I've seen lots of them shatter the other aspects of their lives because they need that type of validation.
HAL- Boy did you hit the nail on the head there. My H has really done that. He STILL frets over a position he was let go from 7 years ago. He put his heart & soul into it and was, as we found out later, wrongly fired. He NEEDS constant validation or everything goes to H#LL.
SueS
ME: 42, H: 42, D6 Together: 18 yrs. Married: 15 yrs. Attended Retrouvaille - December 2009 Status: Working on it day by day