Wedding Woes

picking up the pieces

Dear Prudence, My divorce from my now-ex-husband was finalized a month ago. All along, I thought we had the perfect marriage until I received the shock of a lifetime late one night when he called me from the police station. It was then that he confessed that he had been arrested for exposing himself to a woman in a parking lot. I would come to learn that he had exposed himself to over a dozen more victims—Including a woman who was with her young daughter—over the course of the last five months, when I thought he was working on a project at his job. He is now in jail awaiting trial. I am still reeling and will be forever cursing myself for unwittingly marrying a predator. Everyone thought he was such a wonderful person and we had a rock-solid relationship. What do I say to people when they find out that my ex and I are now divorced and ask what happened?

Re: picking up the pieces

  • It's up to you how much you want to divulge.  "He wasn't the man I thought he was," covers a lot of sins so to speak. 
  • banana468 said:
    It's up to you how much you want to divulge.  "He wasn't the man I thought he was," covers a lot of sins so to speak. 
    It covers a lot of sins, it probably discourages further questions, and in this case, it's very much the truth! 

    If his crimes become more public knowledge and you get asked about that, tell them you didn't know what he was doing and you're as disgusted as they are.
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  • Now I’ve heard it all for divorce reasons. “He wasnt the person I thought he was” is perfect. Poor LW. 

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