“They ought to do away with divorce settlements. Instead, both parties should flip a coin. The winner gets to stay where he… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“ It´s a little song about abandonment, and it goes something like this.... ” — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“Flannel shirts should be outlawed for ex husbands; I realize this now. Flannel shirts are to women what crotchless panties are to… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“I think: I would like to take N back to a story right now, like a rake. I would say, "Oh, this… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“This is much easier than when N left. Our son is unable to grasp and simultaneously turn doorknobs yet. If only this… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“People told me not to get married; I didn´t listen. No one ever listens, it seems to me now. Perhaps people should… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“Conversely, I though humiliation would be everything, but it´s such a nothing.” — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“I should have known then it wasn´t nothing , as he called it. But I was eight months pregnant. No sense closing… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“It´s like watching someone do a triple backflip dismount and land on two feet, solid, arms splayed in the air. I know… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“I feel angry but not homocidal; this may be unlooked-for progress.” — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“I travel back in time, falling back into what I know for certain, the historical data I cling to in order to… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“I am not ready to think of him as either insane or evil, to consider in full how I could love and… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“I sensed he may have occasionally strayed in some of his past relationships. It was something I felt but ignored, a rent… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“Daily I walk around my small, picturesque town with a thought bubble over my head: Person Going Through A Divorce. When I… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“Soon he was online every night until one or two a.m. Often he would wake up at three of four a.m. and… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“The whole world seems tilted, my inner ear displaced by a hole where my spouse used to be.” — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“The real genesis is forbidden to me, vis-à-vis N´s inability to confess even the mildest transgressions.” — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
He left a bit too easily and with obvious relief. His feet were swift and sure on the muddy path. — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“I know one thing about men," Bunny says with finality, leaving the room to check on A. "They never die when you… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“I want to own this transition, not to simply swallow the shame of it entire. I will push for every little irony.” — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“To keep myself from harming or calling N and to stave off the rage and despair, I focus on my extraordinary son, drink midrange… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“The Betty Lady explains love and splitting up: "It´s like playing the shell game with Jesus. You can´t figure anything out; it´s best not… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“ Gains There is no man in the house that I have to try to make happy. There are no more arguments, or nights… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“This is much worse than losing a cat. You do not wish the cat dead, for example, after the first two days. You still… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“How can I grieve what is still in motion?" I ask her. "Shoes are still dropping all over the place. I´m not kidding," I… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“I've felt basically lucky ever since, almost every day of my life. That's something else love should make you feel. It should make you… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“I have a new mantra, which I chant softly to myself: "Oh My God Oh My God.” — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
