Just catching up and so stepping back a few days in posts.
I can understand both Mrs SP and you ( SP )feeling the way you do.
Like anything, once you step back from a situation and possibly start untangling the emotional ties , you can see the flaws in anything. Your kids, your parents, your work and your marriage.
I feel, now that I have experianced and still experiancing rebound guy, that I am the person I should be. Years of M changed me ( that was the change ) neither of us were who we were when we married.
I too am sad that someone else experiances no doubt a more happier H. He has expressed sincerity in his comments to others about rebound guy 'that he hopes he will make me happier than he ( H )made me "
Of course rebound guy will, I am me now. GAL and conquering the FEAR allowed me to become selfish again and consider me first. I feel freer. I am sorry I was not this person with H. Wow if you can retain who you are through decades of M, then maybe that is the key to a successful M.