Lwb, I did what I did, but because W proceeded to negate any offering of love or good will I gave her and the boys, I can now say that I shouldn't have bothered. Aside from me and God, no one else seems to care. I don't expect a medal or anything -- I'm just recognizing this is the way it really has been for a long, long time now. Time for me to just walk it off.
Well you deserve a medal that's for sure! I kind of think that a lot of the WAS just don't appreciate us for who we are and the kind of person we are. But I think there are people out there that would appreciate us a lot more than our WAS. Once we're open to the possibility maybe that will happen.
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Though she veiled it well from the boys, I got the impression she was anxious to dump them as soon as she could.
Probably.
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The boys went as Transformers Autobot characters. S7 went as Optimus Prime, S3 as Bumblebee. They were so cute -- I need to ready pictures for the "alternate universe."
I can't wait to see!
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So now here I am still pondering my life and how in the world I got into this situation. How do I keep from ever getting into such straits ever again.
Well I'm thinking my strategy will be waiting until after the marriage to date of course, then trying to really go slowly just dipping my toe into dating, don't want to do a rebound or anything. More focus on the kids than a dating life (they already have one parent that is more focused on dating I figure). Plus, if I see any teeny, tiny hint of selfishness or meanness in a person I date, I'm outta there! Karen
