The Party

by Mush on April 25, 2007 · 12 Comments · in Love & Marriage, Social

In which The Ex has a great idea.

When The Ex dropped Truck off after work tonight, he said, “So I’ve been meaning to ask you something. I don’t know how you’re gonna take this, but–”

“Sure,” I said, “Go ahead.”

“Well, I’m thinking about having a big party,” he said, looking at me intently and pausing.

Uh, okay. Why would I care?

“And I thought it could be a… a divorce party,” he finished.

“Oh my God, that’s fucking brilliant!” I enthused. “People talk about having divorce parties all the time, but no one ever really does it,” I said.

He smiled. “I thought it was a good idea too. Will you help me arrange some live music?”

“Totally! Of course! Maybe the-band-that-never-gigs will want to do it,” I said.

“We got married out there and had a huge fucking party, we might as well get divorced out there too!”

“This party should be even bigger! More booze! More music!”

“Hell yeah!” he said.

So there will probably — you know how he tends to change his mind about these things — be a Big Divorce Bash out at my ex’s place next month. Everyone in the world is invited!

I really should finish moving out before then.

 
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12 Responses to The Party

  1. one3y3 says:
    April 25, 2007 at 6:14 pm

    A divorce party? Never heard of one. The closest I had was when my ex moved out and his family was there to help. It sure didn’t feel like a party though, lol.

    Aw. -m

  2. naomi says:
    April 25, 2007 at 8:46 pm

    i’ve heard of divorce parties, but they usually involved each person arranging and hosting their own party, not a cooperative effort at the same place. there’s nothing quite like a relatively bitter-free divorce 🙂 especially when you share friends. if i win the lottery in the next while i’ll come down and par-tay with y’all.

    Yay! -m

  3. Brad says:
    April 26, 2007 at 7:48 am

    That Bread can come up with some fantastic ideas, for sure.

    Yeah, for a boy. -m

  4. Only Me says:
    April 26, 2007 at 9:19 am

    Let me know more info closer to the time. I’m considering some travel!

    That would be awesome! Come party in Iowa! Whoo-hoo! -m

  5. amped. says:
    April 26, 2007 at 12:59 pm

    This is why I love you. 🙂
    Well, one of the reasons. 🙂

    Hehe. -m

  6. Chelsea says:
    April 26, 2007 at 1:43 pm

    Fun party! Much less stressful than a wedding, too, I’m sure. I wonder if you could register at Target…

    Yeah, my girlfriend was saying we should get presents again… or rather that I should. But she’s biased. -m

  7. GayProf says:
    April 26, 2007 at 3:08 pm

    Wow — You two sound so civilized. At the end of my break-up, I wasn’t thinking about a party as much as I was thinking about ways to blow up his truck.

    I’d already spent about two years *not* blowing up his truck, but only because if I had we’d have had to buy another one and I’d’ve still been paying the fucking bank payment every month on the due date even though he said he’d do it himself because he’d forget until the last second and then be all telling me it had to get paid but he was too BUSY to hit the bank on HIS lunch hour and I didn’t want to stand in line at the fucking bank any more than he did but gods know MY free time’s not as important as HIS so it’s FINE to make me do HIS chores… ahem. Yeah, so I’m past that phase. (Heh.) Plus, he’s a totally swell guy, love him to death. I just didn’t want to be his mother, uh, wife any more. -m

  8. dharma says:
    April 27, 2007 at 4:42 pm

    I had a civilized divorce but we never through a party. The next split, far from civilized since it included her saying things like “I feel like burning the house down with you in it.” My last (all the gods and goddesses let it truly be the last one) was so bittersweet it still knots my stomach two years later regardless of being totally satisfied with my decision to end things. Man…

  9. Maggie says:
    April 28, 2007 at 10:35 am

    My first year in university, I went to a divorce party that the couple who were Heads of The Drama Department were having. They had been married for something like twenty years. It was a blast, they had this HUGE cake and tons of booze.
    The only difference between them and you is that they were both gay and decided to end their farce of a marriage.

  10. 80 says:
    April 28, 2007 at 10:54 pm

    It gives me fuzzies that you two can be this way with each other. It’s nice not to hate and feel badly forever. Being light and easy helps to realize that everyone’s still alright in the end. Really, very sweet.

  11. 80 says:
    April 28, 2007 at 10:55 pm

    Oh yeah – Happy Divorce!!

  12. Ally says:
    April 29, 2007 at 3:23 am

    We had a Divorce Role-Playing Week – D&D and Cthulhu headlining, and us not doing too badly at pretending not to hate each other either :).

    LOL! -m