Marie

Yeah, so I'll just start with my question that I submitted. My question is, when is the best time to disclose my divorce to people I date? I'm 24 and have just started dating again after getting divorced from my ex-husband who I was with for five years. I feel like being this young in divorce carries a lot of stigma and I'm afraid of scaring people away with my past. Yeah, what happened?

Yeah, so I'll just start with my question that I submitted. My question is, when is the best time to disclose my divorce to people I date? I'm 24 and have just started dating again after getting divorced from my ex-husband who I was with for five years. I feel like being this young in divorce carries a lot of stigma and I'm afraid of scaring people away with my past. Yeah, what happened?

Yeah, what happened? We met shortly before I turned 19. He had just got back from a deployment. We dated for about a year, and then we got married right after I turned 20.

Yeah, what happened? We met shortly before I turned 19. He had just got back from a deployment. We dated for about a year, and then we got married right after I turned 20.

Yeah, what happened? We met shortly before I turned 19. He had just got back from a deployment. We dated for about a year, and then we got married right after I turned 20.

During that year of dating and that first year of marriage, he struggled significantly with alcohol and mental health to the point where there were many nights where he was going to tell me he was going to end his life and then just wouldn't answer my calls or my texts. So I wouldn't know if he did it until the next morning when he would text me and told me he was just drunk.

During that year of dating and that first year of marriage, he struggled significantly with alcohol and mental health to the point where there were many nights where he was going to tell me he was going to end his life and then just wouldn't answer my calls or my texts. So I wouldn't know if he did it until the next morning when he would text me and told me he was just drunk.

During that year of dating and that first year of marriage, he struggled significantly with alcohol and mental health to the point where there were many nights where he was going to tell me he was going to end his life and then just wouldn't answer my calls or my texts. So I wouldn't know if he did it until the next morning when he would text me and told me he was just drunk.

So about a year into the marriage, I considered getting a divorce, mainly due to the alcoholism and his refusal to get help. But there were tons of other reasons as well. However, he committed to stop drinking. So I was willing to rebuild with the very clear boundary that if he ever drank again, I would be done. He was sober for two and a half years, but we were having significant marital issues

So about a year into the marriage, I considered getting a divorce, mainly due to the alcoholism and his refusal to get help. But there were tons of other reasons as well. However, he committed to stop drinking. So I was willing to rebuild with the very clear boundary that if he ever drank again, I would be done. He was sober for two and a half years, but we were having significant marital issues

So about a year into the marriage, I considered getting a divorce, mainly due to the alcoholism and his refusal to get help. But there were tons of other reasons as well. However, he committed to stop drinking. So I was willing to rebuild with the very clear boundary that if he ever drank again, I would be done. He was sober for two and a half years, but we were having significant marital issues

We couldn't communicate without arguing. I felt like a maid and a mother. He would get very angry sometimes and break things in our house and yell, but it was never directed at me. And in response to me telling him I was unhappy and I didn't know if I wanted to stay married, he went out that night to a bar and broke his sobriety and called me the next morning and let me know.

We couldn't communicate without arguing. I felt like a maid and a mother. He would get very angry sometimes and break things in our house and yell, but it was never directed at me. And in response to me telling him I was unhappy and I didn't know if I wanted to stay married, he went out that night to a bar and broke his sobriety and called me the next morning and let me know.

We couldn't communicate without arguing. I felt like a maid and a mother. He would get very angry sometimes and break things in our house and yell, but it was never directed at me. And in response to me telling him I was unhappy and I didn't know if I wanted to stay married, he went out that night to a bar and broke his sobriety and called me the next morning and let me know.

And I just knew I couldn't live through that again. So that's when I initiated the separation and the divorce.

And I just knew I couldn't live through that again. So that's when I initiated the separation and the divorce.

And I just knew I couldn't live through that again. So that's when I initiated the separation and the divorce.

Since December, but we've been separated since last May, so it's coming up on a year.

Since December, but we've been separated since last May, so it's coming up on a year.

Since December, but we've been separated since last May, so it's coming up on a year.