Divorce

You’re Gonna See Some Serious Shit
“When this sucker hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious shit.” – Emmett ‘Doc’ Brown, Back to…
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Maybe Pain and Misery is the Only Way
I was drinking a lot of vodka to numb the pain. Not scary amounts. Nothing dangerous. But I was using…
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In the Trailer Park with Elise and a Deaf Man
I lived in an Iowa trailer park. Mom always called it a “mobile home,” and fondly remembers it as being…
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A Failed Marriage, a Beautiful Son, and Tomorrow
“Fine. I’ll just stay with mom all the time and you won’t see me anymore!” he said about seven years…
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A Blog Vacation
I try to explain how it works in my head but most people don’t or can’t understand. It’s probably really…
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Should I Be Afraid to Publish My Name?
Most of you have no idea who I am (and don’t care). Some of you know my name is Matt.…
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Why Marriage Counseling is a Bad Idea, Vol. 2
I’ve been to marriage counseling twice. By that I mean, in two separate instances during my marriage, I agreed to…
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Why Marriage Counseling is a Bad Idea, Vol. 1
A wife asked her husband to read my ‘Shitty Husbands’ posts, which happens more than I’d like. (Because passive-aggressively telling…
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A Post About Nothing and Everything
I’ve been sitting here staring at the screen. Another one of those I-don’t-know-what-to-write moments. “What happens if you just took…
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Our Fake Lives
I don’t know how much of my life is real. Less than half, maybe. Sometimes you just have to stop…
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