# My wife is giving up. (Long, boring, bloggy) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 18, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-giving-up-long-boring-bloggy/661249 "2013-06-18T04:26:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-giving-up-long-boring-bloggy/661249/141 "2019-07-31T03:56:49Z")
Good luck Frylock. You’ve been through a lot. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-giving-up-long-boring-bloggy/661249/142 "2019-07-31T06:42:49Z")
> [@carlotta](#): > > I worked as a waitress for two years to save up money to go to massage therapy school. That was my dream. My husband and I moved to a different state. > > Halfway through (sooner?) I was starting to get a sinking sensation. Like maybe I don’t like massage therapy. Maybe I hate it. Maybe the prospect of a life “living my dream” looks like a life of drudgery. > > I did finish the program and then never worked as a massage therapist. All that money wasted. It was terribly embarrassing to tell my husband and other people in my life that I didn’t want what I’d worked so hard for. It was embarrassing every time someone who knew I’d gone to massage therapy school asked what was up with the massage therapy career. But all that is better than giving massages and hating it At least there was a happy ending. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-giving-up-long-boring-bloggy/661249/143 "2019-07-31T10:08:47Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > …If your wife can put together a portfolio that is judged well on it’s merits then it is within her capacity to pursue it as a career. You need to F-stop now and read Frylock’s most recent post. You have overexposed yourself as someone who reads threads through the lens of a newbie and zooms in on only the OP. I shutter to think how you little you focused on the composition of this thread. Best of luck **Frylock**. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Royal\_Nonesutch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecb155/32.png) [@Royal\_Nonesutch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Royal_Nonesutch)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-giving-up-long-boring-bloggy/661249/144 "2019-07-31T10:20:23Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > Jimi Hendrix could not read sheet music. His ear for music far exceeds the vast majority of those who can read sheet music. Then why hasn’t he come out with any good new music for the past 45 years? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-giving-up-long-boring-bloggy/661249/145 "2019-07-31T13:24:32Z")
I’m sorry, Frylock. That sounds miserable. How are the kids holding up? ---
**Author:** ![tricoteuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tricoteuse/32/4334_2.png) [@tricoteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tricoteuse)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-giving-up-long-boring-bloggy/661249/146 "2019-07-31T13:25:44Z")
Good luck with whatever happens next Frylock. Divorce is never easy even though mine was pretty amicable. It sure sounds like you did everything you could to make things work and at least your ex wife won’t be able to use you as a target for her own issues anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-giving-up-long-boring-bloggy/661249/147 "2019-07-31T14:09:18Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I’m sorry, Frylock. That sounds miserable. > > How are the kids holding up? The kids have handled this amazingly well. The little boys are just like “yay now we have two houses.” The oldest simply stated that we _must_ split custody 50/50 and keep all four sibs together at all times, and that is what we’re doing (and were planning on doing anyway). Second oldest is just rolling along like she does. No kid seems to show any fear about who loves who etc. I’m very glad for this, I feared otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-giving-up-long-boring-bloggy/661249/148 "2019-07-31T14:21:45Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > The kids have handled this amazingly well. The little boys are just like “yay now we have two houses.” The oldest simply stated that we _must_ split custody 50/50 and keep all four sibs together at all times, and that is what we’re doing (and were planning on doing anyway). Second oldest is just rolling along like she does. > > No kid seems to show any fear about who loves who etc. I’m very glad for this, I feared otherwise. Heh. Sounds like you two did get one of the most important parts of your marriage right 🙂 The divorce itself will suck (they always do), but I hope it sucks as little as possible and that y’all find yourselves in a better place a year or two from now, than you do now. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-giving-up-long-boring-bloggy/661249/149 "2019-08-01T17:48:17Z")
> [@Royal\_Nonesutch](#): > > Then why hasn’t he come out with any good new music for the past 45 years? Hendrix released music in 1974? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-giving-up-long-boring-bloggy/661249/150 "2019-08-01T22:31:21Z")
> [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > I’m thinking that you might have wanted to read the whole thread first. I’m thinking you might have read the time stamp on my post and figured it out. I had it up on my computer for awhile before hitting send. I didn’t see the op’s last post that completely altered the thread. Frylock, best of luck. Glad the kids are taking it so well. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-giving-up-long-boring-bloggy/661249/151 "2019-08-01T23:53:39Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > I had it up on my computer for awhile before hitting send. You had a draft sitting there since 2013? Impressive. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-giving-up-long-boring-bloggy/661249/152 "2019-08-02T01:30:06Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > You had a draft sitting there since 2013? Impressive. the ops last post was 7/31/19 as was mine. It was the last post that retriggered the thread. I did indeed miss it having read through it. But thanks for posting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-giving-up-long-boring-bloggy/661249.md?page=7)