I can relate to the bottled water. It is the same way in India - when I travel there - absolutely no tap water, no raw veggies, no ice, no fruits with the skin, no wonderfully smelling foods from food stands.
Sorry to hear about the hacking chest stuff. But you explained something else...that I never thought about. Whenever I come back from travelling all over India - I usually come home with a horrible hacking cough that takes forever to go away. I thought I was sensitive to the pollution. Maybe it is bacteria and viruses that I have no tolerance for... I never thought about that...
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No one sleeps soundly here, no matter what.
That must really be rough... A friend of the family went to Iraq shortly after the invasion and he mentioned how it was tough sleeping - and he stayed in the Green Zone! He mentioned that you hear the sounds of war in your sleep even during those rare moments when it is relatively quiet.
As for W - hopefully understanding why she is acting the way she is will help you detach. It really isn't about you. It is about her inability to figure out what makes her happy and going after whatever that is. If she had the capacity to do that - she would sit down with you and tell you what she needed from you instead of ploughing forward with a D. With time as this travels from your head to your heart - you will detach - and it will hurt less. The sad truth is that you and the D are just collateral damage associated with W's unhappiness.
