Divorce
- Death, Divorce, Falling Out of Love, Infidelity, Marrying Young, Prior Marriage, Raising Children, Separation, Substance Abuse and Addiction
New Video: Can High School Sweethearts Reunite?
In this video, Jamie shares her real-life answer to the question: Can high school sweethearts reunite? Her true story about marriage, divorce, death, and new beginnings is both riveting and relatable. Thank you for sharing your experience with marriage with us. What do you think based on your experience? Can high school sweethearts reunite successfully? If you’re happily married to your high school sweetheart, drop a comment below!
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My Journey: Divorce & Remarriage, with Children
This story is the personal experience and advice from Robyn about how she helped her children during her divorce & remarriage. Check out this book, “How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk” to learn more about how to communicate with your children in the best ways! Hi! I would like to share a personal experience and some advice for parents who are divorced. Life Changes I married my high school love after he served a 2-year service mission for our church. Fast forward 7 years and we had 4 cute little boys, ranging from ages 6 years to 4 months old. One day he…
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Hobbit Love: Online Dating, Marriage after Divorce, Dating with Children by Richard
Let’s hear a story from a husband’s perspective! Read this sweet story of Richard’s second chance of finding love – and finding his “Hobbit, Lord of the Rings-loving” wife. We are happy to share this story about online dating, marriage after divorce, and dating with children through a man’s eyes. Dating with Children The year was 2012, I was living in Eagle Mountain, Utah as a 30 year old single father. Being a single dad to my daughter and working full time made dating a challenge. Friends and family members would do their best to set me up, though this never turned out to lead to anything more than a…
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Toxic Marriage: Debt, Secrets, and Betrayal
by Anonymous Have you ever been in a situation where you feel something is WRONG? You have no burning proof, but a gut feeling? Read K’s story on how she learned to trust her gut, rely on family, and make the decision to leave a toxic relationship. Heading Into a Toxic Relationship One of the most exciting parts about finally being married to someone who had been my best friend since I was fourteen was changing my relationship status from engaged to married & changing my last name from my maiden name to his. Toxic relationships usually start off the same as any relationship does: happy and exciting. Because I…
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Part 3: When is Divorce the Answer? The Cycle of Abuse in Relationships, How to Open Up about Domestic Abuse, Escape Plan: Abusive Relationship, Story about Breaking the Cycle of Abuse
By Anonymous Read Part 1 Here. Read Part 2 Here. In the final part of her story, our brave author discusses how to open up about domestic abuse and her escape plan. Abusive relationship trauma can make it hard to end the cycle of abuse in relationships, but our author managed to do it. Here is her story about breaking the cycle of abuse: Escape Plan: Abusive Relationship The next day when I saw the therapist, I told him what happened and the instant I did I saw his demeanor change. I could see his mind shift away from anything he’d previously planned for my visit to something new. He…
- Abuse, Anxiety and Panic, Arguing, Church of Jesus Christ of LDS, Dating, Divorce, Marrying Young, Mental Illness, Therapy
Part 1: When is Divorce the Answer? by Anonymous
A Story of Emotional Abuse in Marriage, Physical Abuse in Marriage, and Narcissistic Personality Disorder in Husband We talk a lot about working through problems and staying married here at Wives’ Tribe, but when is divorce the answer? Abuse is a reason to end a marriage, and so is a person who is not only imperfect but also immovable. A person who is treating you poorly and entirely unwilling to change may have problems that are beyond your control. Read on for a story about emotional abuse in marriage and how this anonymous writer dealt with their hurdles. After enduring physical abuse in marriage and narcissistic personality disorder in her…
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Stay or Go? – Debating Divorce, Debilitating Addiction by Anonymous
I started off the year 2015 as a recent divorcee from a verbally abusive marriage, and honestly, I was wanting to be loved! I started going back to church to truly work on myself. I attended a church that was specifically for young single adults (known as a YSA ward in “Mormon” lingo). When I first started attending, all I could think of myself was as “damaged goods.” As the months passed by, I met Chad. Chad was the SWEETEST man I had ever met. We grew close, and eventually it turned into a passionate relationship. I confided in him my divorce and the reasons for it, and he was…
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Wedding Ring… Less by Dani
What does a wedding ring mean to you? There’s a palpable absence on my hand of pieces of metal with diamonds I used to wear to symbolize that my heart belonged to someone. And I notice the absence of those materials on my hand the most when I’m driving. I usually drive with my left hand on the top of my wheel. When I was married, this meant that my wedding band and engagement ring were situated right on top of the wheel, too. I never realized how much I looked at them in that position until they were no longer there. I wasn’t the absolute most religious about wearing…
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Coming to Terms with Divorce: Balancing Self-Care and Motherhood by Dani
laid in bed two nights ago and I cried. I’m staying in a hotel in St. George I’ve stayed in multiple times. And it hit me. I feel more at home in this hotel than I do anywhere else in the world. I feel more myself in this place than I do anywhere else. I feel more secure, confident, and safe than I do anywhere else. I feel more calm and peace here than I do anywhere else. I’ve been thinking about this constantly over the last 36 hours. Why do I feel all of these things in a place I’ve visited only a few times? Why does my current…