I want to say thanks for checking in on my thread--I really appreciate your advice. I'm obviously not doing so well with GAL, or maybe it's just that the GAL is not filling the hole in my heart--IDK. Anyhow, I'm going over my friends house tonight to have dinner with him and his wife, and I'm spending the night there, so that's one thing I'm doing. I'm also going to try real hard not to go home early on Saturday. That will be the real challenge.
I'm sure you're right about our spouses, especially about having to keep up a happy image. We may never know, and as you say, I need to focus less on her and more on me.
