Sorry, Ash. Just got home and am catching up on a few threads before bed.
You got good advice and commiserating tonight. I second all of it and send you hugs for your hurting.
So you lost it. So what. If that a$$hole, insensitive behavior wouldn't make someone lose it, I don't know what would.
It's called DivorceBusting. Not Easy DivorceBusting, or Divorcebusting For Non-Humans. You're human. Go to sleep. Rest. You need it and deserve it.
My sitch does not involve an A, so I'm far from expert in these waters, but: would "OW's name is not to be spoken in my presence" be an acceptable boundary to lay down?
Gardener
"My soul, be satisfied with flowers, With fruit, with weeds even; but gather them In the one garden you may call your own." Cyrano deBergerac