Selling on the Internet

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Have you ever experienced things in your life that you never thought would happen? I have. I am a social worker and counselor. I spend many hours every week helping families deal with a variety of issues including divorce. I never thought I would be involved in divorce proceedings, but my husband decided that he no longer wanted to be married.

This was a huge adjustment for our children; however my husband and I tried to assure them that we loved them and they had no responsibility in the ending of the relationship. I was glad that we were able to deal with each other maturely and to move on with our lives.

Once we were divorced I realized that my husband was right, we were not really happy together we were both simply making do with a mediocre relationship.

Our children spent time with both of us. I kept up with what my ex-husband was doing through talking with the kids. He was always a workaholic so I was very surprised when my daughter mentioned that her dad was now selling on the internet from home. This came up because she had asked to go and spend a day with him during the week when there was no school.

I told her that I did not want her at his house when he was at work she told me that now that he is selling on the internet he doesn’t go into the office anymore. This surprised me greatly. He used to work many hours. He did not always like his job; however he was very good at it. Right after our divorce I had heard that the company he had worked for was under new management so I guessed that he did not like working for the new owner.

One day when I dropped the kids off at his house he invited me in for coffee. He told me that he is now selling on the internet and is his own boss. He took a severance package from his old job and was investing some of it into getting started with his internet business. He said he was starting to have some income come in. He was hoping that he would be making a decent living by time his severance pay was gone.

He said he was much happier than he had been working for the new manager. He also liked the idea that all the time and effort he put into work was for the benefit of his own company not someone else’s. I am excited for him I hope he will be able to make a good living for himself.

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