Divorce in North Carolina somehow feels like 90% waiting and 10% trying not to mess up paperwork
The actual relationship ending was difficult obviously, but I didn’t expect the administrative side to become its own source of stress
My ex and I agreed to keep things uncontested because there’s no major fight over money or property, so in theory this should be one of the simpler divorce situations possible
Instead I feel like I’ve entered some strange loop of researching forms, second-guessing timelines, reading county instructions, then immediately wondering if I misunderstood everything
The part that really gets me is how easy it seems to accidentally make small mistakes that can delay the process even more
and after already waiting through separation requirements, the idea of restarting paperwork because of technicalities is honestly exhausting
For anyone in North Carolina who handled uncontested divorce yourselves:
what ended up being more annoying - the waiting periods or the paperwork itself?
Right now it feels like the process is designed to test your patience more than anything else