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Dealing with mixed emotions for your ex-spouse 25 Articles

  • 1 of 25

    by Nicole Williams

    Three are several emotional stages you go through when going through a divorce. With these different stages come a various array of emotions toward your ex-spouse which may include, but aren't limited to anger, blame, hatr...read more

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    by Pat Gray

    Love has got to be the most confusing emotion of all - so why should falling OUT of love be any less confusing? Just because we've decided we can't live with them doesn't necessarily make living without them any easier. It...read more

  • 3 of 25

    by Cherryl Floyd-Miller

    My ex-husband used to send me email messages with cryptic flirtation - secret language that only he and I would know was sexual. When we met at a midway point between our cities so that he could pick up the kids, ther...read more

  • by Melissa Glenn

    The end of any long term relationship always brings about a myriad of feelings about ourselves our ex spouse and the life we had once envisioned having with them. Depending on whether the divorce was expected and whether o...read more

  • by Candy Jules

    I use to work at a pizza parlor at night, and for some time, my dad and the guy across the street use to get together and play guitars. I didn't even know this guy existed. One day on my day off, I saw this Sheriff's dept ...read more

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    by Tonya Barton

    Emotions are not a simple commodity easily disposed of. In all likelihood, when you said "I do" it was because you were in love. That love is not easily surrendered in the event of a divorce. I wish I had a snap sho...read more

  • 7 of 25

    by Leslie Coleman

    STOP! THINK THIS THROUGH TO THE END. Alcoholics Anonymous warns recovering alcoholics to "think through to the end" of their most recent alcoholic binge. Maybe the end was a DUI, or awakening in a stranger's bed. It cou...read more

  • 8 of 25

    by Rex Coker

    You have remarried, your ex has not. Your ex has invited you to their house for dinner and to meet the new person in their life. Your ex only wanted you to be happy when you remarried again, now they want you to be support...read more

  • 9 of 25

    by Mileah K Shore

    When one goes through a divorce, there are many emotions, feelings, and trials, which are to be expected. One of them is how one tends to feel toward their ex-spouse. You loved this person once and now they are gone. I...read more

  • 10 of 25

    by Laura Leigh Fields

    Dealing with mixed emotions for an ex spouse can often be a complicated task. It is hard not to love someone you spent intimate time with yet it hard not to feel betrayed, anger, or even hate from the way things turned out...read more

  • 11 of 25

    by L. Beall

    Dealing with mixed emotions for your ex-spouse or dealing badly? Whatever the method you choose to deal with those churning emotions you will get past them and survive the whirlwind that is sure to follow as you sort thoug...read more

  • 12 of 25

    by Vicki Phipps

    Mixed emotions can get you into trouble, believe me. Eight months after my divorce, I made the mstake of pretending not to know what I already knew, but chose to forget. In my desperate way, I tried to recreate what h...read more

  • 13 of 25

    by Heidi Marie Fleetfoot

    It has been said that there is a fine line between love and hate. Divorce can be a prime example of this saying as you experience mixed emotions for your ex-spouse. It is normal to feel the residue of some positive emot...read more

  • 14 of 25

    by Paul Lines

    Love, as with other emotions and feelings, is not something that you can turn on and off like a tap, expecting it to become non-existent in an instant and this is one of the reasons why divorce is so hard. As the person yo...read more

  • 15 of 25

    by Ray Fauteux

    The amount of emotional pain suffered during the course of a divorce is in direct proportion to the depth of the feelings developed over time for your ex-spouse. I'm sure there are many people relieved and happy to get out...read more

  • 16 of 25

    by Ms.Crystal Lax

    Stages in dealing with the mixed emotions you have for your ex The emotions from a divorce decree can become overwhelming, especially when there are children involved. overflowing whirlwinds of feelings, doing batt...read more

  • 17 of 25

    by Carol Wohlfeil

    Dealing with Mixed Emotions for Your Ex-spouse The heart has a mind of its own, leading us down paths that common sense tells us would be better left untraveled. Yet, we follow almost helplessly, often finding ourselves...read more

  • 18 of 25

    by Brenda Lachman

    You hate him or her yet you love her or him! What a contradiction! Love and hate feelings are as close as far away can be. You might think that I made a mistake, how can two feelings be close and far at the same time? ...read more

  • 19 of 25

    by Breidi Caparatta

    Feelings are funny things that can often times tear you in directions you never thought possible, especially when it comes to feelings of the heart. Such as, realizing you have feelings for your ex-spouse after the divorc...read more

  • 20 of 25

    by Martha Rhodes

    We broke up, so why have I never wanted my ex more? Dealing with the emotional side of a break up or a divorce is hard enough, but it is also important for you to know that your body may be plotting against you. When yo...read more

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