It’s funny how things change kind of like the weather. Well sometimes it’s not funny, it’s sad. I just received an email from an old friend or should I say an old “fair weather friend?”
We had lost contact since my ex husband decided that marriage and family wasn’t a top priority. She was one of the people who in essence didn’t want me around because I had become a single divorcee, at least that’s what I heard from some other people.
In an attempt to make her very long story short, her husband of 29 years just filed for divorce. Like I was, she was shattered and unprepared for the devastation that followed. During our conversation, she kept apologizing for her lack of loyalty and lack of understanding and lack of support for me when I was going through the divorce process. I told her that I totally understand and I do.
As I attempted to tell her how great my life has been since my divorce, I could tell she didn’t understand or believe me.
The fact of the matter is that until you experience something firsthand, often it’s hard to really understand. All of us need to stick together.
The moral of the story is that all of us need to attempt to walk in the other person’s shoes before passing judgment. After all, any one of us might be in the their same shoes someday.
The photo is from Divorce Saloon website
