From the moment I got slapped with divorce papers from my ex, Harold, 32, a year ago, I knew things weren’t going to be easy. I’m Zephyr, 27, and I was married to that man for way too long.

A man holding documents | Source: Midjourney
Things weren’t always bad. I had a decent relationship with his family, including his mother, Bernadette, 57. But when Harold went through a strange gym bro/hipster phase, everything changed.
By the end, I signed those papers with relief, to be honest. I just didn’t expect co-parenting to be such a nightmare. The past year has been mostly me raising our Phineas, 4, and trying to make ends meet.
To make matters worse, Bernadette turned on me after the separation as if I was the one who decided to leave her precious “golden boy.”