When my wife and I said our vows to get married in September of 2011, we were clear about the reason for getting married: it wasn’t about money, it wasn’t about living together, it wasn’t about kids, rather it was about us making a vow to always be soulmates.
My wife and I have been talking divorce for over a year now and, though we canceled the lawyer’s appt last summer, we’re now pretty certain that we’re going to divorce after all.
The reason, once again, has little to do with our love for one another. We still say “I love you” almost every time at the end of a phone call – and there are plenty of phone calls between the two of us. Neither of us though mean this in a romantic or sexual context. If I’m being fully honest, we should always have been best friends rather than partners, as that’s what we are and that will (hopefully) never change.
This post was written for the Six Sentence Story blog hop, for which the prompt this week is “vow”.
A Multitude of Musings 
Such changes are hard no matter what their reason. May you always stay friends.
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Thanks so much! 🙂
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surely a difficult transition, yet sharing even that can lessen the individual burden
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Agree. Thanks so much for your kind comment.
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That’s a hard thing to realize, even when going into it with best, most truthful intentions. May the friendship grow in the solid ground you both share. 💧❤️🩹
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Thanks so much for your supportive comment. It’s indeed quite hard.
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I can so relate to this. My ex wife and I are really good friends now – we were clearly never meant to marry!
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Thanks for sharing. I’m so glad your ex-wife and you are still friends.
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May they find a way to stay together. Blessings if this is a true story.
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It is a true story indeed. Thank you.
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Any divorce whether a mutual decision or not is difficult. I do truly hope you are able to keep that emotional bond and remain at least good friends if not best.
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Thanks so much. I truly hope so too.
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You are welcome.
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