Your kids do and will continue to appreciate that you never left them and all that you have done for them. I think these men are going to be very lonely in their old, old age because nobody will be around.
Yes, life is too short, and I, too, have known a few people over the summer who have passed away about my age.
It does get easier and if I may say, I do, at times, have an "I don't give a you know what" about him attitude. Other times, I really feel sorry for him. Heck, he has not seen his girls in almost four months now.
The Bomb: 08/05 H moves out: 06/2006 H moves back: 01/07 & Out again: 01/07 H moves back: 03/08 & Out again: 04/08 H moves back: 05/09 & Out again: 07/09 Divorced 08-12 Kids: 22, 20, 19