Filling the Divorce forms out for STBX...
Backstory: So I found myself agreeing to my wife's desire to divorce. Just trying to heal after she left me & I need the security of independence like she has... I don't want this. I love her, I love my kids. We're cordial & in agreement 50/50 over custody. She just wants out bc she doesn't believe we're good enough together & just don't agree.* she also doesn't want a lawyer involved & thinks we can just divorce out of court cheaply. She was wrong I found. Court is required... and a lot of forms...... in order to seek out that personal security that she's not gonna ruin me. I went through the forms figuring things out. Then it hit me we should just get this over with. Separate financials & work on ourselves separately. If she comes back. Fine so be it. I can't heal not knowing if she's gonna bury me.
Plan:
- Meet up & fill out drafts of forms (done)
- I transfer drafts into digital copies
- I print copies for her & me to review independently.
- we review the copies w/free attorneys from the state.
- come back together & update docs if we change minds.
- I reprint & include my response & hand it to her.
- She goes to court clerk & files them.
- we wait...
We're totally in agreement on everything. And a few days later through our plan... I realized I'm sitting here filling out divorce forms for my wife against me... it's kinda surreal...
Making me question things... I've never heard of a story like this... am I wrong for just agreeing?........ I love her... maybe this is my codependency making me submit & letting her go over 7yrs of marriage. It's not like she wants anything. I'm willingly giving child support bc I feel it's right. It's not like I won't be with them 50% of the time too...