I noticed that I needed to detach more when I had interaction, no matter how small, and I felt bad afterwards, or that I didn't get a response, or one that I was looking for. - TRUEGRITTER
Amen. The one time I talked to my WH over the last 2 months, I spent the rest of the weekend huddled in bed under the covers. For me, dark is definitely better.
Empathy? I do feel sorry for my Wh in that he is giving up everything he claimed to be working for towards his looming retirement from the Military.
Infant stage? I'm afraid so. Everyone is different, and so is their timelines, but best to prepare yourself for the long haul. I have insofar as my emotional state. Financially, I may move slightly ahead to protect myself.
ME: 54 Him: 51 M: 20 years T: 21 years OW/New wife: 36 Sons & Daughters: 7 (ages 24-36) Bomb: March 4, 2010 He Filed: April 28, 2010 I Contested: May 1, 2010 Standing Down: 11/24/10 Divorced : 05/04/2011
There is nothing wrong with protecting yourself financially. In fact, it is important.
Grit,
Yes that is the one. The Alimitra...
Thanks.
Irish,
Read it. Read it again. Think about it, picture it. The pillars and the trees. Standing together but separatly.
It is a statement about interdependence, which is the state in which this world on a natural level functions, beautifully I might add.
Interdependence vs. codependence. Things that are codependent, eventually collapse, things that are interdependent, work collaborativly and will still remain, albiet changed, without each other.
"Acceptance doesn't mean resignation. It means understanding that something is what it is and there's got to be a way through it."--Michael J. Fox