Sharing a happy day
Today I closed on my house purchased from my ex husband. I just wanted to share with people who understand from a single mom standpoint how incredible I feel. Three years ago I bought my house with my ex husband, the bank wouldn’t put me on the loan and the deed because my credit was bad. At the time my ex husband was abusive and I felt so hopeless and alone and trapped in my 7 year marriage. Six months later after a really dangerous encounter with him I found the strength to separate from him for the safety of our children. I changed the locks on my bedroom door and told him it was over. He spent the next few months putting me through hell telling me he would never leave and torture me until the day we died. I didn’t want to leave my home with my children and didn’t have the financial means to do so. Eventually he met his new girlfriend and agreed to move out and divorce me. He said I could stay in the house if I bought it from him. It took two years to repair my credit and get to a place I could get approved for a mortgage. Well today we signed the papers to close and the house is officially mine!! After everything I’ve been through the last 9 years I just want to cry with how happy I am as a single mom recovering from domestic abuse buying my own home!