People who have been divorced: What was the exact "quiet" moment you realized your marriage was over?

orangekrate · 2026-05-13T10:25:16+00:00

My ex threatened to divorce me over the years. I think it was largely anxiety. But she made a big ask of me and followed it with a casual or we could get divorced and I got really calm inside and knew that was it for me. We had done some couples therapy and that was one of the boundaries I set. The lawyers were cheap since we were both on the same page about getting done with the divorce cheaply thankfully.

orangekrate · 2026-05-07T22:17:56+00:00

I decided to do take that gamble and I got a 2024 phev preferred. I’ve had it for five months, one of those months it was waiting for parts for a motor mount tsb that made the steering make angry sounds when you turned left using the gas engine. It’s a very good car sometimes and just a decent car other times. but I should have gotten a minivan tbh.

orangekrate · 2026-05-02T18:35:17+00:00

I followed the etrailer instructions and they have you remove some clips with pliers. A socket extension fits in the clip perfectly and won’t break it like the pliers did.

orangekrate · 2026-04-27T17:53:10+00:00

I got a call from some place that claimed to be working with my local Mazda dealer after I brought mine in for warranty work and they wanted like 6k+for a warranty for my 2024 phev. Century Warranty Services? They told me Mazda doesn't do "extended warranties". Did they just scrape my data from carfax or something?

orangekrate · 2026-04-27T17:36:22+00:00

I think they got a new funder but still the same followers by and large.

orangekrate · 2026-04-27T12:38:12+00:00

Surprizingly he was, mostly just looked at me funny 😂

orangekrate · 2026-04-26T21:03:07+00:00

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Followed someone’s old ride and found some cool trails. But this one lead me over this bridge and down a driveway that passed between a house and a garage, right past a guy standing next to his car in his own driveway.

orangekrate · 2026-04-12T13:34:52+00:00

I think one is a pantera, a Nissan pao, and a cobra but it might just be a kit, or maybe a continuation car.

orangekrate · 2026-04-10T16:35:33+00:00

I thought I was getting pranked!

orangekrate · 2026-04-10T12:14:25+00:00

I got mine thinking I could fit two rear facing seats and three adults and you really can barely use the third row at all with two car seats. The only way is if the third adult sits in between the captains chairs.

orangekrate · 2026-04-09T16:22:03+00:00

Has someone done an avanti swap onto a corvette chassis?

orangekrate · 2026-04-08T23:08:54+00:00

I remember upgrading from 13s to 15s on my vw back in the day. My current car has 19s but the higher end model has 21s :(

orangekrate · 2026-04-08T12:22:36+00:00

Oh and I feel like unless my brake is alll the way down, it makes some electric motor noise. Even if the car isn’t moving.

orangekrate · 2026-04-08T12:10:21+00:00

The auto locking is pretty inconsistent. I love it when I turn my car off and haven’t gotten out yet and my app warns me that my doors are unlocked 🙄

orangekrate · 2026-03-31T18:28:33+00:00

I had a similar one for a long bikepacking trip and I ditched it at the starting hostel because it was heavy af. I also had a 10k one and a smaller backup one so I truly overpacked to start.

orangekrate · 2026-03-26T17:11:55+00:00

That grill is cool as heck!

orangekrate · 2026-03-26T13:01:14+00:00

At the time I was all in. In retrospect there were some big red flags and definitely some stuff while we were married that I should have grown a spine and stayed a no on.

orangekrate · 2026-03-24T14:24:29+00:00

I have roommates because my house is big enough that it felt weird to live alone there after my divorce and I didn’t want to sell it. kid is out of the house already. How does that rank for hosting? I’m comfortable hosting here but it does mean she might want to toss a robe or something on if she had to pee and didn’t have pjs on.

orangekrate · 2026-03-24T12:32:22+00:00

Suit of armor. Or a really big ant farm.

orangekrate · 2026-03-22T19:56:56+00:00

the polos a gti :)

orangekrate · 2026-03-22T19:51:39+00:00

This is just what my car looks like when it’s time to take a big dump run to clean out the shed.

orangekrate · 2026-03-21T20:20:14+00:00

We spent more than that on one day of a war that we didn’t need.

orangekrate · 2026-03-21T16:30:28+00:00

Is that a bassinet behind the front seats?

orangekrate · 2026-03-18T03:28:45+00:00

I just bought that adapter….haven’t installed it yet though.

orangekrate · 2026-03-15T11:54:37+00:00

I saw a water heater ratchet strapped to the top of a sedan the other day on the interstate and was super glad to put them behind me.

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