Category: Sad sausage
UBT: ‘I Am Recovering From Fear’
Dear Chump Lady, Below is a pretty decent story of karma and consequences, combined with my heartfelt request for a UBT submission. Background: Ex is …
The OW Left Him and I Don’t Know How I Feel
Dear Chump Lady, Will you please help me identify a new feeling of mine? Meh-be it’s meh but I don’t know!!! Yesterday (a Tuesday) I …
She’s Sorry Now That She Cheated
Dear Chump Lady, I have been married to my wife (possibly soon to be ex) for over 25 years. I was 23 and she was …
Why Isn’t She HAPPY Now?
Hi Chump Lady, So my wife had an affair and after being found out asked for a trial separation. She said she had been “struggling …
‘What I Did to HIM?’ DARVO
Dear Chump Lady, I recently divorced FW after learning that he’d had numerous affairs, slept with hundreds of women, and taken thousands of dollars to …
UBT: I Always Felt Trapped
Hi Chump Lady, It’s been since Oct 2021 that he left me for the OW. Finally, today I got an email from him trying to …
And the Saddest Sausage Goes to…
I was thinking this week of Sumner Stroh’s video (one of Adam Levine’s Schmoopies) playing the aggrieved party, the wounded innocent. And I think we …
UBT: ‘I Had an Affair And Now My Kids Won’t Forgive Me’
Woe the sad sausage who demands forgiveness. Recently, one such entitled FW wrote to the advice column, Care and Feeding, at Slate magazine. Dear Care …
UBT: Sad Sausage Poetry
Dear Chump Lady, I’m seeking feedback on a text my ex sent. We were married over two decades and shared what I thought was a …
UBT: ‘Give Me Some Clarity’
Dear Chump Lady, I’m nearly one-year post-divorce, 19 months post-separation kicking the FW out. While some days are still really difficult, with the power of …
The ‘I’m Sorry, We Good?’ Play
I consider myself something of a connoisseur of disordered FWs, so I’ve been riveted by the Alex Jones trial. To anyone tuning in, Jones is …
UBT: Destroying Marriages to Improve Them
Apologies for the late post. Was driving to Michigan (just arrived) when I realized the scheduling plugin didn’t work… so here it is. Back to …
Defending Incomprehensible Life Choices
Today’s Friday Challenge comes from DoingMe. Inspired by yesterday’s post about Christie Smythe’s torching her life for a FW, and then being smug about it, …
UBT: When Your Affair Partner Ghosts You
Many an alert chump sent me yesterday’s Yahoo news article: “What it Means if The Married Man You’re Having An Affair With Ghosts You Out …
Therapy Homework Fails
Raise your hand if you ever did therapy with a cheater. Raise both hands if you didn’t know they were a cheater. (Free now? Then …
Bill Gates Has a Sadz About His Divorce
Isn’t it regrettable when nebulous clouds of divorce just descend upon innocents? Microsoft founder Bill Gates is one such sad case. In an interview with …
The OW Left Him and I Don’t Know How I Feel
Dear Chump Lady, Will you please help me identify a new feeling of mine? Meh-be it’s meh but I don’t know!!! Yesterday (a Tuesday) I …
