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Have you done it? Good idea or bad?

 

I'm interested in a man who says his divorce will be final in 2 months. I know all the drama that goes with divorce so I don't really want to be a part of it. I told him tonight I don't want to meet him until his divorce is final (We found each other on a dating site and he lives across the country). He says his wife lives on the other side of the country and they've been separated for 2 yrs. I've heard a lot of horror stories about long distance relationships via the internet, especially when a man is "separated"...so what do you all think?

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We found each other on a dating site and he lives across the country. He says his wife lives on the other side of the country and they've been separated for 2 yrs. I've heard a lot of horror stories about long distance relationships via the internet, especially when a man is "separated"

 

I've done it (locally) but lost interest after a few dates. Based on what you've shared here, I can't help but think you can do much better???! There's too many negatives right off the bat...

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Have you done it? Good idea or bad?

 

I'm interested in a man who says his divorce will be final in 2 months. I know all the drama that goes with divorce so I don't really want to be a part of it. I told him tonight I don't want to meet him until his divorce is final (We found each other on a dating site and he lives across the country). He says his wife lives on the other side of the country and they've been separated for 2 yrs. I've heard a lot of horror stories about long distance relationships via the internet, especially when a man is "separated"...so what do you all think?

 

 

I'm not going to tell you NOT to go for it, only my experience. I've been with a man who swore he was getting a divorce. 4+ years later, he's still not divorced and I recently ended things because of it. It's been excruciatingly difficult because we fell in love and had a lovely relationship...up until I began putting the pressure on him to finalize it. He continued to tell me "he's working on it" but actions speak louder than words, and his "work" never paid off. I began putting the pressure on him because I wondered if marriage was ever in our future...guess not. If he comes back to me as a divorced man, and i'm available...we can talk.

 

My advice is...wait until it is finalized. Good luck to you!

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RUN. I highly doubt this guy is actually separated, let alone about to divorce in 2 months.

 

Anyway, IF it IS true, tell him to come ask you out on a date with the papers in hand.

 

Because it's a dating site, can you confirm anything he's told you? More than likely not, so don't put alot of energy into this guy.

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I always have my divorce papers in my computer bag to remind me why I fly ;)

 

OP, as a separated man, I would counsel you to move on from this particular encounter. Now, if he's willing to fly out for a meeting and show you that cool funny ink the court puts on the filed divorce documents, including the case number, I'll re-think my advice. :)

 

The lady whom I'm seeing doesn't appear to be bothered. She lives 40 minutes away. Big difference.

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Thank you everyone. I told him I wanted to wait until his divorce was final. :)

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