IB,

Your story and mine are SO ALIKE! Still ask myself What Did I Miss from time to time, but worrying is like a rocking chair. There is no point in further speculation.

In one way, I've envied the others on this Board whose Spouses interact with them; in another way, Not So Much.

Truly Irish, three months ago, I still wondered all the same things. Now, I am able to see markers that I subconsciously chose to ignore. Maybe not ignore, but since I didn't know how to approach it, and he denied anything being wrong, I let it lay.

As hard as it may be, try focusing outward for the next 10 days, just to get yourself through them, if needs be. Your children, your extended family, your friends. Do and Go and See. Work on making some new traditions for yourself and your kids. I don't mean to come across like the December issue of Good Housekeeping, but it did help me.

Irish, we are a work in progress; please forgive the mess. LOL
You have plenty of faith, have faith in yourself. I do.


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