Maybe I am writing things wrong. It is not validation I am striving for. It is the validation that person gave for me being me.

If you graduate college on your own, you feel a great satisfaction. If you graduate while being married, you still have that great satisfaction but the icing on the cake is it is shared by your spouse and makes it feel all the more worth while does it not? Doesn't sharing your days achievements and downfalls with another (one you love) make things that much better?

We can all get along doing by ourselves. But sharing your life is so much better.

We shared a lot. Appearently not enough though. Again I am dealing with the pain. Not self esteem or need to make another happy. But the happiness I had, sharing with this 1 person.

I think I rambled on this one. hope it makes some sense.