Dear Annie: Woman, divorced for a dozen years, is heartbroken that her ex is with someone else

DEAR ANNIE: My ex-husband and I have four children and eight grandchildren. We have been together for 40 years, but we have been divorced for 12 years. We have never been apart from each other until recently. He started ghosting me and not answering my texts or calls. We have not lived together for a while but have always stayed connected.

I’m heartbroken by the way he dumped me for someone else and just couldn’t tell me. He said he still wanted to talk to me because we have kids and grandkids together. I told him to delete my number and wished him a happy life. This has been going on for six weeks. Will it get easier? The other woman is going through a divorce. -- Heartbroken by My Ex

Once you really start to accept the facts, the easier it will be for you to move on. I know it must sting and be difficult, and I am sorry that you are having to deal with this, but when one door closes, another opens. The relationship you had with your ex-husband being more friendly is now over, and your best chance for happiness is to find a new relationship.DEAR ANNIE: In the waiting room of a clinic, I had to endure a long one-sided conversation by a woman on her cellphone.

What can I say to people who disrespect others to such an extent? What I wanted to do was go up and rip the phone out of her hand. -- Unbelieving in Oregon

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