{"id":208,"date":"2026-09-25T21:33:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T02:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mammaber.com\/?p=208"},"modified":"2026-09-25T21:33:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T02:33:57","slug":"if-you-wanna-party-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mammaber.com\/?p=208","title":{"rendered":"If you wanna party with&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"995\" src=\"http:\/\/mammaber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/leaving-1024x995.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-209\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mammaber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/leaving-1024x995.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/mammaber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/leaving-300x292.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mammaber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/leaving-768x747.jpg 768w, http:\/\/mammaber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/leaving.jpg 1149w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Taylor&#8217;s new song &#8220;Patient Zero&#8221; came out today and I couldn&#8217;t help but think about my ex. Then I saw this graphic later in the day and it was like, YEP!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past 6 years I&#8217;ve gotten MUCH better about talking about things, about sharing, and about encouraging others to not tolerate a bad situation. It doesn&#8217;t matter the age, the casual-ness or permanence of the relationship &#8211; if it&#8217;s not STELLAR girl, then it doesn&#8217;t deserve your energy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was 42 when I left a 10 year marriage. It was life changing, in many ways. It&#8217;s scary. You question everything you do. Yes, there was pain, guilt, fear, confusion, and grief. Some days there is still a bit &#8211; even though I&#8217;m SO over it! After all, it was my 2nd divorce, and &#8220;The Big Black D&#8221; on your &#8220;record&#8221; leaves a mark no matter what. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And&#8230; *actually leaving* really IS a powerful act of self love. Saving yourself is the ultimate, and reclaiming yourself after is the best feeling. That&#8217;s why nowadays, I try to tell as many people as possible that while it IS scary, it&#8217;s worth it. It&#8217;s not the end of the world. You WILL be better off, no matter what age you are &#8211; you CAN start your life over AND make a great life for yourself. Really really. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;So if you wanna kick it, then I&#8217;m with it, I&#8217;ve been there<br>Felt the reeling, done the healing, said the curses and prayers<br>When the fever turns a dreamer into a pathetic ghost<br>If he&#8217;s killing you, I see you, I was patient zero&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor&#8217;s new song &#8220;Patient Zero&#8221; came out today and I couldn&#8217;t help but think about my ex. Then I saw this graphic later in the day and it was like, YEP! Over the past 6 years I&#8217;ve gotten MUCH better about talking about things, about sharing, and about encouraging others to not tolerate a bad &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mammaber.com\/?p=208\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;If you wanna party with&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mammaber.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mammaber.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mammaber.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mammaber.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mammaber.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/mammaber.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211,"href":"http:\/\/mammaber.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions\/211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mammaber.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mammaber.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mammaber.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}