Starting Over
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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.
Re: Your SO "baseball card"
Age: 26 (almost 27)
Time since divorce: 3 years
Current Relationship Status:single but dating
Kids?: nope
Occupation: Aerospace Engineer
Hobbies: Running, Triathlons, reading, traveling, etc
Anything else you want us to know?: not that i can think of....
Age: 30
Time since divorce: N/A - I was engaged previously, but never married.
Current Relationship Status: Engaged!
Kids?: None
Occupation: Engineer
Hobbies: Running, reading, writing, drinking wine.
Anything else you want us to know?: Maybe that about covers it.
Age: 33
Time since divorce: Separated May 2010; divorced October 2011
Current Relationship Status: In a relationship and over the moon
Kids?: Nope. Maybe one day. In the meantime, I have a one-eyed cat.
Occupation: public relations for a college
Hobbies: reading, writing, acting, modeling, learning to play bass, Lifetime movies, baking.
Anything else you want us to know?: I can fit my whole fist in my mouth.So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
Age: 30
Time since divorce: Seperated since May 2011 Finalized nov 2011.
Current Relationship Status: Single but just started dating XH
Kids?: DS is 3.5
Occupation: Loan Processor
Hobbies: Softball, Working out, taking DS to new places, trying new restaurants, working too much!
Anything else you want us to know? I got a minority scholarship to go to college and was the first white girl to graduate who didnt get a nursing degree
Age: 32
Time since divorce: 4 yrs
Current status: Been with BF for 10 months. We live together
Kids: 2 crazy dogs
Occupation: corporate whore--and loving it!
Hobbies: Running, cooking, kayaking, boating, reading, traveling.
Anything else? BF and I have been talking "hypothecially" about buying a house and getting engaged next year--yikes!
3/12 5 mi -- 49:22 Pace: 9:52
5/1 Half Marathon -- 2:11:22 Pace: 10:01
5/22 10k -- 56:29 Pace: 9:00
5/24 3.6 -- 29:03 Pace: 8:18
7/10 15k -- 1:44:46 injured Pace: 11:14
10/29 5k -- 28:24 Pace: 9:04
Age: 29
Time since divorce: 1 year this spring and separated 2 1/2 years
Current Relationship Status: Dating, cautiously.
Kids?: Not yet, but hopefully one day!
Occupation: Anaylst and newly indoctrinated as a corporate slave
Hobbies: Running, reading, socializing, baking, ballet, shopping, writing, art...
Anything else you want us to know?: I'm terrified I'll never find my forever bc I let a severely unhealthy relationship cloud my judgment and override my prospects for the past 2 1/2 years.
Age: 31
Time since divorce: We've been separated since Oct 2011, we're filing next month b/c in DE you have to be separated for 6 months before you're allowed to file
Current Relationship Status:Single
Kids?: No
Occupation: Wedding planner- ironic huh?
Hobbies: Reading, working out, Watching movies
Anything else you want us to know?: I just put up a profile on a dating site just to see what's out there. Not ready for anything serious of course but a date with a nice guy that wouldn't put me down like the X did would be a nice change.<a href="http://s941.photobucket.com/albums/ad259/laurens1122-bfp/?action=view
Age: 25
Time since divorce: Separated since November, still need to file. I'm a procrastinator who hates paperwork.
Current Relationship Status: Single! So single and so loving it.
Kids?: Nadda, though I really want a puppy.
Occupation: T.A. for a few college classes, hopefully soon to be grad student, and occasional retail maven.
Hobbies: Writing (which hopefully won't be a hobby forever), reading, drinking, cooking, compulsively buying new Yogi teas, dancing, and running.
Anything else you want us to know?: I like this board :-)
Age: 31
Time since divorce: Separated April 2010 and finalized August 2010
Current Relationship Status: Living with BF - we've been dating since Oct 2010
Kids?: None, furry or otherwise
Occupation: Transportation Planner
Hobbies: Wine! Also reading, watching TV, volunteering, starting to get into yoga a bit.
Anything else you want us to know?: My posting frequency on this board varies a lot - I posted quite a bit a year ago, then went into lurker status for a while, now I'm starting to post again. I'd like to keep it up since I see a lot of new "faces" and like this board a lot.
Age: 27
Time since divorce: Divorced since June but separated since Oct 2008
Current Relationship Status: Single
Kids?: DS 3.5 yrs old
Occupation: Financial Counselor
Hobbies: Reading, Cooking, Learning new things
Anything else you want us to know?: N/A
Age: 31, 32 in March.
Time since divorce: Separated in Feb 09, Divorce final January 2010
Current Relationship Status: Single; I was dating someone for 8 weeks, but I broke things off last wknd.....I want more 'ga ga' for a man.
Kids?: No kids. I have the cat and dog my Ex and I got together, and have added one more kitty to the bunch since.
Occupation: High School social studies teacher; part time fitness instructor
Hobbies: working out; reading; nesting; crafty & home decor stuff
Anything else you want us to know?:I'll go ahead and "check in". I was always terrible about posting consistently but I am a fairly frequent lurker. I mostly remember/keep up with AK, Haines, Scooby & AChase (BTW, it makes me happy to see you all so happy - single or not - and in such better places!)
Age: 26
Time since divorce: n/a - was engaged, ended it 6.2010.
Current Relationship Status: Engaged
Kids?: No babies or fur babies at this point. Babies are on the horizon 2-3 years
Occupation: Claims Adjuster, Mary Kay Consultant, Student (working on my 2nd degree)
Hobbies: craft things (another shout out for Pinterest!), gardening, homemaking (we just bought our first home in December), cleaning & organizing (it's true; gross, I know :-) ),
Anything else you want us to know?:I use emoticons and parenthesis a lot. I'm not too snarky although every now & then I take my sassy pants out for a spin. I'm a very "emotional" person - I value people and relationships and have a very tender heart. And, although it is sometimes to my detriment, I like to think everyone has some good in them somewhere.The journey of one thousand miles begins with one step.
Age:29
Time since divorce: 3 years
Current Relationship Status: Single
Kids?:nope
Occupation: Legal analyst
Hobbies: photography, reading, hiking, cooking, dining out, dancing.