# So my wife just left me.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-wife-just-left-me/590018 "2011-07-22T19:29:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-wife-just-left-me/590018/1 "2011-07-22T19:29:12Z")
…makes me a two time loser, I guess. Long story. Boring. No one wants to hear. Too mundane even for MPSIMS. Just, ya know, sorta letting out a heavy sigh. Heavy sigh. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-wife-just-left-me/590018/2 "2011-07-22T19:34:30Z")
That would explain the ‘furious’ part. Seriously, so sorry to hear it, man. I’m going through a rocky period right now and I also have a heavy heart. Hang in there. Sending good thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-wife-just-left-me/590018/3 "2011-07-22T19:58:46Z")
George, we’re always willing to lend an ear if you want to talk. Take care of yourself. ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-wife-just-left-me/590018/4 "2011-07-22T20:09:03Z")
As I have always been prone to say to myself during those hard times in life: There are billions of people on this Earth. You are going through something many people have already gone through. Some people handle it well, others not. Figure out what those people who handled it well did, and learn from them. I am sure you are an intelligent, good guy, you can do it! You are not alone! Best wishes from the guy who got through the same thing a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-wife-just-left-me/590018/5 "2011-07-22T21:05:34Z")
Sorry to hear about that. Was this a sudden ‘come home and her bags are packed’ or a ‘been building up for quite a while’ left? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-wife-just-left-me/590018/6 "2011-07-22T21:13:17Z")
**FuriousGeorge** –I never had even one wife, although I’ve proposed. I’m 48. You’re still winnning more than me. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-wife-just-left-me/590018/7 "2011-07-22T21:15:22Z")
[Happens to the best of us.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efL17ekQZ5k) It’s a weekend, and assuming you don’t have to go to work tomorrow, Dr. Oak\* prescribes a bottle of Jack Daniel’s and some sad music. Don’t drive anywhere, just sit home and drink your troubles away for a night. \*Oak is not actually a doctor. But that’s what he’d prolly do. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-wife-just-left-me/590018/8 "2011-07-22T21:18:57Z")
I’m sorry hon ☹ **hugs** We never liked her anyway ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-wife-just-left-me/590018/9 "2011-07-22T21:26:01Z")
I am sorry to hear your news. Sending supporting thoughts your way! ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-wife-just-left-me/590018/10 "2011-07-22T21:33:04Z")
Everyone, thanks all for your kind words. It’s really appreciated. > [@spooje](#): > > Was this a sudden ‘come home and her bags are packed’ or a ‘been building up for quite a while’ left? This thing has been limping along like [Barbaro](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbaro) with neither of us willing to pull the trigger. We both pulled the trigger today. > [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > **FuriousGeorge** –I never had even one wife, although I’ve proposed. > > I’m 48. > > You’re still winnning more than me. I’m not sure I would call it winning. 🙂 > [@Oakminster](#): > > [Happens to the best of us.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efL17ekQZ5k) It’s a weekend, and assuming you don’t have to go to work tomorrow, Dr. Oak\* prescribes a bottle of Jack Daniel’s and some sad music. Don’t drive anywhere, just sit home and drink your troubles away for a night. > > \*Oak is not actually a doctor. But that’s what he’d prolly do. I still have a few bottles of cheap Mexican tequila on the fridge from the vacation to Puerto Penasco that will be guaranteed dead soldiers come Monday morn. Absolutely brilliant advice, my friend. ---
**Author:** ![Bri2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/48db29/32.png) [@Bri2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bri2k)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-wife-just-left-me/590018/11 "2011-07-22T21:35:19Z")
Sorry to hear about your troubles, **FuriousGeorge**. May things take a speedy turn in a better direction soon! Bri2k ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-wife-just-left-me/590018/12 "2011-07-22T22:12:08Z")
> [@FuriousGeorge](#): > > I still have a few bottles of cheap Mexican tequila on the fridge from the vacation to Puerto Penasco that will be guaranteed dead soldiers come Monday morn. Absolutely brilliant advice, my friend. I love to drink and do on any occasion, so I hope this advice doesn’t come off priggish, but I strongly advise against getting drunk by yourself when you’re in a foul mood. It doesn’t help. Find some friends and go to a bar. Take a cab home. Failing that, hit a heavy bag as hard and long as you can. That’s amazingly therapeutic. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-wife-just-left-me/590018/13 "2011-07-22T22:22:12Z")
> [@FuriousGeorge](#): > > I still have a few bottles of cheap Mexican tequila on the fridge from the vacation to Puerto Penasco that will be guaranteed dead soldiers come Monday morn. Absolutely brilliant advice, my friend. Eat the foods she hates and drink that tequila s-l-o-w-l-y. You’ve got all weekend, so keep in mind you are \*endurace \*drinking. Don’t hurt yourself. Good luck, and lawyer up quick. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-wife-just-left-me/590018/14 "2011-07-22T22:23:37Z")
Ugh, hang in there. Sorry to hear it ☹ ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-wife-just-left-me/590018/15 "2011-07-22T22:28:49Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > I love to drink and do on any occasion, so I hope this advice doesn’t come off priggish, but I strongly advise against getting drunk by yourself when you’re in a foul mood. It doesn’t help. Find some friends and go to a bar. Take a cab home… This is good advice—Being around other people (including a few attractive women, perhaps) would seem like a better idea than hanging out alone… Good luck, George!!! ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-wife-just-left-me/590018/16 "2011-07-22T22:28:58Z")
I saw the headline and thought, “Ugh.” My second reaction was that maybe the thread title was a set up to a joke. Sadly, it wasn’t. I’m sorry for what you’re going through. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-wife-just-left-me/590018/17 "2011-07-22T23:23:36Z")
So sorry to hear this. Maybe it’s time to go to the beach and get baked. Or drive to another continent. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-wife-just-left-me/590018/18 "2011-07-23T01:04:31Z")
My father’s name was George; I have a soft spot for Georges. Hope things work out for you and you become less furious. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-wife-just-left-me/590018/19 "2011-07-23T01:34:01Z")
Buy a guitar (Les Paul, preferably) and a loud amp (Marshall Stack). Plug it all in and go. Doesn’t matter if you can’t play. It WILL change the way you feel. Good luck, man. ---
**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 23, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-wife-just-left-me/590018/20 "2011-07-23T01:43:17Z")
A pair of great post/username combos in this thread: So my wife just left me…by **Furious George** Buy a guitar and play it loud, by **Simmerdown** Anyway, best of luck to you, George. mmm [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-wife-just-left-me/590018.md?page=2)