I felt very free when the divorce was finally final...but I admit, living on my own in another state, I was lonely. I really began to forget all of the reasons for the divorce, and I forgot about his rages and the abusive behavior, and the gaslighting, and I just...missed him. We had been together for 25 years. I sent him emails and told him that I missed him, and he drove to Michigan to see me...and brought me back with him to Massachusetts.
Turns out, it was for revenge. The revenge started on the drive back to Massachusetts with me in my car, and him driving the moving truck.
Turns out, he couldn't afford to pay the bills, and there wasn't an official second bedroom with a closet, which he could rent out, so he began to charge me rent.
Eventually...after another year or so, I moved out again. It was a HUGE mistake trying to get back together with...THAT. I won't forget again. And the feelings I once had are all for our lives in the past, now.
I have moved far beyond the poisonous relationship that our marriage became, now, and I am VERY happy alone.
