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Our French Life

The Divorce Diaries – Part III

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Okay, so this one I think may be the most helpful and hopefully I won’t digress too much but I can’t promise anything. Once we have the practicalities out of the way, we can move onto what I’ve been up to since I last wrote this blog regularly.

Spoiler alert – it will include the catalogue of house issues I had from my ex’s ‘workmanship’ which also included a touch of carbon monoxide poisoning, mains water leaks, 100mm pipes going into 40mm pipes at a right angle, a septic tank that simply ended with a pipe going into some shingle and lots of bloopers besides all of which, probably cost me in the region of €20,000 to repair. The flip side of this, is that I now have a little black book of excellent and reliable trades that I can call upon.

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How To Get A Divorce In France Part II

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So, if you haven’t already done so please go back to Part I or not. Up to you! So I left you on collating evidence and without further ado we shall look at the next steps to be taken.

Initially my ex would email me various shit settlement options which were all heavily weighted in his favour #shocker. At the time, I was volunteering at the Resto du Coeur, one of the many things I did during that separation year to improve my French. In addition going on a 4 month intensive GRETA language course which I was not allowed to do prior to the divorce.

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How To Get A Divorce In France Part I

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Granted, it’s not quite the ‘living the dream’ life goals that we all aspire to – I had dreamed of beach walks, holding hands, having lazy lunches, and much more but hey, every day’s a school day! Instead of the aforementioned dream life in France, I have possibly experienced every level of French administration that you could endure wish for. Character building some might say. And, let’s be honest, I had my fair share before my divorce if anyone has read this blog. Do they still call it blogging? It’s been so long I am now a content creator – old school with no AI.

I can proudly say I think I have achieved my imaginary Expert French Administration Badge. So, when someone says (in a Normandy FB group), in all seriousness, watch out for getting over charged in Lidl – I mentally give that the finger a novice entry level badge of French inconvenience. Coupled with a ffs are you kidding me?! Don’t be coming at me with that kind of nonsense – you need to be fully immersed in a separation, divorce, CAF, huissiers, police complaints and much more before you’re going to get any mild tea and sympathy from me

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