Tag: relationships
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Four Bedrooms, Three-Car Garage, and a Whole Lot of Red Flags (FP 2015)
Well, folks. We were officially moving to Nevada. Fighter Pilot Dude had been looking at rental homes for our new blended family and finally found one about halfway between Reno and Fallon, Nevada. Four bedrooms. Three-car garage. Plenty of space for everyone. Sounds pretty good, right? Oh, you sweet, innocent people. There was an area…
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10 Years Divorced. 10/10 – Would Recommend.
Today is my 10-year divorceaversary. Yep. Ten years since Fighter Pilot Dude and I officially became not my circus, not my fighter pilot. And since I’ve been telling this story chronologically every Saturday, I’m not skipping ahead. There is still PLENTY of story between where we are now and the day that divorce became final.…
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I Wasn’t Asking Him to Marry Me – I Was Asking for a Reason to Move (FP – 2015)
Looking back at the engagement to Fighter Pilot Dude, I sometimes wonder if he believes he was trapped into proposing. And maybe, in his version of the story, he was. But let’s talk about what was actually happening. We were doing the long-distance thing. I was in Florida. He was in Nevada doing Fighter Pilot…
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My Girls Were Moving Too, You Know
Fighter pilot dude’s kids weren’t the only ones affected by our engagement. I had two daughters. My oldest had just graduated from high school, and my youngest was getting ready to start high school. So while Fighter Pilot Dude’s side of the equation was arguing, complaining and generally reacting to our engagement like we had…
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Apparently, Dancing on a Bar was a National Security Issue (FP, 2015)
So, after Fighter Pilot Dude’s kids — and his soon-to-be ex-wife — found out about the engagement, things got a little strained. I know – the mind reels! 🙄 When he wasn’t arguing with his ex about everything under the sun, he seemed to have plenty of leftover energy to pick fights with me. Mostly…