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In Vain Asylum
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My Husband Left Me Alone With a Hyperactive One-Year-Old and Morning Sickness to Attend a Wedding…
My Husband Left Me Alone With a Hyperactive One-Year-Old and Morning Sickness to Attend a Wedding…
He put his family ahead of my wellbeing.
Elle Silver
Dec 8, 2022
My Ex-Husband Treats His New Wife the Same Way He Did Me: Like His Maid
My Ex-Husband Treats His New Wife the Same Way He Did Me: Like His Maid
Some people never change
Elle Silver
Dec 7, 2022
I’m Dreading When My Son’s Rich Friends Sleep Over at Our Tiny Apartment
I’m Dreading When My Son’s Rich Friends Sleep Over at Our Tiny Apartment
Because then they’ll know the truth about where we live.
Elle Silver
Dec 2, 2022
I Feel Inferior to My Son’s Friends’ Parents — They’re Rich and Married and I’m Poor and Divorced
I Feel Inferior to My Son’s Friends’ Parents — They’re Rich and Married and I’m Poor and Divorced
My sense of worth can’t be derived from outside traits.
Elle Silver
Dec 1, 2022
I Never Planned to be Divorced and Poor in Middle Age. I Thought I’d Be Married With Money.
I Never Planned to be Divorced and Poor in Middle Age. I Thought I’d Be Married With Money.
Elle Silver
Oct 15, 2022
My Ex Is “Too Busy” With His Day Job to Help Bring Up Our Son
My Ex Is “Too Busy” With His Day Job to Help Bring Up Our Son
Society views a man’s time as more valuable than a woman’s.
Elle Silver
Oct 12, 2022
I “Quiet Quit” My Marriage, Staying for the Money and for Our Kids, Even Though I Was Miserable
I “Quiet Quit” My Marriage, Staying for the Money and for Our Kids, Even Though I Was Miserable
Only by “loudly quitting” was I able to finally move on.
Elle Silver
Oct 8, 2022
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My Husband Went on a Tropical Vacation With His Family and Left Me and Our Kids at Home
My Husband Went on a Tropical Vacation With His Family and Left Me and Our Kids at Home
It was the first sign our marriage was over.
Elle Silver
Oct 14, 2021
Financially, Divorce Hits Women Harder Than Men
Financially, Divorce Hits Women Harder Than Men
This was my experience. Here’s why.
Elle Silver
Feb 19, 2022
Going to a Sex Club Can Improve Your Relationship
Going to a Sex Club Can Improve Your Relationship
For us, extended foreplay in a sexually heightened setting deepens our bond.
Elle Silver
Sep 6, 2019
Is It Weird to Regift Toys My Kids Don’t Want to My Ex’s Girlfriend’s Children?
Is It Weird to Regift Toys My Kids Don’t Want to My Ex’s Girlfriend’s Children?
I’m trying to show I’m past our divorce. But is the gesture gauche?
Elle Silver
Dec 14, 2020
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