Dear Boss,

My husband and I are splitting up after eight years together. We’ve had issues that we’ve been working on for a long time, but the final split happened fairly suddenly, and I’m reeling right now.

On top of everything else I’m dealing with (including finding a new place to live, getting off his health insurance, etc.), I’m wondering how to talk about my divorce at work. My co-workers have met my husband at many events over the years, and I’ve talked about him a lot. I don’t know how to tell people we’re splitting up without inviting a ton of questions, none of which I’m really ready to talk about right now. I also don’t want to trauma-dump on people I work with !

We do usually make time at the beginning of our team meetings for people to share any personal updates,

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