Thanks Norm, I read your sitch and like everyone, I'm sad that you and all of us are meeting like this.

Two things stood out to me. The first is that Time is on our side - what's a year or so of limbo to get to a 50th anniversary.

Second is really think before you react.

My WAW has said she wants us to stay friends after all of this. (Sorry don't know how to quote from another post so I'm just copy/pasting this bit)


“You have been blessed never to have a spouse walk out on you. When a spouse walks out the one left behind is overwhelmed. The feelings of rejection are devastating. The pain of loss is so deep, so intense and profound that words fail. The pain is unspeakable. It is not unlike losing a parent. There are no worlds to describe it. It is very difficult to think of the person who has inflicted, and continues to inflict, this hideous pain on you as a friend because no real friend would ever hurt you like that. When you say you want us to be friends, you really have no idea what you’re asking.”

I'm at the stage now where if W was to 'see the light' so to speak I'd really be looking at the paragraph above seriously before answering.

Take care


H: 44
W: 42
Married: 23 years
Bomb: 16/07/2009
PA Confirmed: 16/01/2010
Over it & working on ME: Feb'ish 2010