Separated, new baby, but still hopeful

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Thanks for reminding me about the issue of friends and family to encourage me to D. I guess I am concerned that they are so disgusted by WH and could never forgive him for what he did/is doing and therefore don't respect me if I want to be with him.

I think taking back a WAS and working on your marriage is an incredibly strong thing for anybody to do. It's all to easy to throw in the towel (sometimes there is no other option though). To stand up, be counted and say what you want and work to getting it is something that is sorely lacking in our throw-away society.

But your friends are your friends. If they lose respect for you for doing something that is in your heart but is not what they would do, then you are better off without them. As I said, friends are there to pick you up when you screw up, brush you down and point you back down the road again. They are not for judging you.

True friends will stand by you.