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MamaJD: The Jerk Left Her w/Nothing

Posted by DFO

March 10, 2009 9:40 a.m. • 23 comments

It’s true. I know her. And he didn’t leave her with a dime to spare after years of marriage. In my opinion, the marriage lasted long enough for him to reorganize his finances and get the paperwork in order so he really could leave her with nothing. Not because she deserved it but because he was that greedy and self-interested. In my opinion, of course. If you peruse the garage sale ads in Craig’s List, you will see an advertisement giving the details of The Bastard Left Me With Nothing Sale. Obviously, this sale is not your typical garage sale. It’s not even your typical Estate Sale. It’s more like a Wash That Man Right Out Of Your Hair Sale. Or a Need Some Moolah To Re-Start My Life At Fifty-Something Sale/MamaJD. More here.

Question: Have you ever had to start completely over in life, after losing everything?

23 comments on this post so far. Add yours!

scootermom on March 10 at 10:08 a.m.
Yes. At one point in my life, I could fit everything I owned into the back seat of my Toyota Celica. Wasn’t much.

Now, twenty years later, it takes a rather large U-Haul.

I could use a good purge, but certainly don’t want to to through a divorce again.
JeanieSpokane on March 10 at 10:23 a.m.
I didn’t lose everything - I got to keep my kids. And half of the dishes - one cookie sheet, one cake pan for a two-layer cake, one sauce pan, four plates, silverware, etc., of an 8-place set.

A couple years later, after I had built up my home again and got a car, I passed a neighbor gal and she hailed me to stop. She had just arrived home and found her home completely stripped of every single item in it except the curtains. There was nothing to have a sale with.
Token on March 10 at 10:56 a.m.
When my ex left, I had no job and no car. But I did have an infant and a small-drafty apartment in a crime riddled neighborhood.
Cindy_H on March 10 at 11:00 a.m.
Sounds like a country western song, Token :-(
BethB on March 10 at 12:03 p.m.
Not financially. But once, professionally, I was treated like collateral damage. I kept hearing that Janis Joplin song in my head.. “Freedom’s just another word for - nothing left to lose…” That was when I started to grow my hair long again. I had kept it short for the preceding few years to accommodate everyone else’s idea of what my professional image should be. After what happened - hey. I didn’t care about accommodating anyone else’s image anymore. That was 1996. Thirteen years later, my hair’s still long. It’s a whole Sampson/Delilah thing, without the Delilah.
toadman on March 10 at 12:04 p.m.
If by some strange twist of fate, my wife decided to leave me, I would let her take everything, money, furniture, dishes, whatever. It’s all just meaningless stuff. I don’t need anything but her anyway.
hhuseland on March 10 at 1:01 p.m.
Yes. Twice.
marmitetoasty on March 10 at 1:30 p.m.
Toad, you old mushie squishie fluffie ball of sweetness :)

I always say people can take everything from me, but they can never take me humour or me spirit :)

oh, or me chicken lol

x
toadman on March 10 at 1:32 p.m.
Marmie.. well, you got mushie and squishy right, that’s for sure!

Love the new avatar!!!

Oh.. I forgot to wish you a Happy Commonwealth Day yesterday.
marmitetoasty on March 10 at 1:45 p.m.
My X asked for his slippers back when he first left, didnt ask for a photo of our boys or time with them or anything, just his slippers…..

So, I posted him his slippers, it was not my fault that the cat seemed to of done a poo in them just before I wrapped them and posted them to him :)

ok ok, so the cat didnt actually do ‘it’ in his slippers, ‘it’ needed a little lifting and placing lmfao

x
JeanieSpokane on March 10 at 1:56 p.m.
LOL, Marmite! I think I want a do-over. I can think of things that the cat could “use”.
Stickman on March 10 at 8:31 p.m.
Marmite and Toad, Must be why I love ya’ both so much. Toad has it right, and Marmite, you are always a pleasure.

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