| | Whats the silliest thing you fought over when you split?Page 1 of 6 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) | Not everyone here is divorced but by middle age probably most of us have probably been through a significant split. It dawned on me that during those times of stress, we dont always think straight and sometimes the silliest things become important. Just for fun I was wondering what the silliest thing that you fought over with an ex?
For me it was splitting up the Tupperware. I dont cook much and NEVER have leftovers and yet I have in my hot little hands at least 50 Tupperware containers! lol. Back in the day, I remember arguing about who gets which containers and splitting the number right down the middle to make sure it was fair - and now I use my half to store car parts 'cause I'll never use them in the kitchen. LOL! | |
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| Whats the silliest thing you fought over when you split?
Posted: 9/11/2007 11:23:55 AM | Well I have to dig WAY back in my mind, (20 years I guess), to even remember the splitting up...
and really there weren't any problems on either of our sides, i.e. no nasties at all.
But the more I thought I finally remember this one silly thing...
He wanted all the camping gear... sure, okay. It was a lot of gear, no problem.
Except I wouldn't let go of the huge campfire kettle! Meanie me.
Although it was blackened from fires, dented on the sides, it was still the perfect large kettle to cook spaghetti noodles indoors on the stove, (at the time it was a woodstove).
All of our joint decisions were fine with both of us, except that campfire kettle, hahaa.
We had a bit of a tug of war over it.
I shamefully admit I did a sneaky. I took it out of the gear and hid it. Okay, so I am not perfect, lol.
Now, this many years later, I still use that old kettle... have been using it all along, no matter what type of stove I've had. I always remember it as "the old camping kettle" but in a long while I hadn't thought about how we somewhat fought over it back then.
p.s. As far as I know, he stopped camping and sold everything.
Glad I saved the kettle! | |
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| Whats the silliest thing you fought over when you split?
Posted: 9/11/2007 11:48:20 AM | The silliest thing we fought over was the dog. Not who got him but who would get stuck with him. He was never an appropriate pet for the kids and it was like trying to stuff a Shetland Pony (who asuffered from car sickness) into my compact car for trips to the vet.
We still can't discuss my deceased father's tools without getting into an argument but I don't feel it is silly. I'm quite hurt by it.
At the time I thought the smart thing to do was buy him out of his equity in the house cuz the mortgage payment is less than what I would pay for rent. But maintenance/repairs have eaten my lunch. In retrospect I wish I had sold out to him. And, yes, we did argue over the house so I guess feeling stupid about it would be the same as "silly." | |
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Posted: 9/11/2007 12:56:58 PM | He used to pop popcorn every night (I don't know if he inhaled) and leave the empty bag out on the countertop. When I asked him why he didn't throw it away, he said he wanted it to cool down and didn't want the trash can to catch on fire. 
Since the relationship was already on the edge, I simply lost control after that remark and said horribly rude things, such as: You Are A Freaking Idiot.
My bad. | |
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Posted: 9/11/2007 1:22:13 PM | once upon a miserably married evening, i and my ex went to the grocery store...
upon entering, i noticed a female, over fed and under dressed,, (short, short shorts, and eany teany halter,,, yes i remember the day, er eve...)
i suppose i gawked, wondering... don't that gal know she don't look good showing all that flesh???
about five minutes later my then wife, now ex, slapped the s+++ out of me, for checking another female in her presence... about as loud as i can possibly yell,,,, f___ u, i responded...
for the next ten minutes, or until i got out of the store, clerks, stockers, checkers, were all coming to take a peak at the idiots in the isle...
and i didn't check her out, i was just flabbergasted by her display of loose flesh.... | |
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Posted: 9/11/2007 1:59:37 PM | | The silliest thing for me was .....that he got all the outside fun things and I got the inside things because of the kids. It was agreeable and not fought over though, yep it was kinda silly. He got what he wanted and was happy and I was grateful for what was left because of the kids. | |
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| Whats the silliest thing you fought over when you split?
Posted: 9/11/2007 3:20:56 PM | | About 20 years ago I liked to collect very nice and expensive lingerie which my then partner paid for. He also bought me some valuable jewelery and clothes. When we split, I only took my clothes, the lingerie, the jewelery and some household items. He then wrote letters, left messages and called friends and threatened with legal actions because he wanted back all the lingerie he paid for......he did not ask for the jewelery or the clothes....NO.....it had to be the lingerie. I thought :"maybe he wants to convert ...a transsexual change or something like that???"......hahaha....So, I got a nice PINK Victoria Secret gift box with feathers and a sweet fragrance, packed up all the lingerie and Fedexed it to him with a note " I hope it fits, ENJOY"............then I imagined him wandering around in lingerie........it still cracks me up. | |
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| Whats the silliest thing you fought over when you split?
Posted: 9/11/2007 3:25:13 PM | | Whether or not to let the kids out of the cellar at night. I finally gave in because, well, truth be told, since I wasn't going to be living there anymore I really didn't care if they spent their sleeping hours in the damp dark subterranean lair of their maternal ancestors. | |
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| Whats the silliest thing you fought over when you split?
Posted: 9/11/2007 4:42:07 PM | | We fought over who would get the 2nd car. Not because we both wanted it, neither wanted it. Even the mechanic said we didn't need a mechanic. It needed a priest and an exorcism. I lost that battle! | |
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| Whats the silliest thing you fought over when you split?
Posted: 9/11/2007 5:18:02 PM | I don't recall fighting over anything. Though I did spray all his (neatly packed) clothing with my perfume, so she had to wash every single stitch of it. He didn't even notice, lol, but she did. As planned. . . .
As for the tupperware. . . I thought that was *why* people divorced in the first place: when you had too much, you just left, and left him with all the tupperware. . .
[Divorce II and Divorce I]
PS -- The only thing I ever missed was the lettuce keeper. . . . | |
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Posted: 9/11/2007 8:06:48 PM | Thank you woobytoodsday - Until now I was totally flabbergasted as to why she left me... but now its perfect clear. Too much Tupperware. I shall endeavor to pare it down before engaging in another serious LTR, lest we prematurely come to another plastic induced split.
By the way, you can have my lettuce keeper - I find I can't get a lot of underwear in it, and they pretty much stay fresh without being sealed anyway. | |
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| Whats the silliest thing you fought over when you split?
Posted: 9/11/2007 8:17:48 PM | I learned that getting drawn into bickering matches is useless and it takes about 90 decibels of yelling to win one. All you get in the end is someone that wants to practice more screaming. I walk away. Why even let someone treat yo so petty?
I would have said keep your tupperware, it was just another thing to bicker about. | |
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| Whats the silliest thing you fought over when you split?
Posted: 9/11/2007 8:27:21 PM | | I think the saddest thing was that we didn't have anything to fight over. He was so passive at that point that I could have taken every blessed thing out of the house and he'd have acted like it wasn't happening. Except, maybe, for his recliner, but it was so ratty, I wouldn't have had it in my new place.... | |
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| Whats the silliest thing you fought over when you split?
Posted: 9/12/2007 12:24:50 AM | I wanted to throw out a washing machine that hadn't worked in 2 years. We had a BRAND NEW replacement within a week of the old one breaking down...
Whats wrong with wanting to get rid of garbage?
Well... that was what the final argument was about. I actually got the thing out of the house.
From that point on... we didn't agree on ANYTHING. | |
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Posted: 9/12/2007 3:22:36 AM | When I left the marriage 6 yrs ago.....1 month before halloween. My Ex wouldn't give me all my halloween decorations. That was his way of getting me back since he knew I dearly love halloween. I would ask every year for my stuff. Even after he got remarried, he wouldn't give it to me. So, when I decide to move away|(out of state), then he sent my stuff to me the night before I left. Ridiculus | |
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| Whats the silliest thing you fought over when you split?
Posted: 9/12/2007 4:55:18 AM | After a 30-yr marriage one would think there would be no lack of possessions to bicker over when things ended for me a little more than 3 yrs ago. Ironically there was none of this. Now that could be because I was so relieved just to be moving on with my life that material things meant very little to me. Or perhaps it could also have something to do with the fact that my ex left very little for us to bicker over. :-)
Hey … Have a Terrific Day!
Gary | |
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| Whats the silliest thing you fought over when you split?
Posted: 9/12/2007 6:27:15 AM | | I didn't give my exe the good towels and good dishes, because I knew he'd trash everything anyway and I had the kids full time. Turns out, he went to jail and everything in his apartment was thrown out, never to be seen again. I did keep his family things to pass along to the children, but at least he understood that, and he didn't have to dust them then. I still have some of his stuff, but he says he doesn't want it, but I know one day he'll change his mind. He did take all the camping gear, but he ended up living in the woods for awhile, so he needed it. I bet that tent is still out there behind the Walmart, lol. | |
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| Whats the silliest thing you fought over when you split?
Posted: 9/12/2007 9:36:29 AM | | Although we agreed on most everything, we had to end up letting the dog decide where he wanted to live because he had been with us for 16 years and we both wanted him lol. He ultimately chose my ex, and I put up no argument. | |
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