I'm very sorry to hear that he hasn't inquired about you, your health or your daughter, but this is the norm for a person in crisis. Right now, his focus is on him, what he can do and have fun with, his new friends, ow, etc. Let me try to give you an example....say you have a pet that has been cooped up in a cage for a very long time w/very little exercise. Are you w/me? Then one day, the cage door suddenly opens. What does the pet do? First he looks around and then gingerly steps out and once out runs like there is no tomorrow....this is exactly what your h is doing right now. The new found freedom, the euphoria, have him going at top speed ahead. You and your daughter, unfortunately do not exist in this new found world until a moment of sanity should take over.

I imagine this is the way he'll be for a while. Once the euphoria starts to wear off a little bit, he may begin to contact your daughter more. For now, you need to understand that this is the way many of them behavior. It's not you or your daughter...it's him what is driving this? Depression, fear of death and not being able to do things one more time, the living of a life that he can never recapture for very long.

I seriously doubt he's in love w/the ow. His view of love is that of a teenager, it's not the love he shared w/you. They are actually using each other in many, many ways. So, leave them be, do not worry too much about his "love" for her. It will get old some day and as his crisis progresses, many things will change in his eyes. Just let him go and you continue on down your path, for you are the healthy and lucky one here...you have your daughter and that is far, far more valuable than what he has right now.

Please take care of yourself.


Sit quietly, the answers will reveal themselves when you least expect them to.
The past is gone, the present is a gift and you need to focus on today, allow the future to reveal itself when it is ready.