How to Let Go After A 27-Year Relationship Ends
My sister got dumped by her first and only partner
My sister and her ex-husband have been a part of each other’s lives since they were 14. He was the first and last guy my sister brought home to meet our parents. For 27 years their relationship was exceptionally compatible personified.
After high school they moved up Humboldt together for college. Then they graduated, got married, bought a house, couple of dogs, and 2 kids.
On Instagram my sister flaunted pictures of her beautiful happy family doing activates together. Hundreds of pictures each with hundreds of likes begrudgingly from envious lonely people like me.
I was shocked when Mom told me my sister and her husband weren’t doing well. Cerise and Richard were always doing well. You could set your watch by it. They shared a brain and were attached at the hip. What happened?
One day my sister asked her husband, “What’s wrong?” Richard told his wife he didn’t love her anymore. Didn’t want to go to counseling. Wasn’t interested in working it out. Wouldn’t give a reason besides not wanting to be with her anymore.
They worked out the money and custody. My sister gets to keep the house that’s falling apart. He’s paying her mortgage for a year. She keeps…
