Although I'm sure it wasn't funny for you at the time, your anecdote about your divorce made me laugh out loud. Unfortunately for the fairer sex, that's basically what we always hear, as it falls under the old "we only hear what we want to hear". I can't figure out why its so hard to just say what you mean in life. I think that's why I enjoy writing so much. It gives me an opportunity to really try words out, and think of ways in which my thoughts can be less ambiguous. Often, even short responses on here, I write, then completely delete, then repeat until I find what it is I want to say. In life we don't have that option, so we choose to hide inside ourselves instead of risking making an unfixable blunder.
In the past, if people did not understand what we were writing (e.g. letters to the editor, requests to the boss or landlord, etc.), they would throw our letters out. We now have amazing places like Hubski where people can quickly reply and say "What do you mean?" -- That instantaneous response used to be limited to face-to-face conversation.your anecdote about your divorce made me laugh out loud.
I'm glad you laughed!! repeat until I find what it is I want to say
I agree with you about writing -- sometimes it is only by writing and rewriting we find out what we want to say.