A Divorcee’s Guide to Weekends Off
Suggestions to keep you from ugly crying all weekend long when your kids are with your ex.
Divorce is hard. I’m not gonna lie. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. Even people I don’t like. It’s a tough decision not to be made lightly. But, it happens. And after you’re divorced, you adjust your life to your new circumstances.
If you’ve got kids, that’s an even bigger adjustment. When they’re with you, you’re the only parent on duty — with no back up. And when they’re with the other parent, your house falls silent as the grave.
You’ll probably ugly cry a lot in the beginning. Next, you’ll wander aimlessly around your house wondering what, exactly, to do with yourself.
In the three years since I left my now ex-husband, I’ve come up with a variety of coping strategies for my weekends off. They’re all self-care activities. Much to my surprise, I really enjoy the self care. I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t get as much self-care if I were married.
I’ve come up with a killer list of self-care time killers for my weekends off.
Sleep in.
Seriously. Before I had kids I was a champion at sleeping in. Like, until 10 or 11am sleeping in. I don’t know what happened when I got pregnant but suddenly I couldn’t sleep past 6am. Once my son was born, I…
