Hi, goldeylox! Thanks for the vote of confidence. I am pretty secure in who I am - worked through a lot of that years ago. Just need to make a few adjustments. Like a tune-up.
I really appreciate your support, and thanks for the advice about the sisters. I love them, but I have backed off. Not going to contact them, but if they want to call me, that's cool.
Regardless of what they say, I know that they will tell my H that I'm asking about him, and I know that they will try to influence him with their opinions, so I'm staying dark and not calling them. In "normal times", I wouldn't talk with them except once a month or so, so there's no reason to break that pattern now. As curious as I am about him and his state of mind, I'm only hurting myself by asking.
Thank God for this place and for my girlfriends (all with the patience of saints).