After the latest conflict between Meghan King and Jim Edmonds, it is clear that the divorce is not going away.
As Vicki Gunvalson infamously predicted, the two remained married for almost exactly five years. Now, it seems that the conflict could last longer.
It’s not just that they have a lot of pain or that being a parent is difficult.
Meghan accused Jim of “coercive control” after a public statement about detention conditions.
On Wednesday, February 15, Meghan King took to her Instagram story to discuss her pain.
Wiping away tears, she lamented how “no one talks about coercive control and the effects after divorce.” That’s just the beginning.
“People say, ‘It will get better with time. It will get better with time,'” Meghan said. “It’s been three years.”
Online resources show coercive control as a tactic – ranging from violence to humiliation – with the aim of harming, punishing, or intimidating the target.
The implication is that her ex-husband is allegedly using their ongoing relationship to punish her.
“‘When? What time do I have to wait?'” asked Meghan. “The lawyers told me. My parents and the coordinator, everyone told me. Worse.”
Meghan did not delve into the details of the allegations. It is possible that he is referring to some dispute that is not yet public. If so, his lawyer would have advised him not to discuss it in public rather than in court.
At the same time, it’s possible that Meghan is referring, at least in part, to something we’ve already heard.
Jim Edmonds has badmouthed her in almost every imaginable way since the two divorced. Already, as he noted, it has been years.
Recently, Jim accused Meghan – personally and more clearly through representatives – of going “narcissistic retreat”.
Allegedly, he changed his Superbowl plans to spend time with the kids, but it didn’t work out. The children spend time with the nanny. According to him, anyway.
Obviously, we can’t verify that part, really. But that’s what Jim claims.
The “narcissistic retreat” she describes is just that…Meghan traveled to Sedona, Arizona.
Perhaps he had “finally found the love of his life: my own love,” which prompted the comment.
“I opened a new chapter last weekend, where I strengthened my footprint in the entrepreneurship arena as well as the love department,” Meghan said after the trip.
“I love…. After the trauma (it’s still going on), after the divorce,” Meghan said.
“After all I’m still standing … IN SEDONA in the middle of a vortex,” he characterized.
“Nobody told me I couldn’t do something. I’ve got balls, I’ve got grit, and I’m going to keep going,” Meghan said.
“Sending a million prayers of thanks because words fail me,” he later announced.
It is not unusual for the former to hate each other. Because our society does not discourage divorce and makes it a financial and social problem, people often only end their marriages as a last resort.
This means that people rarely get divorced just because they don’t want to remarry. They often get divorced because they can’t think of staying married. And if they don’t hate each other at that point, well, the grueling divorce process can bring out the worst in them.
Meghan and Jim are far from the first pair of bitter exes to struggle with parenting issues.
However, even if they don’t let these incriminating statements affect the way they talk to their children, all of this can affect their children.
I hope these two still think of their children as their top priority.