My wife got a temporary restraining order against me along with divorce papers (won't go into too much detail, but she said she was afraid I would physically harm her and our kids. We didn't have a blowout fight, I have never laid a hand on her or the kids, verbally or emotionally abused them. It's all bullshit, she went off the deep end). Currently I can't enter our house or see my kids, but an agreement should be reached soon to end the restraining order and allow me to go to the house and get my computer, the rest of my clothes and some cooking ware. I can't really take any furniture until the divorce is settled, and it could take two or more months for that to happen. I have been living with a lady from my work who had an extra room open until this apartment would be ready. which will be tomorrow (today? It is 4am, woke up and can't get back to sleep).
All I have is a memory foam mattress and a bedframe for it I ordered on Amazon. That's the only furniture I currently possess. I will be going into this apartment with no dishes, cookware, chairs, tables, couches, dressers, nothing. Once the divorce is over I should be able to get my lazy boy recliner, a dresser, a small table or two and maybe one of the big leather couches (we have three). Right now though I don't know what I should buy to atleast give me somewhere to sit and hang out. I will probably need to get a dining room table of some sort, some decent chairs, a TV stand and something to use in the living room area until I can get my furniture. Do I get bean bag chairs, or those little egg shaped chairs that sit on the ground? Order a cheap IKEA sofa and move it when I get more furniture from my house? I am not looking to break the bank here, I have a bit of money saved up but I don't want to blow thousands to furnish my place either. I can get nice things over time, but I still need the essentials for these coming months.
Also, I only have a Ford Taurus (A sedan). She has the truck and will most likely get it permanently in the divorce. I don't have many friends to help me move, so I will need to mostly get things I can disassemble and haul around in parts, or build from the box. It's so overwhelming, I don't even know what I need, I have never lived on my very own before and had to start fresh. I always moved into apartments or houses with roommates and furniture/dishes/cleaning supplies already, or barracks rooms, or with my ex-wife who had a house full of furniture when I met her. Now I will need to build up from scratch, even though I technically own a home that's full of furniture under my name as well...
January 12, 2019 at 05:36AM
