I wrote an article a few years back which talks about why you need the energy of a happily divorced man, even if (especially if) you're an unhappily married man or a man facing potential divorce.
One of the comments on the article has always stuck with me...
"This article motivated me. Not only to get out, succeed, and be happy. But I was going to kill myself on Tuesday. Not tonight,
or tomorrow because of scheduling conflicts with my wife, whom I still love dearly and would do anything for. I had letters written to several people to include my wife, brother, in-laws, and kids. But I read this, and immediately decided that I’m better than that. The pain I feel now doesn’t have to compare to the happiness I can feel later on in life. So thank you". ~ Danny
I’m a happily divorced man.
The divorce came first – then the happy.
Pain first – then growth. It just doesn’t happen for us the
other way around.
This is true for any guy who attains happily divorced man (HDM) status.
First comes the pain, confusion, anger, powerlessness…did I say pain… of feeling like a failure. It feels like your guts are in a vice and someone keeps tightening it. You lose your appetite and then weight.
Then you lose sleep and ability to focus.
Your brain is like mush and you can’t concentrate or keep a sane thought in your head.
This is exactly the time when you first realize, “Dang, I need to talk about this.”
Then you usually wait another 6 months or so. You think it may be impossible to be truly happy again.
And you would be wrong.
You Don’t Need to Wait for the Pain, But You Probably Will
If you are a man in a struggling,
frustrating or painful relationship you can actually choose to start growing now and not wait for the divorce!
You can trust me that a much bigger pain is on it’s way and can avoid it by acting now. Yeah, I didn’t do that but I wish I did. But nobody told me I could – or should.
HDM’s like me know stuff. It’s really cool stuff. Stuff you will need to know sooner or later.
What stuff is that?
Stuff like why your wife secretly notices other men who are happily divorced. You may have already observed that and it kills you.
Yeah, that sucks doesn’t it? That happened to me too. I didn’t understand.
I had no idea why she could not see in me what she thought she saw in others.
I do now.
I was acting like an unhappily married man instead of a happily divorced man.
I talk more about this in the video below.