Parenting Class

I took the mandatory Divorced Parenting Class tonight. Three hours of movies, stories, what to do, what not to do, what I will feel, what my ex will feel, what the kids will go through, what the family will go through. Very informative and very depressing. The couple directly in front of me were whispering in each others ears the whole time and smiling at each other. I kept thinking "Why are you two here?" It was very distracting and making me upset. I had to keep biting my tongue so I would not yell at them and tell them to move. The nerve of some people- to be all agreeable and happy- what is that about?? :-)

I cried a few times and found that I am just not ready to hear some hard truths yet. Like "when your ex starts dating and/or remarries you should do xyz", and the jokes about it being easier to have your ex die than to divorce them- everyone laughed except me, and the heartwrenching artwork & stories by children of divorced parents, ugh. Not a fun night. But it's done. Now I can be a divorced parent. again. yeah.