Starting Over
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Ask me anything?
I'm bored, and I don't think I've given a lot of my background.
The day I left was just my beginning.
Re: Ask me anything?
Laid-back, ambitious, fun
This made me lol because it sounds like every man's online dating profile
What is a cliffs notes version of your backstory?
lol, it took me a pathetically long time to come up with those three words!
I've been with xh since I was 16, married when I was 22. I was feeling like we were growing apart, which sucked but I was dealing with it. But things started getting really bad last May- he started drinking a lot, was verbally abusive, punching holes in the walls, etc. It just kept happening more and more often. I thought about leaving a lot, but felt guilty because I had made a commitment to him. And it didn't suck all the time, we still had fun together. But things came to a head in November and I left.
We have to be separated for a year before I can file. I'm staying with my parents now, hoping that xh moves out of the house, since I'm paying the mortgage, so I can move back in.
ETA- I'm 29 now. We don't have kids.
Hmm, I don't, but that's an interesting idea!
I'm looking forward to the butterflies in the stomach feeling.
Aww this. I was excited to feel that again. STBXH killed all feelings of hope and love so when I felt it again with D it was AMAZING.
What do you look for in a "man"?
What do you do for work?
Definitely funny. I like bigger guys- taller and not skinny. I can't see myself being into a guy that takes more time to get ready than I do.
I'm an HR/admin manager for a gov't agency.