers unless it’s unavoidable (this will usually end up wasting time and costing more).

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