Sandrika,

You have spoken very eloquently of the feelings that most of us have after such a long relationship goes sour. Mandy though you were speaking of the same S. I thing you and I are sharing the same OW.

I want to thank you for your honesty. I believe it is the secret feelings and longings of most of us on this board, but we get stuck trying to be the adult and taking the high road. Every now and then you just have to get down in the dirt and 'rassle.

All the platitudes are just that . . . fond wishes on an unreal plain. Yet, we hold hope. Hope for a better tomorrow, maybe just a good night's sleep. And when we repeat these platitudes to another, it is just our way of saying, "We care, and we want you to feel better"

Hope is the answer. It has to be because for some of us, it's all we have.