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10 Seconds That Ended My 20 Year Marriage

It’s August in Northern Virginia, hot and humid. I still haven’t showered from my morning trail run. I’m wearing my stay-at-home mom…

4 min readFeb 16, 2022

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10 Seconds That Ended My 20 Year Marriage

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Do You Love Me — Yes or No

My desperate try to return to love

2 min readApr 23, 2024

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Do You Love Me — Yes or No

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What It Really Looks Like to Go Back to Your Ex

The underbelly of reconciliation

4 min readApr 16, 2024

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What It Really Looks Like to Go Back to Your Ex

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Becoming the Wife My Ex-husband Wanted Me to Be

Divorce changed everything about me

4 min readApr 2, 2024

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Becoming the Wife My Ex-husband Wanted Me to Be

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My Sister-in-Law Hated Me Because She Was in Love With My Husband

The first six months of our marriage were spent caring for his dying mother. Everything we did was to make her last days comfortable or to…

4 min readMar 26, 2024

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My Sister-in-Law Hated Me Because She Was in Love With My Husband

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The Narrative Arc

I Was Not a Good Wife and Begged My Husband to Take Me Back

A letter of contrition

4 min readMar 19, 2024

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I Was Not a Good Wife and Begged My Husband to Take Me Back

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My Marriage And All Its Stuff

“She texted back”

5 min readMar 12, 2024

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Photo of a beige two-story home with three car garage, doors open. Yard sale item in the driveway. In the center, two grown children smiling.

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The Second Goodbye

Endings take two

3 min readMar 5, 2024

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The Second Goodbye

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Getting Back Together

Navigating the Road to Reconciliation

3 min readFeb 27, 2024

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Getting Back Together

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A Story of Love, Money, and the Ex Who Wouldn’t Let Go

Her message came in the form of a Venmo request.

3 min readFeb 21, 2024

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A Story of Love, Money, and the Ex Who Wouldn’t Let Go

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Stories of a former military wife, her flawed marriage and its ending. Questions? Lemme know at UnbecomingStories(at)gmail(dot)com

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