Hey everyone. I am recently divorced. In the final court appearance, I used an analogy that went over well. It takes a bit of back tracking to understand.
Of course, it is a divorce so it was somewhat messy. There were a lot of hurt feelings all round. My ex-wife is a very insecure and timid person. On top of that she is extremely stubborn. Each of these attribute build off each other.
None the less, I knew of her insecurity, and since she was going to be the primary caretaker of my absolutely awesome 5 year old son, I wanted to force as little strain on his mother as possible, but still protect some of my interests.
Now, I am no 'awesome husband' and do accept my share of the blame of our failed marriage. But she accepts NONE. One of my downfalls is that I do not release resentments easily. On a closed fist can I count the amount of friends I have. My theory is if you piss me off, you do not deserve to be my friend.
However, in the best interest of my son, I have worked very hard on correcting this very disturbing human flaw in me. However, my wife has done no such thing to correct her own.
I begged the judge in the case to order my ex into counselling, for her and my sons benefit. The analogy I used to support this was.....
"Your Honour, I have worked very hard to fix what was wrong with me, but she has done no such thing. I mean, if a man learns to fish, then you have something, you have something really REALLY good. However, if you constantly force that man to hand his fish over to his ex-wife, so she can slap him in the face with them, then something is very VERY wrong.
Let me know what you think. Thanks!
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