So I got served divorce papers out of the blue. Wife said she was going to work and these papers came home instead. She's just ignoring any calls my friends or mother has made inquiring as to what is going on (she doesn't want to talk to me and I'm honoring her wishes) but I'm at a loss as to why she's ending a 15 year marriage like this. I thought this was a "Millennial" move, but she's addicted to a phone and that's been in the way of a constructive marriage for a while. I live in a community property state, WA, and I'm a disabled vet and all alone (literally) and she's the one that can work, has family willing to support, help and pay for her to do this.
I'd have been totally willing to give her much of what she asked for initially in the documents she sent. I'm fair, not a dick but don't like being taken advantage of, it's been a recurring theme in my life. Just one thing stands in the way, she wants the house and stocks and I can't concede both. I'm willing to take the lesser value, the stocks and let her have the house. But she can't be reached, is deceitfully changing all the passwords and locking me out of my own accounts, and in terms of friend vs. enemy, cessation of talks is a defacto declaration of war, comparatively speaking, so I guess I'll be forced to get the most cutthroat lawyer I can --I'd rather have ended this after 15 years as friends and walk away with what is fair, I know our marriage wasn't out of a romantic fairly tale, movie or dime novel, my disabilities didn't help and I guess I'm not the easiest going person, so I guess she felt let down, but I guess she'd rather end it as enemies and have the lawyers win.
I don't have any friends, I stayed here for her and only have one army buddy who is going to move in today I think. He got divorced a year ago. So I'm basically on my own, on top of it I lost my wallet and all my ID's and copies of tax stamps and just a lot of shit that's just making all this even harder, and she's going around trying to lock me out of every account we ever had online, which I thought in a community property state she couldn't just do that. I know I need a lawyer, but I'm not rich and can't afford one, and she blindsided me so I had zero preparation, let alone knowledge of it. I'm hurt, let down and shocked.
This is turning out to be the worst Christmas of my life... I'm growing to hate it more and more, it seems most people who were important to me, who I loved, all died around this time and I was always left to deal with the most life changing, painful and soul sucking life experiences on my own, what family I have is so self centered they won't lift a finger to help one of their own. My army buddy is far more dependable and far more of a family member than even my immediate family anymore. Most of my best friends are all dead. It's hard doing this alone, with no money, and being in the condition that I'm in. I'm really in a rough spot, and you guys have basically been my "community", so when I need to reach out it ended up being you guys I turned to.
Any advice on this or how I can get a good lawyer being a disabled vet would be great. Just anything would be great, because at this moment my world just came crashing in and it just gets worse day by day. She's got a lawyer, her family and friends (because she's from here) but I'm all on my own. I can't afford one but she's got all the help in the world and just seems like she's out to hurt me as much as she can. I'm already 100% disabled and have hard times getting to appointments at time and now I have to deal with this too. I don't know how I'm going to do it, I really don't.
I always try to do right by people. I'm running a sale on here cleaning out my gun room and extended killer deals to people, deals I lost out on knowingly because I wanted to be more than fair. I took huge hits in shipping and when I misquoted a guy I honored my misquote. I don't have anything else stashed away because I gave it all to her each month, except for what some of you bought from the sale which I planned on giving her for Christmas but was forced to transfer to a new account because I can't trust her anymore. It's not much, $500 to be honest, but it's all I have to my name and I have 18 days and counting to get a lawyer and provide a response or they just give her everything she asked for.
Likewise, I gave her all my money every month and paid for what I bought on my own, never saved anything to conceal from her, I was faithful, honest, I shared and I never once laid a hand on her or even threatened to. We would say hurtful things in arguments, but who doesn't? Never threatened her or hinted that I may, never death-wished her or her family, nay, she felt safe enough to get in my nose and scream in my face knowing I wouldn't do anything, not even push her away. Then one day she hit me, it was weak but it was a strike in anger, and after that she promised not to do it again but of course she gradually got comfortable disrespecting me that way. Still, I thought I could trust her right up to literally 2 hours before the papers were served. And one of the things she wants is a restraining order. Likely just to fuck with my 2a rights and for no other reason. I'm at a total loss, she's been more "violent" in arguments as she's crossed a line I never did. Hurt, lost, alone and just don't know what to do. I feel beaten, discarded and feel like I'll fall through the cracks here too.
Thanks for listening, for reading guys, I had to get it off my chest and tell someone... thanks for being here for me better or worse over the years, and, well, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to the rest of you. I'm just not feeling it anymore.
I'd have been totally willing to give her much of what she asked for initially in the documents she sent. I'm fair, not a dick but don't like being taken advantage of, it's been a recurring theme in my life. Just one thing stands in the way, she wants the house and stocks and I can't concede both. I'm willing to take the lesser value, the stocks and let her have the house. But she can't be reached, is deceitfully changing all the passwords and locking me out of my own accounts, and in terms of friend vs. enemy, cessation of talks is a defacto declaration of war, comparatively speaking, so I guess I'll be forced to get the most cutthroat lawyer I can --I'd rather have ended this after 15 years as friends and walk away with what is fair, I know our marriage wasn't out of a romantic fairly tale, movie or dime novel, my disabilities didn't help and I guess I'm not the easiest going person, so I guess she felt let down, but I guess she'd rather end it as enemies and have the lawyers win.
I don't have any friends, I stayed here for her and only have one army buddy who is going to move in today I think. He got divorced a year ago. So I'm basically on my own, on top of it I lost my wallet and all my ID's and copies of tax stamps and just a lot of shit that's just making all this even harder, and she's going around trying to lock me out of every account we ever had online, which I thought in a community property state she couldn't just do that. I know I need a lawyer, but I'm not rich and can't afford one, and she blindsided me so I had zero preparation, let alone knowledge of it. I'm hurt, let down and shocked.
This is turning out to be the worst Christmas of my life... I'm growing to hate it more and more, it seems most people who were important to me, who I loved, all died around this time and I was always left to deal with the most life changing, painful and soul sucking life experiences on my own, what family I have is so self centered they won't lift a finger to help one of their own. My army buddy is far more dependable and far more of a family member than even my immediate family anymore. Most of my best friends are all dead. It's hard doing this alone, with no money, and being in the condition that I'm in. I'm really in a rough spot, and you guys have basically been my "community", so when I need to reach out it ended up being you guys I turned to.
Any advice on this or how I can get a good lawyer being a disabled vet would be great. Just anything would be great, because at this moment my world just came crashing in and it just gets worse day by day. She's got a lawyer, her family and friends (because she's from here) but I'm all on my own. I can't afford one but she's got all the help in the world and just seems like she's out to hurt me as much as she can. I'm already 100% disabled and have hard times getting to appointments at time and now I have to deal with this too. I don't know how I'm going to do it, I really don't.
I always try to do right by people. I'm running a sale on here cleaning out my gun room and extended killer deals to people, deals I lost out on knowingly because I wanted to be more than fair. I took huge hits in shipping and when I misquoted a guy I honored my misquote. I don't have anything else stashed away because I gave it all to her each month, except for what some of you bought from the sale which I planned on giving her for Christmas but was forced to transfer to a new account because I can't trust her anymore. It's not much, $500 to be honest, but it's all I have to my name and I have 18 days and counting to get a lawyer and provide a response or they just give her everything she asked for.
Likewise, I gave her all my money every month and paid for what I bought on my own, never saved anything to conceal from her, I was faithful, honest, I shared and I never once laid a hand on her or even threatened to. We would say hurtful things in arguments, but who doesn't? Never threatened her or hinted that I may, never death-wished her or her family, nay, she felt safe enough to get in my nose and scream in my face knowing I wouldn't do anything, not even push her away. Then one day she hit me, it was weak but it was a strike in anger, and after that she promised not to do it again but of course she gradually got comfortable disrespecting me that way. Still, I thought I could trust her right up to literally 2 hours before the papers were served. And one of the things she wants is a restraining order. Likely just to fuck with my 2a rights and for no other reason. I'm at a total loss, she's been more "violent" in arguments as she's crossed a line I never did. Hurt, lost, alone and just don't know what to do. I feel beaten, discarded and feel like I'll fall through the cracks here too.
Thanks for listening, for reading guys, I had to get it off my chest and tell someone... thanks for being here for me better or worse over the years, and, well, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to the rest of you. I'm just not feeling it anymore.