thanks 4. I am hardened up now. Not sure why. Probably because I successfully detached and now am rewinding the tape and looking at how crappy our relationship really was and how bad we treated each other. I will not go back there. Also, we've been together since we were 15/16 and now I'm realizing that wasn't such a good thing. We've lived life backwards. I know part of him will always wonder what else is out there and now that I'm getting a taste of being alone and how much happier I am, I wonder too. It's sad really but its happening for a reason. Doesn't mean we won't be back together someday but I don't see it happening right now.

mom, he's been gone for three months and he met with an attorney three weeks after he left and the d was filed on 2/28.

Yes, I do miss his family alot but am now seeing that I used to give myself 100% to all of them and now that this has happened, they have backed away from me so its sad but it makes me appreciate my own family and friends more than ever who have stepped up to the plate for me.

Your H may very well back off eventually. Keep up the therapy. I don't know what I would have done without it.


Me 31
WAH 30
M 5
Together 14 years
S 4
divorced 7/11/07