How Long Did The Good Times Last?

[TaxGuyParticipant]

Keymaster wrote:

I consciously approached it with a “for better or worse” attitude and put with s~~~ I never did previously – just to give it my VERY best shot. Big mistake.

Isn’t it amazing how hard men will work to live up to their word when they say this, despite how many women CAUSE the “worse” part? Seriously, how many women do you know that stick by a man during his “worse”?

The closest I came to getting married (other than my ex) was a girlfriend I was with for 4 years during college. At the end I was working full time, finishing my Masters Degree and studying for the CPA exam. From 5 in the morning until 9 at night all I did was work, go to class, or study. And an all day class on Saturday for the CPA exam. But it was only for a few months, and then my career was set. During that time she cheated on me. The funny thing is, what bothered me the most was that all I needed from her was a little patience. Yeah I wasn’t paying as much attention to her right at that time, but she couldn’t be supportive of me for a few months.

Her “worse” was a man working his ass off for a few months so that he could have a career and be able to support her. And she couldn’t be supportive of me for “worse”.

And women wonder where all the good men are.

Order the good wine

[Anonymous 0]

UNTIL THE MORNING AFTER I SAID “I DO”

[narwhalParticipant]

I can’t put a number on it like that. I started seeing cracks in the foundation not long after the engagement, but I was still very much hopeful of good times to comes. Some of those good times came, and didn’t last very long, but I was still hopefully. We had young kids that caused a lot of stress, and we were adults capable of adjusting…reason to think these would change.

Somewhere a long the line I lost the will to keep trying. I won’t say I ever lost the will to fight, I lost the strength to do it. Which really doesn’t matter as I was ‘fighting’ the wrong way anyway.

Keymaster wrote:

Almost 2 years later, she blamed me for “not letting her be her own person”.

My ex said the same thing to me. It was extremely disheartening, after all I’d sacrificed and done for her. I believe it was soon after I told her that getting a part time job wasn’t going to help our financial situation, after considering child care expense. I guess I wasn’t supposed to state facts.

Ok. Then do it.

[Can’t Stump TrumpParticipant]

I follow the zero tolerance for bad behavior protocol, which means the relationship ends the moment the good times end. One red flag and she’s out. How long does that take? Hmmm…longest must’ve been about 4 months…

Women are better at multitasking? Fucking up several things at once is not multitasking.

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