When 20 Years Becomes Never Again
Reflections when divorce is looming
In the arrogance of my youth I thought that I could do anything.
Get married? I should be fine. That’s the right thing to do.
Have kids? I don’t want them but she won’t shut up about it.
I can handle this. I can handle anything. I’m 23.
20 years later. It all comes to an end.
It feels like it never happened.
Another life. Another person. He was young and arrogant and stupid.
Why didn’t anyone tell him!
The only evidence of that life is my children.
They share her DNA.
How could I swap DNA with someone I don’t even like anymore?
I love my children but I wish I never met her.
I’m talking crazy. There’s so many thoughts and feelings.
This chapter of my life is over.
A failed experiment.
Is it ok to call a life involving others an experiment?
For the past five years, I couldn’t think of a single happy memory.
Now that it’s almost over, they’re starting to make their way back.
What is this feeling? It’s not fear, it’s not regret, it’s not nostalgia.
Could it be hope?
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Jesse Lee
Jesse Lee is a comedian and writer that investigates ordinary experiences until they reveal extraordinary truths about being human.
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