Dude I am new to this whole thing but I hate it already. I can only imagine that at your point the numbness of it all is pricked only slightly every time you have to deal with W or put up with more stuff from her end.
Prayers for you brother. Hang tight. My wife just dropped a bomb on me today that she wants to file for official separation just backdated to the start of my deployment. Pretty jacked up if you ask me but I am not going to let it happen because I feel that if she wants to separate then lets make it real where I can at least enjoy my time with the kids on the weekends and stuff.
All the best man...keep your chin up.
mcol Me: 34 Deployed W:32 (EA started Oct 07) S:8 D:3 S:18 mos ILYBNILWY-12/14/07 Request for backdated separation 12/14/07 Top areas to work: 1) Communication 2) Repairing me, focusing on me
I went Christmas shopping yesterday for the wife. Not sure what to get her. I ended up purchasing the necklace for her 40th birthday. It will be from the kids and me.
But I would like to get her something for Christmas as well. I mentioned to her that I was going shopping, and she replied, "Well, I may have gotten something already." I guess she meant that she had purchased something for herself that the kids can give to her. I let that comment slide, and went anyway.
So... I need suggestions, please. Nothing romantic, of course. Practical, thoughtful, and "gift-like."
