dear richard
goodbye to us. goodbye to our dreams, my dreams. good bye to the dream a 6 year old girl had of being happily married to one man. to the idea and hope that we wouldn't be like our parents and pass down the legacy of divorce.
goodbye to growing old together --- seeing our first grandchild, giving away our daughter in marriage.
good bye to the innocence that if i just worked hard enough everything would be okay. to the future of just having "us" time -- the dream of a sailboat, a tennis champ, living downtown and having a place where we could flourish.
goodbye to the comfort of having someone who knew me and my body and the times where words didn't need to be spoken.
goodbye to your dry wit humor and the handsome man i was married to.
goodbye to who you used to be and not the guy you have become.
goodbye to the faith we shared together and my own loss of faith in God.
goodbye to hope that you would stand by me as i have stood by you all these years.
goodbye to my pride of being a military wife.
goodbye to fairy tales and dreams.
ps. goodbye to having someone drive at night because i don't see well, having a designated driver, someone to lift my luggage, someone who used a saw, drill and helped me with my projects
I like nicknames, so I think I will write my own letter.....
ReplyDeleteDear Dick,
You have no idea what you will be missing... You are a self absorbed pin head that has for years been into yourself....
Remember when I was graduating from college and I wanted my friend to go with me to pick out a dress, but instead you had to play in some tennis tournament so she couldn't go... I never did ask much from my friend, but I did want her to go with me. You see, she is a special lady and I valued her opinion and I couldn't walk across that stage in just any old dress....
...but I did. I went alone shopping that day. That day that we had spent weeks planning for (or at least I did, you don't graduate everyday from college). She defended you while I called you an ASS...I should have just called you Dick...your nickname...
You won't know the reprecussions of your actions for years, but I pity you for that.
Your beautiful EX-wife will get to be a part of her kids lives as you bobble on the outskirts of them...sucks to be you...
i would hate to be at the pearly gates and have to answer to your maker...oh-wait...What? It's hot down there? Bwahahahaha....
I don't have ill feelings for you Richard. Life is good when Jesus is your bff...
Bless you tiny Dance and rock on!
thank you for the validation. so many times i've heard i was a good wife. sometimes i wonder "what the hell was i thinking?"
ReplyDelete*sigh*
Your goodbye letter could have been written by me about my now ex. 37 years of marriage down the drain.
ReplyDeleteI did not have a class to go to. But I had a wonderful girl friend that helped me through all of the emotional times etc. She was a god send. Without her I do not think I could have gotten through everything and come out on the other side soooo glad that I am not with him anymore
Have a wonderful life. You deserve to have a wonderful life.