OK, back on my feet. Sorry for the stream-of-conciousness post back there.
SR, we should make a deal to stop wondering so much. We ain't gonna figure it out.
I think that is the saddest part...we won't ever figure it out. Only a walk away spouse can think like a walk away spouse. For those of us who were prepared to honor our vows forever, the idea of walking away is so completely foreign that we drive ourselves crazy trying to understand.
"You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf." Jon Kabat-Zinn