Hi Mooka!

Welcome to piecing. Why did I think I'd already posted to you? Probably saw your posts to LL and responded there.

This is definitely the place to be. You'll see our ups and our downs, and yes, there are plenty of both. Overall though, I sense a trend for the better in the majority of threads here. And SOOO many commonalities it's a little scary sometimes.

Your sitch IS fairly new, so if you have the time, check on some of our older threads, here or even over in newcomers to have a better idea of what it was like for some of us in the early months.

I think you're doing amazingly well!

Shiny

P.S. There's something my 18 year old niece said to me a couple of months ago I'd like to share. Her folks (my Brother and SIL) split up amicably last August (just after my first bomb ). This was in February. She was pondering on what topic to choose for an English paper, it had to be something personal. As I know she'd had at least one serious R which had it's problems (he cheated on her, they broke up, got back, broke up), I suggested she write about relationships.

In a split second she replied "Yeah, like how you can't trust anyone?"...I was rather shocked. She sounded very bitter (It was her birthday, both parents were there). I guess I just wanted to cheer on those of you with kids...all the MORE reason to fight for your M's. What better gift to give them than the knowledge that an M CAN survive horrid circumstances and be all the stronger for it. Or that at the very least their parents did EVERYTHING they could to make it work. (I think she felt her parents gave up too easily, I rather agree).