And also realize that in order for someone to step into the spouse role, it would have to be REALLY worth it, because it would involve some compromise.
Absolutely--and MORE compromise having kids as well as dealing with an ex-H.
I was thinking also- could this experience be the gift of having "hind sight" to bring to a new marriage at some point?
Yet, second marriages have a higher divorce rate than first marriages....
me,34 exH,34 S,16 months S:3/31/09-left for OW started DBing 10/09 d final: sometime 10/10 current: http://www.divorcebusting.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2022856&page=1 met in 2004