Tomato,

Thanks for posting on my thread and leading me to yours. I've been able to check up on your situation and please know you have a kindred spirit here in me and I'll be a regular support to your postings as I hope you will be in mine.

First off, I can totally empathize with you when you 1st posted. Getting everything off your chest is very theraputic, but when you don't get responses, you feel very, very lonely. I was overjoyed when I finally got a response to my thread, and since that time, I've made sure to keep up with SPM and essie as they were the ones who welcomed me into the fold on this site. It is now so validating to post, even when we don't get responses, because you KNOW someone is out there reading your story and the people who can help you the most will always open themselves up to you.

I know you are a very religious man, and although I'm not active in a church, I do believe that God has a plan for us all and everything happens for a reason. I read the DR book when I did because that was when I was ready to understand it. I hit this site when I did because that is when I was supposed to look outside for some support. My M is having trouble because I'm supposed to learn adn grow from this experience. It is painful, but it is necessary. All things happen for a reason and while I may not initially like the ultimate outcome of things, the ultimate outcome is what I'm supposed to experience and learn from.

Continue to be patient and continue to work on growing and loving yourself. I'll be around as I'm glad to find another man who is having difficulties with a W in MLC.

The "major medical events" we share in our stories have led to this behavior in our W's, so we can definitely help each other along this long and bumpy path called MLC.

Talk to you later.
RTL


M:38; D: 6
Divorce Final: 10/6/08