the worst part is that she signs her text messages to OM the same way she signed every card she ever gave me from our first anniversary card 17 years ago.
Believe me, I know that hurts. I've been there (very recently), as have half of the people on this forum.
We all had to learn (and keep learning) the following lesson: focus elsewhere, do things for yourself, work on making yourself a better, happier person, and it all starts to suck less. The less it sucks, the more you focus on yourself. The more you focus on yourself, the more you S focuses on you, and the less things suck.
Unfortunately, the spiral works the other way too if you keep focusing on your S.
Me 42, W 39, S8, S6, S2 M 11y, A & ILYBNILWY 11/08 Walking away from a bad situation.