It’s Complicated

I received notification on my Facebook page last night. I had to confirm my relationship with my husband. He changed his relationship status and I was being asked to “confirm it.”

I am now, officially in a “complicated” relationship with my husband. Complicated? That’s a fucking understatement.

It found it quite funny really. After all this time, all these years—Facebook thinks it can tell ME that my relationship is complicated. Hey Facebook, I propose the following relationship statuses:

  • playing nice
  • doing it for the kids
  • convenient
  • self-destructive
  • waiting patiently
  • co-dependent
  • gone on too long

Sometimes “complicated” is not enough.

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05.16.2009
Cathy Meyer
It sounds like you are living in limbo. It's like living in a halfway house, convenient yet oppressive. I wish you loads of patients and little self-destruction.
It feels good to write.

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