i'm glad, utterly.... i've been experiencing a little tiny bit of that thing you did for your W. it's not *forgiveness*, it goes beyond that... it's *friendship*, the deep kind.
way back in the day, when my H and I were just courting...
i'd get mad at him and go to this diner and sit under a sign that read
"Good friends forgive our faults. Real friends don't see any."
~like 100% independence, another worthy yet unattainable goal~