I will never step foot on a cruise ship again. My ex-husband had a thing for them and for years I went along with him hopping from one cheesy destination to the next. Love will make you do many things you do not want to do, including getting sunburned. I know that bitching about vacations may seem odd, but I always begged for him to take me to places that I wanted to go. I had dreamed of going to Europe and exploring the pyramids in Egypt, not sipping margaritas on the roof-deck of an over-sized man-made ship.

Our disagreements in vacation destinations is not what ultimately led to the demise of our marriage. We slowly grew apart, love was lost, and the passion was gone. There was no epic cheating scandal, no Tiger Woods moments. Just two people who were not meant to be. Our ship had sailed.

He gave me this ring on my birthday on one of those god-awful cruise ships. It’s actually quite pretty, but like cruise-ships and my husband…just not for me!