This collection of narratives explores moments of stark realization when individuals understood their marriages were beyond repair. From infidelity to dismissive behavior and a lack of empathy, these stories paint a picture of the often painful process of recognizing when to walk away.
I found his collection of panties he'd stolen from his conquests, including mine from when we were together the first time. Some were labeled from after we were married. I will never forget. I should have known it was over, but I didn't. I got into a car accident — flipped the car seven times and slid upside-down in the car on the pavement for 20 feet. Emergency personnel had to use the jaws of life to get me out of the vehicle.
The first thing he said to me when he got to the hospital was: 'How is my car?'.\After being faithfully married for 10 years, the day after my son was born, I got a call from the county health department saying I needed to go in for STI treatment because my spouse was named by another individual who was positive for an STI. That was enough for me. We were having marriage counseling, and the counselor asked us to say one thing we still loved about the other person. I said, 'I love that even when I've had a bad day at work, he still tries to cheer me up.' His response? 'I love that she cleans the bathroom because she knows I hate it.' Why I still held on for another six months, I don't know, but it was at that point I knew our marriage was over. \We had been fighting more than not for months, maybe years. During one argument, I shouted at him, 'Do you even think of me and the kids when you're not with us?' His answer was a deadpan, 'No, not really.' I had known for a while, but that one comment proved that my children and I deserved much better. It began a very drawn-out and acrimonious end to the marriage. \We'd been married for eight years and had two kids. He decided to go to a 'last minute' (not true) New Year's Eve party. It was too late to get a babysitter, so he went 'just for a little while to be polite' without me. He came home at 3 a.m. drunk and clutching a paper plate with a phone number written on it. He handed the plate to me and informed me that he needed me to put it in a safe place, as he might be too drunk to remember where it was. When I asked why it was important, he told me he had a date with the woman whose number was on the plate and needed to call her to confirm the details. I called a lawyer the next day. \This is actually one of those moments in my life I remember a little too vividly. I was four months pregnant, and cigarette smoke (among a myriad of things) made me extremely nauseous. I was a smoker but stopped when I found out I was pregnant and never started again. My ex smoked A LOT. We lived in a desert state and had an enclosed/screened-in back patio. I knew asking him to quit outright wasn't going to happen, so I explained what his smoking was doing and asked if he would go out to the patio to smoke. I didn't think this was too extreme or too much for his PREGNANT WIFE to ask. He looked at me, pointed his finger in my face, and said: 'This is my F'ing house, and I'll F'ing smoke where the F I want to.' Stunned, I got up from the table and walked to the fridge, not knowing where to go. As I stood there, I can actually remember thinking, 'Nope, not gonna stay.' Right then and there, I started making plans for my departure. That was 27 years ago. My son is healthy, I'm in a 23-year marriage, and he's dead. Life is good. \We had been unhappy for several years, but I knew it was irreparable when I broke my ankle on my job, and his primary concern was making an extra trip downtown to pick up my car. He complained so much about it that I told him to just drop me off at the car, and I would drive home...with my freshly broken ankle. No matter how bad things were between us, I would never have treated him so callously if he was hurt. I realized then that he didn't care about my happiness or well-being. I was just a possession, like the sofa. I left eight months later, in January 2020. I got a couple of cats, bought my own place, and reunited with my high school boyfriend. Life is good. \Even before we were married, in our early 20s, things had been rocky between my (ex) wife and me. Essentially, she wasn't into the marriage, and I had forgiven a few transgressions on her part. I thought we had worked things out and were on track. But, at a Christmas party for her work, we were at a table with a few other couples who had been married for some time. We were the young 'newlyweds.' Someone asked if we were planning to start a family, and I said, 'Yeah, hopefully soon.' She said (in front of everyone), 'A family? We don't even know if we're going to stay together!' It grew really quiet, and the other couples could see I was caught off guard. THAT is when I knew. There was no going back, and getting divorced was the BEST thing to happen to me. \I knew my marriage was over the day I decided to cheat. I had never cheated on anyone, and I knew at that moment that I couldn't turn back, and I couldn't face my husband with that guilt. That cheating turned into a two-year affair before we finally divorced, but he never did kno
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