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iamsoblind42 (original poster member #42022) posted at 3:59 PM on Thursday, September 18th, 2014
Posted this on my thread "My life feels like an episode of Jerry Springer." and had so many positive responses I thought I would post here as well.
Ever wondered what to do with your old wedding dress? Something about trudging through the mud with it and then throwing it away when you are done is a lot like the marriage you are leaving behind. Truly a freeing experience. I literally have perma-grin in every photo. Was a blast!
I'm a survivor, I'm gonna make it, I will survive, keep on surviving...
BS: me 44 (then 42)
WH: 50 (then 48)
2 kids
Married 18 years
D-day - 1/11/14
Filed - 1/16/14
Divorced 4/21/14
Walked in on WH and BF while her H watched
abbycadabby ( member #27428) posted at 4:01 PM on Thursday, September 18th, 2014
SisterMilkshake ( member #30024) posted at 4:02 PM on Thursday, September 18th, 2014
You kick ass! You are amazing. Wish I knew you IRL. You are adorable, too. 
BW (me) & FWH both over half a century; married several decades; children
d-day 3/10; LTA (7 years?)
"Oh, why do my actions have consequences?" ~ Homer Simpson
"She knew my one weakness: That I'm weak." ~ Homer Simpson
norabird ( member #42092) posted at 4:44 PM on Thursday, September 18th, 2014
nowiknow23 ( member #33226) posted at 4:46 PM on Thursday, September 18th, 2014
Awesome! And look at you, cutie pie! 
You can call me NIK
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
Pass ( member #38122) posted at 5:32 PM on Thursday, September 18th, 2014
You deserve that perma-grin!
Divorced the cheater and living my best life now.
The best thing about hitting rock bottom is that everything after that looks fucking fabulous.
MovingUpward ( member #14866) posted at 5:37 PM on Thursday, September 18th, 2014
Wow that is pretty cool. I don't think the tux company would like it if I rented that same tux and did a mud run. Maybe if the rental place offered insurance like the rental car companies do.
Jrazz ( member #31349) posted at 5:47 PM on Thursday, September 18th, 2014
That is so rad!
"Don't give up, the beginning is always the hardest." - Deeply Scared's mom
cmego ( member #30346) posted at 6:25 PM on Thursday, September 18th, 2014
This. Is. Awesome.
My Mom turned my wedding dress into my dd's baptism gown, so it only has good memories, and for that I am thankful.
me...BS, 46 years old.
Divorced
better4me ( member #30341) posted at 6:36 PM on Thursday, September 18th, 2014
DDay 11/17/2010 BW:58
Happily remarried!
DepressedDaddy ( member #41521) posted at 6:50 PM on Thursday, September 18th, 2014
This is fantastic - had I not rented my tux and therefore no longer have the thing, I'd probably do the same thing!!
You look happy
Since D I have become DDaddy 2.0 - or better known as DevotedDaddy
“Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so."
deena04 ( member #41741) posted at 7:08 PM on Thursday, September 18th, 2014
I love it! You look happy as heck in that muddy dress.
Me FBS 40s, Him XWS older than me (lovemywife4ever), D, He cheated before M, forgot to tell me. I’m free and loving life.
JenniMay ( member #24595) posted at 8:07 PM on Thursday, September 18th, 2014
iamsoblind42 (original poster member #42022) posted at 8:41 PM on Thursday, September 18th, 2014
Wish I knew all of you IRL SisterMilkShake! 
Thanks for all the positive replies. You all are the best! Truly would not be doing so well today had I not found this website. xoxo
The past is history, tomorrow a mystery. Today is a gift...that's why they call it the present.
I'm a survivor, I'm gonna make it, I will survive, keep on surviving...
BS: me 44 (then 42)
WH: 50 (then 48)
2 kids
Married 18 years
D-day - 1/11/14
Filed - 1/16/14
Divorced 4/21/14
Walked in on WH and BF while her H watched
tushnurse ( member #21101) posted at 8:54 PM on Thursday, September 18th, 2014
I believe there is another fine lady here in new beginnings that did this with her dress as well. It was a color run, was the Shellybeanz??? Where are you. Show your remarkably similar, and happy proud pics.
Me: FBSHim: FWSKids: 23 & 27 Married for 32 years now, was 16 at the time.D-Day Sept 26 2008R'd in about 2 years. Old Vet now.
norabird ( member #42092) posted at 10:26 PM on Thursday, September 18th, 2014
The past is history, tomorrow a mystery. Today is a gift...that's why they call it the present.
Love it. Glad (though not surprised) to see you are doing so well!
Vulcanized ( member #33523) posted at 11:05 PM on Thursday, September 18th, 2014
Fantastic!!! You look so content.
Me: fBW/MH 40s
3.26.13: Liberation day: D'd the whiny turd after being saddled with a serial cheating, NPD, jitbag 10 years too long
Now:-----> Everything is as it should be
persevere ( member #31468) posted at 1:31 AM on Friday, September 19th, 2014
Love mud runs and the dress looks great!!
DDay:2011
Status: D 2011
Remarried to a kind and wonderful man - 2017
Above all, be the heroine, not the victim. - Nora Ephron
It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
- J. K.
Violated ( member #21239) posted at 6:26 AM on Friday, September 19th, 2014
I love it
And obviously your too pretty and thin to ever wear it again.
CallMeRed1 ( member #36870) posted at 10:39 AM on Friday, September 19th, 2014
That is such a brilliant photo!! You look so pleased with yourself - and so you should.
D-Day mid 2012
I was the BS
Status: Divorced early 2013
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